Out of the blocks with a bang…
We’re now 2 months into the year, with a pretty explosive start to the rarities scene. On Birding Big Day on 28 November last year,
The Rules of Twitching!
Here in Southern Africa, the start of 2021 has been a special twitching season. Over this period a host of good rarities have showed up
Birding the Wildest Islands of the Caribbean
Almost invisible on a map of the world, the two tiny islandsof Trinidad and Tobago are located at the southern end of the Caribbean, justoff
The ruff – our non-binary migrant
I love ruffs. Part of the reason for this is that they arrive in Gauteng, South Africa from the northern hemisphere during the chill, dusty
Birding in the southern Drakensberg
Tips to finding the southern Drakensberg specials in the Rhodes, Naude’s Neck Pass, Tenahead and TIffendell areas.
Basic evolutionary biology for birders
The video contained in this page was a webinar on Learn-the-Birds in October, 2020. Birds have played a critically important role in the origin of
Webinar recording – Buy equipment not software: quality open source (free) software for bird photographers
When you get into bird photography, you soon realise that you need to process your photos, and having just spent a small fortune on camera
Wader conservation world watch 7 for 2020
A world-wide count of Waders / Shorebirds is happening Saturday 31st October 00h00(SAT) to Sunday 1st November 23h59 (SAT) 2020
Educational Bird Videos with Lynette Rudman
Lynette Rudman talks about her journey into becoming an educational bird video Youtube contributor. Discover what made her follow this path.
Diederik cuckoo – observations and photos of mating rituals and nest intrusions
The unmistakeable, loud deed-deed-deed-deed-er-ick call of the diederik cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius, is a characteristic of the spring and summer landscape of southern Africa. The species
Lucky weekend with Long-billed pipits in Marakele National Park
On the weekend of Aug 22, 2020, when we were finally allowed to travel between provinces, I was lucky enough to spend two mornings observing Long-billed Pipits at Marakele National Park.
Learning about speciation from White-eyes
When I first saw the Orange River White-eye a couple of months ago, it got me thinking about the group, and having seen white-eyes in