Introduction We have been monitoring the breeding of the African Oystercatchers Haematopos moquini on Robben Island since the summer of 2001/02. We have also mo...
“How do we get people interested in the environment?” “How do people get connected to nature?” This gallery of photos, taken at the Nuwe...
There is no pollution from city light. We are deep in the countryside. There is no moon. The night is dark. Above our heads, the Southern Cross and The Pointers...
The Ouberg Private Nature Reserve is 20 km northeast of the town of Montagu in the Western Cape. It is in the foothills of big mountains. Three biomes meet here...
The BDI is holding an Open Day for bird ringing at Grotto Bay on Saturday, 29 November 2025 15 November 2025. We will be hosted by the local community at Grotto...
This was the first bird ringing visit to the Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA (Special Management Area). Our objective was to start the process of finding good ringing si...
A paper on the migration of Barn Swallows has been published Open Access in the journal Birds. Publication date was 9 September 2025. The authors, title and jou...
We were bird ringing at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp, at the peak of the spring wildflower season. We didn’t do any dedicated trips to the special touristy flower...
This is a report on our seventh bird ringing expedition to the Nuwejaars Wetlands. We were here from Saturday 9 to Thursday 14 August 2025, five nights. This se...
On Saturday 21 December 2024, we invited all the bird ringers in Cape Town to celebrate a year of enjoying birds. It was an special opportunity for the bird rin...