Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus)
Cover image: Olive Thrush by Gregg Darling – BirdPix 28166 Olive Thrush Identification The Olive Thrush has a dark grey head, back, and tail, an orange be...
Category: Archive
Myrmeleon doralice
View the above photo record (by Ryan Tippett) in LacewingMAP here. Myrmeleon doralice Banks, 1911 Identification Size: Small (Wingspan around 44m...
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis)
Identification The Swee Waxbill is 9–10 cm long with a grey head and breast, pale yellow-grey belly, olive back and wings, red lower back and rump, and a black ...
Myrmeleon alcestris
View the above photo record (by Ryan Tippett) in LacewingMAP here. Myrmeleon alcestris Banks, 1911 Identification Size: Small (Wingspan around 44mm) Myrmel...
Macroleon quinquemaculatus
View the above photo record (by Gary Brown) in LacewingMAP here. Macroleon quinquemaculatus (Hagen, 1853) Identification Size: Medium sized...
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer diffusus)
Cover image by Gregg Darling – BirdPix 20396 Identification As its name suggests the Grey-headed Sparrow has a grey head and face with pale grey underpart...
Crambomorphus sinuatus
View the above photo record (by Erlo Brown) in LacewingMAP here. Crambomorphus sinuatus (Olivier, 1811) Identification Size: Very Large (Wingspan...
Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
Cover image: Pied Crow by Trevor Hardaker – BirdPix 16860 Identification The Pied Crow is an unmistakable, vocal and conspicuous species, unlikely to be o...
Cymothales exilis
View the above photo record (by Bart Wursten) in LacewingMAP here. Cymothales exilis Mansell, 1987 Identification Size: Small-Medium sized (Wings...
BDI Bird Ringing Course at New Holme, Hanover: 30 October to 6 November 2022
The second BDI bird ringing course at New Holme Lodge, in the KhoiSan Karoo Conservancy, has been completed. (Here is the blog about the first course!) Eight at...