Bird news

Out of the blocks with a bang...

Derek Keats

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, a team in KZN picked up a gull at St Lucia estuary, only reported 5 days later to the disappointment of…

The Rules of Twitching!

Derek Keats

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 in many parts of the country, most notably the Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu- Natal. This was the case…

Ruff, one of our migratory waders

Wader conservation world watch 7 for 2020

Derek Keats

A world-wide count of Waders / ShorebirdsDates: Saturday 31st October 00h00(SAT) to Sunday 1st November 23h59 (SAT) 2020 Let us get out into the field over the weekend to Express our thanks to those people involved in the conservation of…