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Blue Cranes and orange daisies. Flowers and feathers

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Flowers and feathers: Vanrhynsdorp : 4 to 7 August 2024

Posted on 11/08/2024 by Les Underhill

We visited Botuin Cottages between 4 and 7 August to enjoy the spring flowers and do some birding and ringing. Flowers and feathers. It was also a test run to e...

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Suburban wetlands 1 : Liesbeek River, Observatory

Posted on 25/07/2024 by admin

Having started out in life on the eastern buttress of Table Mountain, the Liesbeek River loses its freedom and is condemned to run most of its course imprisoned...

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Industrial biodiversity 2 continued : Black River in Paarden Island : stormwater drain

Posted on 04/07/2024 by Les Underhill

In October 2019, the piece of the Black River between the N1 and Section Street in the City of Cape Town looked like this: It was described in a 2019 blog as a ...

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Malachite Sunbird (Nectarina famosa)

Posted on 07/02/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: Malachite Sunbird by Pamela Kleiman – Steytlerville, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 10960 Identification The Malachite Sunbird is ...

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RAVE : Days 8 to 11 (4 to 7 December 2023)

Posted on 08/12/2023 by Les Underhill

On 4 December, the RAVE scene moved to Vondeling Wine Farm, and the eastern edge of the Paardeberg. (RAVE = Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition.) Th...

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RAVE : Days 5, 6 and 7 (1 to 3 December 2023)

Posted on 04/12/2023 by admin

The RAVE continues at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp. (RAVE = Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition.) This is the report on activities on Days 5, 6 and 7, Frida...

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RAVE (Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition) : Days 1 to 4 (27 to 30 November 2023)

Posted on 01/12/2023 by Les Underhill

The first data collection spot on the RAVE was the low level bridge across the Olifants River, a kilometer from the turnoff to Algeria on the N7 from Cape Town ...

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BDInsight – September 2023

Posted on 02/09/2023 by admin

Welcome to the September 2023 edition of the BDInsight. We have plenty of news to share and plenty of exciting events coming up. Read on to find out more…...