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...
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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,...
BDInsight – July 2020
Life in lockdown has become almost normal. I, for one, have lost count of the number of days we’ve been in lockdown here in South Africa. We adapt to the ...
BDInsight – June 2020
Another month has flown by, here in South Africa we are still under lockdown, but that has not deterred BioMAPpers from uploading all sorts of wonderful and int...
BioMAPping in Lockdown – Derek Solomon shares his experience
Please tell us a bit about yourself, and why do you love biomapping? I am a wildlife sound recordist, safari guide and enthusiastic amateur wildlife photographe...
BioMAPping in Lockdown – Rick Nuttall shares his experience
Please tell us a bit about yourself, and why do you love biomapping? A keen birder since a young age, my passion led me to study ornithology. Following a career...
BirdPixing since the start of lockdown
During the lockdown period in South Africa, the Virtual Museum kept going. 4008 records were submitted to BirdPix during 27 March to 23 June 2020. But only 34% ...