Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
Cover image: Black-headed Heron by Les Underhill – Bloubergstrand, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 266676 Identification The Black-headed Heron is a large ...
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Karoo Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas coryphoeus)
Cover image of Karoo Scrub Robin by Ryan Tippett – Carnarvon district, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 274165 Identification The Karoo Scrub Robin is...
BDInsight – March 2024
Cover image: Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris) – Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape – Photo by Amandine Dore Welcome to the March 2024 edition of the BDInsig...
Malachite Sunbird (Nectarina famosa)
Cover image: Malachite Sunbird by Pamela Kleiman – Steytlerville, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 10960 Identification The Malachite Sunbird is ...
Bird Ringing Course at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp: 31 January to 6 February 2024
This was the seventh BDI bird ringing course. You get links to the previous courses and other bird ringing events here. Although we had some extremely hot (over...
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...
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...
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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...