Water, birds, and biodiversity
Fincham J, Mbewu S and Hobbs J. 2018. Water, birds, and biodiversity – key elements of education. Biodiversity Observations 9.6:1-19 Biodiversity Observat...
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Hornbill predation on sparrow
de Castro J, Castro L, de Castro M and Rijnders F. 2018. Predation by Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill on adult Southern Grey-headed Sparrow. Biodiversity Observ...
Cycad seed dispersal
Symes CT. 2018. Cycad seed dispersal – the importance of large frugivorous birds. Biodiversity Observations 9.4:1-9 Biodiversity Observations is an open a...
The story of the snail and the gecko egg
Conradie W and Herbert DG. 2018. The story of the snail and the gecko egg. Biodiversity Observations 9.3:1-2 Biodiversity Observations is an open access electro...
No citizen science, no future … BDI interviews Tony Archer
BDI travels to Klerksdorp to talk to an outstanding citizen scientist, Tony Archer. Tony has been involved with the second bird atlas since it started, and it i...
Leopards get stressed. Here’s how we know – and why it matters
Leopard scat. Photo credit: Dieter Oschadleus -oo0oo- The article below, written by Andrea Webster, from theUniversity of Pretoria, is republished from The Conv...
Birding plus numbers! I absolutely love both … BDI interviews Lisl van Deventer
Lisl van Deventer has birded extensively at many exciting destinations. Before she travels, she invests a lot of time learning the key features of the birds she...
Dispatches from Rwanda
On the 20th of May I travelled to Rwanda to attend the JRS Biodiversity Foundation’s annual Partners Symposium in Kigali. The symposium is a great opportunity f...
Citizen science in Nigeria: BDI interviews the founder of the South West Atlas Team
Adewale Awoyemi is a young citizen scientist, who lives with birds in the Sunbird Bush, about 7 km north of the city of Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria. He is cu...
A champion citizen scientist in Vanrhynsdorp
Salome Willemse is a citizen scientist in Vanrhynsdorp, in the northwestern corner of the Western Cape, just south of one of South Africa’s most important centr...