BDInsight – February 2024
Cover image: Malachite Sunbird (Nectarina famosa) – Middelburg district, Eastern Cape – Photo by Tino Herselman Welcome to the February 2024 edition of the BDIn...
Category: News
Cape Crow (Corvus capensis)
Cover image of Cape Crow by Anne Todd – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 270764 Identification The Cape Crow is a distin...
Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
Cover image: Diederik Cuckoo by Sybrand Venter – Woody Cape Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 243119 Identification The Diederik Cuckoo ...
RAVE : Days 12 and 13 (8 and 9 December 2023)
The first week of the RAVE (RAVE = Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition) was spent at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp, and the report on the first four days, is...
Archive/Biodiversity/Bird ringing/Birding/BirdPix/Citizen Science/LacewingMAP/LepiMAP/OdonataMAp/Paardeberg/ReptileMAP/Trip report/Virtual Museum
RAVE : Days 8 to 11 (4 to 7 December 2023)
On 4 December, the RAVE scene moved to Vondeling Wine Farm, and the eastern edge of the Paardeberg. (RAVE = Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition.) Th...
Archive/Biodiversity/Bird ringing/BirdPix/Birds/Citizen Science/OdonataMAp/Trip report/Vanrhynsdorp/Virtual Museum
RAVE : Days 5, 6 and 7 (1 to 3 December 2023)
The RAVE continues at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp. (RAVE = Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition.) This is the report on activities on Days 5, 6 and 7, Frida...
BDInsight – December 2023
Cover image: Fiery necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralisKarongwe Private Game Reserve, Hoedspruit, Limpopo ProvincePhoto by Douglas Cook Botuin RAVE! RAVE = RI...
RAVE (Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition) : Days 1 to 4 (27 to 30 November 2023)
The first data collection spot on the RAVE was the low level bridge across the Olifants River, a kilometer from the turnoff to Algeria on the N7 from Cape Town ...
BDInsight – November 2023
Ringing News Bird ringing remains one of the most important research methods for discovering some of the most important basic information about each species. Co...
BDInsight – October 2023
Virtual Museum The Virtual Museum (VM) provides the platform for citizen scientists to contribute to biodiversity research and mapping projects. This ...