A champion citizen scientist in Vanrhynsdorp
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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Why studying African birds’ varied migration patterns is so important
A white-throated swallow, one of several intra-African migratory birds. Photo credit: MartinMaritz/Shutterstock -oo0oo- Les Underhill recently published this pi...
Birds and barbed wire
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...
International Citizen Science Day in The Company’s Garden
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 ...
Paardeberg site report – 2018/04/07
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...
Lacewings at Beaufort West, on the farm Little England
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...
Bird ringing report – Paardeberg 28 March 2018
Cape Robin-chat – Virtual Museum record Report by Dieter Oschadleus on our first BDI bird ringing in the Paardeberg. The Paardeberg stands out as a mounta...