BDInsight – September 2020
Spring has sprung and biomapping has begun! Here in the southern hemisphere we welcome back the arrival of several migrant bird species. Have you seen any of la...
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Citizen Science Week #1 from 19 to 27 September 2020: LepiMAP in South Africa, eSwatini and Lesotho
LepiMAP is the Atlas of African Lepidoptera. LepiMAP is one of the sections of the Virtual Museum. From September 2020, the project has been hosted jointly by t...
Citizen Science Week #1 from 19 to 27 September 2020: OdonataMAP in South Africa
OdonataMAP is the Odonata Atlas of Africa. OdonataMAP is one of the sections of the Virtual Museum. From September 2020, the project has been hosted jointly by ...
Winter BioMAPping and Botanizing in Venda
On Friday, 12 June 2020, my friend Ruan Stander and I embarked on a reptile-and-plant-biomapping expedition in Venda. Venda is a wonderful and wild region in no...
Citizen Science Week #1 from 19 to 27 September 2020: BirdPix in South Africa
The first Citizen Science Week of the 2020/2021 season starts this Saturday 19 September 2020, and runs to the end of the following weekend, Sunday 27 September...
Fanie Rautenbach’s Great LepiMAP Challenge 2020/21
Fanie Rautenbach has worked his way through the LepiMAP records for South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, has identified data gaps, and is challenging us to fill...
BDInsight – August 2020
Another month has flown by! We are heading into Spring here in the southern Hemisphere, although today feels more like Winter. It is rather chilly all over Sout...
Impacts of Rhodes on Biodiversity 2 : Common Chaffinch
The first blog in this series talked a bit about Cecil John Rhodes and his beliefs, which can can be summarized in this quote: “Remember that you are an E...
Impacts of Rhodes on Biodiversity 1 : Eastern Grey Squirrel
Cecil John Rhodes, who believed that the English were the best, introduced grey squirrels, from America, to his estate in Cape Town about 1900. This is the stor...
Plants need protecting too
South Africa has an amazing diversity of plants and animals. Many people know and cherish the most visible and charismatic wildlife, such as rhinos, elephants,...