Lark-like Bunting (Emberiza impetuani)
Cover image of Lark-like Bunting by Les Underhill – Vanrhynsdorp district, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 274357 Buntings belong to the Family: EMBER...
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Industrial biodiversity 2 continued : Black River in Paarden Island : stormwater drain
In October 2019, the piece of the Black River between the N1 and Section Street in the City of Cape Town looked like this: It was described in a 2019 blog as a ...
Open Day for bird ringing : Grotto Bay 31 August 2024
The BDI is holding an Open Day for bird ringing on Saturday, 31 August 2024. We are hosted by the Grotto Bay Private Nature Reserve. The reserve has an area of ...
Bird ringing course at New Holme, Hanover, 9 to 15 September 2024
One of the privileges of being a bird ringer is the opportunity to see birds up close. The opportunity to see the detail of the feathers, the colour of the eye,...
Bird ringing at Botuin : 2 to 5 June 2024
A group of BDI people went bird ringing at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp, from Sunday 2 June to Wednesday 5 June. The aim was to keep a consistent pattern of ringing goi...
How many pairs of breeding White Storks are there in South Africa in 2024?
The mountains in the background to this pair of breeding White Storks look like they could easily be in Europe. But these are the mountains behind Paarl in the ...
Bird ringing course at Ouberg Private Nature Reserve: 1 to 7 May 2024
The BDI hosted the eighth bird ringing course from 1 to 7 May, this time at Ouberg Private Nature Reserve in the Klein Karoo, north of Montagu. This was the fir...
African Hoopoe (Upupa epops africana)
Cover image: African Hoopoe by Lia Steen – Shellybeach, KwaZulu-Natal – BirdPix No.276954 Identification The charismatic African Hoopoe is a subs...
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Cover image: Ruddy Turnstone by John and Anne Todd, 9 April, at St Helena Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa. Most of the turnstones in this photograph are a...
Cape Spurfowl (Pternistis capensis)
Cover image of Cape Spurfowl by Terry Terblanche – Near Lutzville, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 260909 The Cape Spurfowl is a member of the ‘...