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Biodiversity/Citizen Science/Karoo/LepiMAP/MammalMAP/OdonataMAP/Site report/Trip report/Virtual Museum

Boegoeberg Dam BioBash: Where Kalahari Meets Karoo

Posted on 18/10/2019 by Karis Daniel

The interface of Kalahari and Karoo is a study in contrasts: red sands and blue skies; dry earth and flowing river; bustling weaver colonies and deserted towns....

Biodiversity/BirdPix/Citizen Science/Karoo/LepiMAP/MammalMAP/News/OdonataMAP/Site report/Trip report/Virtual Museum

The BDI visits Roam Private Game Reserve

Posted on 03/09/2019 by Les Underhill

Five years ago, the Post family bought a 5000 ha property in the Karoo which had been used for hunting, turned it into a biodiversity conservation area, and ren...

Biodiversity/Karoo/Site report/Virtual Museum

The BDI visits the Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve …

Posted on 30/05/2019 by Les Underhill

Within an hour of a dusk arrival at what was then known as the Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve (now the Khoisan Karoo Conservancy) … … we had not only b...

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Bird ringing/Paardeberg/Site report

Ringing at Sonop farm, Paardeberg

Posted on 29/04/2019 by Dieter Oschadleus

Paardeberg Inselberg is surrounded by vineyards and farms, but patches of fynbos, trees, farm dams, homestead gardens provide varied habitat and good diversity ...

Paardeberg/Site report

Paardeberg site report – 2018/04/07

Posted on 11/04/2018 by Les Underhill

By Les Underhill. Photo credits: Les Underhill and Dieter Oschadleus Team BDI explored the northwest corner of the Paardeberg on Saturday 7 April 2018. We visit...

Archive/LacewingMAP/Site report

Lacewings at Beaufort West, on the farm Little England

Posted on 02/04/2018 by Les Underhill

Lacewings are not one of the charismatic groups of insects, and have been poorly studied. They consume aphids and do pollination, so they are one of the key eco...

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