BDInsight – October 2023
Virtual Museum The Virtual Museum (VM) provides the platform for citizen scientists to contribute to biodiversity research and mapping projects. This ...
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Bird ringing course at New Holme : 2 to 10 September (Part 2) : “rare is common and common is rare!”
Part 1 described the first five days of the bird ringing course at New Holme. Part 2 describes the last few days and does the overall wrap up. Let’s do th...
Bird ringing course at New Holme : 2 to 10 September 2023 (Part 1)
We have done five days of bird ringing at New Holme Lodge, 8 km off the N1 between Hanover and Colesberg in the Northern Cape, and exactly half way between Cape...
BDInsight – September 2023
Welcome to the September 2023 edition of the BDInsight. We have plenty of news to share and plenty of exciting events coming up. Read on to find out more…...
Bird ringing at Vondeling, 17 to 20 August 2023
Two weeks after our previous bird ringing visit, we were again at Vondeling Wine Farm. This time we focused on species diversity. We caught 26 species in four d...
Bird ringing at Vondeling, 3 to 6 August 2023
We had an enjoyable long weekend of bird ringing at Vondeling Wines. Although we are still deep in winter, the first signs of spring were evident, green shoots ...
BDI bird ringing courses and events : links to reports
This is a list of bird ringing courses and other ringing events with reports on the BDI website. The most recent event is at the top, and we work backwards to f...
Bird ringing course at Botuin : 28 June to 4 July 2023
Although mid winter, we had a great bird ringing course at Botuin, in Vanrhynsdorp. The days were shorter and colder, and the migrants had left (except for one!...
White-breasted Cormorant (Phalocrocorax lucidus)
Identification In theory, the White-breasted Cormorant is an easy species to identify (but there are imposters, see later). In adults the top half of the front ...
Bird Ringing at Vondeling Wine Farm, June 2023
We had a few excellent days of bird ringing at Vondeling Wine Farm, from 8 to 11 June. We occupied two comfortable cottages, recently transformed into visitor a...