African Birdlife - May/June 2023

WOMXN FOR WILD IN MTUNZINI

A travel collective that organises trips for women in southern Africa, Womxn for Wild is aware that travelling alone as a woman can be stressful, even dangerous, in one of the global hotspots of gender-based violence.

Welcome tO our new editor

Anton Crone, the new editor of African Birdlife, says he feels both honoured and slightly intimidated to be taking over from the remarkable Eve Gracie, who has been at the helm since the magazine's inception in 2012.

75 years and counting!

The Cape Bird Club celebrates a milestone birthday with a Big Year

Where does it begin?

Have you ever wondered how a forest begins?

GERTIE the Guineafowl

The first of a series where we get to know the characters that add the most colour to our skies.

cutting-edge science

Helps South Africa's only endemic parrot

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GARDEN WATCH

Climbing Karoo koppies

Known for its endless plains and occasional hills, or koppies, the Karoo is an arid ecosystem inhabited by plants and animals adapted to unpredictable desert conditions.

on the right path

Lace up your boots, we're going birding on Magoebaskloof's Louis Changuion trail.

Tuning in to DAVID LÉTSOALO

BirdLife South Africa’s 2022 Conservation Hero, renowned bird guide David Letsoalo, talks birds, pizzas, perfect tunes and making friends in Manhattan’s Central Park.