PHunting Round Three – December 2021
The Festive Season is upon us, or is it the Silly Season? All around there is a mad dash in the shops, the queues are long, the smell of fresh hot-cross buns st...
Category: Biodiversity
PHunting Round Two – Results
PHunting season is here. No critter is safe. Citizen scientists are out and about, armed with their cameras, ready to Photo Hunt! (Featured image above by Gregg...
PHunting Season has begun!
PHunting season is here. No critter is safe. Citizen scientists are out and about, armed with their cameras, ready to Photo Hunt! Well done to each and everyone...
Biodiversity enthusiast! ….The BDI interviews citizen scientist Lucky Okpanachi Atabo
Please tell us a bit about yourself, your background and what you do: My name is Lucky Okpanachi Atabo. I am a young Nigerian and an active volunteer and advoca...
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
The Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus breeds in Europe and Asia. Most move south for the northern winter. Most remain in soutern Europe, some migrate...
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
The Little Egret Egretta garzetta belongs to a large family of birds called the Ardeidae, the herons, the egrets and the bitterns. The herons are, on average, l...
Birds on the coastline of the Western Cape
The focus here is on learning the really common birds you can expect to see on the coastline in the Western Cape. These are the species you are most likely to e...
The Virtual Museum
The Virtual Museum (VM) provides the platform for citizen scientists to contribute to biodiversity projects. This innovative concept was originally developed by...
African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
The African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini is one of the iconic species of the coastline of the southwestern Africa. There is only one oystercatcher that bree...
Impacts of Rhodes on Biodiversity 3 : Common Starling
This is the third and final blog in this series. The first blog talked about the Eastern Grey Squirrel. The second covered four of the five bird species that Ce...