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Category: Vanrhynsdorp

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Bird ringing course at Botuin : 28 June to 4 July 2023

Posted on 05/07/2023 by Dieter Oschadleus

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!...

Archive/Bird ringing/Birding/Birds/Karoo/Vanrhynsdorp

Bird ringing at Botuin

Posted on 05/06/2023 by Dieter Oschadleus

Over three bird ringing visits to Botuin, we have caught 748 birds of 57 species! Botuin is situated on the outskirts of Vanrhynsdorp and accessible with a norm...

Archive/Bird identification/Bird ringing/Birding/News/Vanrhynsdorp

Bird Ringing Course at Botuin : 1 to 7 February 2023

Posted on 11/02/2023 by Dieter Oschadleus

A “BDI – Birds4Africa” bird ringing course was held from 1-7 February 2023, with a base at Botuin Cottages & Olive Farm on the outskirts of the Karoo ...

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Fundamentals of Citizen Science, a BDI course

Posted on 23/12/2020 by Les Underhill

During 2021, the BDI will offer a course called "Fundamentals of Citizen Science".

European Bee-eater
Bird ringing/Karoo/Trip report/Vanrhynsdorp

Karoo garden bird ringing, Vanrhynsdorp, January 2020

Posted on 27/01/2020 by Dieter Oschadleus

Not many gardens boast Karoo specials like European Bee-eater, Namaqua Warbler, and Lark-like Bunting. All these were ringed in a long weekend, as well as many ...

Citizen Science/Citizen scientist profile/News/Vanrhynsdorp

A champion citizen scientist in Vanrhynsdorp

Posted on 17/05/2018 by Megan Loftie-Eaton

Salome Willemse is a citizen scientist in Vanrhynsdorp, in the northwestern corner of the Western Cape, just south of one of South Africa’s most important centr...

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