Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis)
Identification The Yellow Bishop is a medium-sized, brightly coloured bird. Males are black and yellow in breeding plumage, and keep the bright yellow wing and ...
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Bird ringing at Vondeling Wine Farm, April 2023
A BDI team visited Vondeling Wine Farm to do some exploratory ringing and bird monitoring from Thursday 13 April to Sunday 16 April 2023. Besides the ringing, w...
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Identification In the interior of South Africa, almost any gull which at first glance looks like a Kelp Gull (white head and body, black back and wings) is most...
The value of bird ringing to research and conservation
What do we learn from bird ringing? The first, quick and obvious answer is that ringing helps us understand movement patterns of birds. The more subtle answer i...
Bird ringing courses in South Africa
The BDI and Birds4Africa run bird ringing courses in South Africa regularly, and we aim for at least four per year. The aim here is to give a broad overview of ...
Bird ringing at Ouberg Private Nature Reserve: 14 to 17 February 2023
A “BDI – Birds4Africa” bird ringing visit was held from 14 to 17 February 2023 at the Ouberg Private Nature Reserve in the Little Karoo near Montagu. This was a...
Bird Ringing Course at Botuin : 1 to 7 February 2023
A “BDI – Birds4Africa” bird ringing course was held from 1-7 February 2023, with a base at Botuin Cottages & Olive Farm on the outskirts of the Karoo ...
Melambrotus papio
View the above photo record (by Mark Galpin) in LacewingMAP here. Ascalaphidae (Owlflies) Melambrotus papio Tjeder, 1992 Identification Size:&nb...
Ascalaphus festivus
View the above photo record (by Richard Johnstone) in LacewingMAP here. Ascalaphidae (Owlflies) Ascalaphus festivus (Rambur, 1842) Identificatio...
Ascalaphus bilineatus
View the above photo record (by Ryan Tippett) in LacewingMAP here. Ascalaphidae (Owlflies) Ascalaphus bilineatus (Kolbe, 1897) Identification Si...