During the early part of 2023 (15 January to 20 April) a total of 3,440 birds of 56 species were ringed at the Alte Kalköfen Bird Observatory in southern Namibi...
The Alte Kalköfen Bird Observatory is located 90 km west of Keetmanshoop in southern Namibia along the B4 main road between Keetmanshoop and Aus, which continue...
On 31 August we held an Open Day for bird ringing at Grotto Bay Private Nature Reserve. We caught 62 birds of 19 species (list at the bottom of this blog), incl...
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...
The BDI is holding an Open Day for bird ringing on Saturday, 31 August 2024. We are hosted by the Grotto Bay Private Nature Reserve. The reserve has an area of ...
One of the privileges of being a bird ringer is the opportunity to see birds up close. The opportunity to see the detail of the feathers, the colour of the eye,...
A group of BDI people went bird ringing at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp, from Sunday 2 June to Wednesday 5 June. The aim was to keep a consistent pattern of ringing goi...
The BDI hosted the eighth bird ringing course from 1 to 7 May, this time at Ouberg Private Nature Reserve in the Klein Karoo, north of Montagu. This was the fir...
Cover image: Ruddy Turnstone by John and Anne Todd, 9 April, at St Helena Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa. Most of the turnstones in this photograph are a...
This was the seventh BDI bird ringing course. You get links to the previous courses and other bird ringing events here. Although we had some extremely hot (over...