Cape Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus minutus)
Cover image of Cape Penduline Tit by Roy Earle – Karas, Namibia The Cape Penduline Tit belongs to the Family REMIZIDAE (Penduline...
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Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Cover image of Indian Peafowl. Photograph taken 9 December 2023, at Vondeling Wine Farm, northwest of Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa. The Indian Pe...
Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)
Cover image of Chukar Partridge. Photograph taken on Robben Island. The Chukar Partridge belongs to the Family Phasianidae (pheasants). There are curr...
Long-billed Crombec (Sylvietta rufescens)
Cover image of Long-billed Crombec by Johan van Rooyen – Swartberg, Western Cape Crombecs belong to the Family MACROSPHENIDAE (African Warb...
Southern Tchagra (Tchagra tchagra)
Cover image of Southern Tchagra by Attie van Aarde – Stilbaai, Western Cape Tchagras belong to the Bushshrike family MALACONOTIDAE. Other member...
Counting African Oystercatchers on Robben Island : 31 July 2026
The survey of the African Oystercatchers on Robben Island on Friday 31 July turned out blogworthy, not so much from the perspective of the oystercatchers, but b...
Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
Cover image of Black-winged Kite by Mark Stanton – Pilanesberg National Park, North West Kites belong to the family ACCIPITRIDAE ...
Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)
Cover image of Red-knobbed Coot. Coots belong to the Family RALLIDAE. This family also includes Rails, Crakes, Swamphens, Flufftails, Gallinules, and Moorhens, ...
Bird ringing at Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA : 14 to 19 June 2026
On 14 to 19 June 2026 we made our second visit this year to the Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area, the first visit have been made in April, with blog h...
Bird ringing at Strandfontein Sewage Works : 20 July 2026
Multiple bird ringing expeditions to the Strandfontein Sewage Works have taken place since the one described in the blog for 24 May 2026. On that trip we ringed...