Ringing - posts

Bird ringing at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp : 29 March to 4 April 2025
13/07/2025
We had neglected our Vanrhynsdorp ringing sites since November last year, so this visit was overdue! You can read the report on that trip here. This blog summarizes the bird ringing at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp, March-April 2025. Vanryhnsdorp is on the N7 national road, about half way between Cape Town and Namibia. Busy time for ringing. The stoep at […]
Bird ringing course at New Holme : 9 to 15 September 2024
01/07/2025
The BDI’s ninth bird ringing course, and the fourth at New Holme, was held at the New Holme Nature Lodge, in the heart of the Karoo, between Hanover and Colesburg, about 700 km from both Johannesburg and 700 km from Cape Town. This was the team: We have ringed at a variety of sites on the farm New Holme multiple times since our first ringing […]
Bird ringing course at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp : 15 to 20 November 2024
30/06/2025
The BDI’s 10th bird ringing course was held at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp, from 15 to 20 November 2024. We have a selection of ringing sites in the district, which we use in rotation during our trips. We are trying to reach a point where a good proportion of the birds at these sites are ringed, and over a period of years we will be able to collect […]
Bird ringing at Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA : 7 to 11 April 2025
06/06/2025
Expedition number five to the Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA. Our accommodation was in the delightful units at Hazevlakte. We arrived Monday 7 April, put up nets in the Hazevlakte werf and handled 53 birds before nightfall. We spent the morning of Tuesday 8 April at the floodplain of the Nuwejaars River, on the farm Moddervlei and caught 39 birds of 16 […]
Bird ringing at Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA : 30 May to 4 June 2025
05/06/2025
We had another exploratory ringing expedition to the Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area (SMA) from Friday 30 May to Wednesday 4 June. This is the BDI’s sixth ringing visit to this area. The previous ones were in October and in November 2024, and in February, March and April this year. This is our first ringing trip here in early […]