Bird ringing at Frogmore Estate/Zandvlei : 9 May 2026
Frogmore Estate is a suburb of Cape Town, a few kilometres north of Muizenberg, and bordering on Zandvlei. The Zandvlei Trust plays a key role in the conservati...
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Bird ringing at Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA : 12 to 16 April 2026
This was our 12th bird ringing expedition to the Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area. We arrived into a wet and windy few days at the end of what had bee...
Open Day for bird ringing at Grotto Bay Private Nature Reserve : 29 November 2025
There is no record of the number of people who attended the Open Day for bird ringing at Grotto Bay, but it was probably roughly 40, both residents and visitors...
Connecting to nature via bird ringing : Nuwejaars Wetlands : 2 to 7 November 2025
“How do we get people interested in the environment?” “How do people get connected to nature?” This gallery of photos, taken at the Nuwe...
Bird ringing at Ouberg : 14 to 17 February 2025
There is no pollution from city light. We are deep in the countryside. There is no moon. The night is dark. Above our heads, the Southern Cross and The Pointers...
Bird ringing at Ouberg : 21 to 24 October 2025
The Ouberg Private Nature Reserve is 20 km northeast of the town of Montagu in the Western Cape. It is in the foothills of big mountains. Three biomes meet here...
Bird ringing at Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA : 7 to 12 October 2024
This was the first bird ringing visit to the Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA (Special Management Area). Our objective was to start the process of finding good ringing si...
Bird ringing at Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA : 19 to 23 September 2025
We are reporting on our eighth bird ringing expedition to the Nuwejaars Wetlands. We were here from Friday 19 to Tuesday 23 September 2025, four nights. As with...
Bird ringing at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp : 23 to 27 August 2025
We were bird ringing at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp, at the peak of the spring wildflower season. We didn’t do any dedicated trips to the special touristy flower...
Bird ringing at Alte Kalköfen Bird Observatory : 5 to 12 February 2025
Where is the Alte Kalköfen Bird Observatory? The Alte Kalköfen Bird Observatory is in southern Namibia, along the B4, the main road between Keetmanshoop, via Au...