Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus)
Cover image of Bokmakierie by Ryan Tippett – Carnarvon District, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 114349 Identification The Bokmakierie should be fami...
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Greater Kestrel (Falco rupicoloides)
Cover image Greater Kestrel by Sybrand Venter – Carnarvon district, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 246605 Identification The Greater Kestrel is a sm...
Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus)
Cover image of Pale Chanting Goshawk by Ryan Tippett – Carnarvon district, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 60801 Identification The Pale Chanting Gos...
Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata)
Cover image of Capped Wheatear by Sybrand Venter – Near Carnarvon, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 219360 Identification The Capped Wheatear is a str...
Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
Cover image of Crowned Lapwing by Pieter Cronje – Moreleta Kloof Nature Reserve, Gauteng – BirdPix No. 89394 Identification The Crowned Lapwing i...
Bird ringing course at Botuin : 28 June to 4 July 2023
Although mid winter, we had a great bird ringing course at Botuin, in Vanrhynsdorp. The days were shorter and colder, and the migrants had left (except for one!...
Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
Cover image by Sybrand Venter – Carnarvon district, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 233365 Identification The Blacksmith Lapwing is a boldly marked a...
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...
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...