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Category: Citizen Science

Bird ringing/Citizen Science

Why studying African birds’ varied migration patterns is so important

Posted on 15/05/2018 by Les Underhill

A white-throated swallow, one of several intra-African migratory birds. Photo credit: MartinMaritz/Shutterstock -oo0oo- Les Underhill recently published this pi...

Citizen Science/News

Birds and barbed wire

Posted on 08/05/2018 by Les Underhill

Birds and barbed wire – by Les Underhill Barbed wire was invented in America in the 1860s, and used to keep cattle inside of camps, or outside of crops. W...

Citizen Science/News

International Citizen Science Day in The Company’s Garden

Posted on 14/04/2018 by Les Underhill

International Citizen Science Day in The Company’s Garden – by Les Underhill All but one of the thousands of people in The Company’s Garden, in the heart ...

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