Mountain Chat (Oenanthe monticola)
Cover image of Mountain Chat by Gerald Wingate – Britannica Bay, Western Cape. Identification The Mountain Chat or Mountain Wheatear is a handsome and...
Category: Birding
White-breasted Cormorant (Phalocrocorax lucidus)
Identification In theory, the White-breasted Cormorant is an easy species to identify (but there are imposters, see later). In adults the top half of the front ...
Tractrac Chat (Emarginata tractrac)
Cover image of Tractrac Chat by Gregg Darling – Spitzkoppe, Namibia – BirdPix No. 13744 Identification The Tractrac Chat is a small, pale coloure...
Bird ringing at Botuin: summary 2020 to 2023
This blog is a summary of bird ringing at Botuin, Vanrhynsdrop. Over our first three bird ringing visits to Botuin, we have caught 748 birds of 57 species! Botu...
Sickle-winged Chat (Emarginata sinuata)
Cover image of Sickle-winged Chat by Vaughan Jessnitz – St. Helena Bay, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 152671 Identification The Sickle-winged Chat i...
Karoo Chat (Emarginata schlegelii)
Cover image of Karoo Chat by Desire Darling – Mountain Zebra National Park, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 38935 Identification The Karoo Chat is lar...
Bird ringing at Grotto Bay, 27 May 2023
The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI) hosted a Citizen Science Day on Saturday, 27 May 2023, with a focus on bird ringing at Grotto Bay Private Natur...
Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora)
Cover image of Ant-eating Chat by Desire Darling – Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 7088 Identification The Ant-eating Cha...
Familiar Chat (Oenanthe familiaris)
Cover image of Familiar Chat by Ryan Tippett – Near Carnarvon, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 253536 Identification The Familiar Chat is a small and...
Bird ringing course at Ouberg Private Nature Reserve, 10 to 16 May 2023
A cold and sometimes wet Karoo week was not the best for a ringing course, yet everyone thoroughly enjoyed the course! We caught 219 birds of 29 species at the ...