Bird ringing at Nuwejaars Wetlands SMA : 14 to 19 June 2026
On 14 to 19 June 2026 we made our second visit this year to the Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area, the first visit have been made in April, with blog h...
Tag: Bird ringing
Bird ringing at Strandfontein Sewage Works : 20 July 2026
Multiple bird ringing expeditions to the Strandfontein Sewage Works have taken place since the one described in the blog for 24 May 2026. On that trip we ringed...
Bird ringing at Ouberg : 10 to 16 July 2026
A total of 141 species has been recorded for SABAP2 pentad 3340_2015, the one into which Ouberg Private Nature Reserve falls. That list is based on 29 full prot...
Bird ringing at Ouberg : 30 May to 4 June 2026
We made only two ringing visits to Ouberg Private Nature Reserve last year: 14 to 17 February 2025, and 21 to 24 October 2025. We were delighted to be back at r...
Bird ringing at Strandfontein Sewage Works : 24 May 2026
On 24 May 2026, we were bird ringing at the Strandfontein Sewage Works at a different spot to where we were eight days ago, on 16 May! Relevant permissions were...
Bird ringing at Strandfontein Sewage Works : 16 May 2026
We grabbed the opportunity presented by a calm Saturday morning to do bird ringing at the Strandfontein Sewage Works (relevant permissions having been obtained)...
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...
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...