African Birdlife
cause &effect
Drop in Lesser Kestrel numbers
2 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
duck OR dive
Predator-avoidance tactics
3 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
DDT dangers
Global monitoring in raptors
2 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
sightings IN THE SUBREGION
Mid-September to mid-November 2022
4 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
listing FOR Conservation
Most birders keep some sort of a list. Some don't, but this is the South Africa Listers' Club column so if you're reading this, let's assume that you do.
4 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
just wait...
Photographer, author and naturalist Hugh Chittenden is one of southern Africa’s most respected field biologists.
2 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
take cover
You don’t have to be crazy, but it helps…
8 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
take a hike
Birding the Pondo Trail
7 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
martial law
‘Look at those two vultures,’ said my wife Petra, after noticing something flying towards us. We were at the Kwang waterhole on 19 September 2022, during our visit to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
3 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
show & tell
African Broadbill display
3 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
penguins breeding AT DE HOOP
Seven years after work began to re-establish an African Penguin breeding colony at De Hoop Nature Reserve, a pair of chicks has been observed at a nest at the colony.
2 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
synthetic fibre blues
The penduline-tits (Remizidae) are a small family of 11 species in three genera allied to the true tits (Paridae). Most species construct intricately woven nests that are suspended from branches, which explains their common name.
2 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
cryptic conundrun
Can you rise to the challenge and identify this African bird species? Consider all the likely variables and then test yourself – it’s not always as easy as it looks! If you enter and your identification is correct, you stand in line to win a pair of binoculars that will help take your birding to the next level…
1 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
Príncipe Scops Owl
In July 2016, the presence of a scops owl was confirmed on Príncipe, the smaller of the two islands that comprise the tiny island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea (African Birdlife 5(1): 10).
1 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
change your tune
Coping with noisy neighbours
1 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
contact tracing
Feather lice transmission between seabirds
3 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
showcase
We receive remarkable images on a regular basis, but are not always able to find space for them in our pages. So because we would like to share them with you, we have decided to display some of the best that we receive.
2 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
guts&gory
One might not slow down for a Lilac-breasted Roller in the Kruger Park any more, but a Martial Eagle gets a full stop. Let’s face it, there is something arresting about raptors, beyond their talons and mastery of flight.
3 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
Reno rip-off
It is always fascinating to witness the skill with which Southern Masked Weavers go about building their nests.
1 min |
November/December 2022
African Birdlife
In too deep
Magazines make difficult things look easy. Weight loss, happy marriages, and underwater birding are just three examples that come to mind.
3 min |
November/December 2022
African Birdlife
Dancers IN THE desert
The return of Ostriches to the Sahara
7 min |
November/December 2022
African Birdlife
Thermal BUFFER
Forest birds reveal their physiological secrets
4 min |
November/December 2022
African Birdlife
Wetland wonder
ABOUT 200 KILOMETRES north of Johannesburg and straddling the floodplain of the Nyl River, Nylsvley Nature Reserve is a much-visited birding destination in Limpopo Province.
2 min |
November/December 2022
African Birdlife
Paradise found?
Searching for Taita Falcons in Niassa Special Reserve
8 min |
November/December 2022
African Birdlife
Trogon travails
The trials of nesting Narinas
3 min |
November/December 2022
African Birdlife
DE HOOP ror penguins
For the past five years, BirdLife South Africa has been working to re-establish an African Penguin colony at De Hoop Nature Reserve.
2 min |
November/December 2022
African Birdlife
Killer moves
After two years of being prevented from visiting Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana because of the pandemic, we were excited to return to this magical wilderness in the first week of December 2021.
2 min |
November/December 2022
African Birdlife
Owl awards 2022
Each year BirdLife South Africa presents Owl Awards to members of the birding community who have made outstanding efforts to help 'give conservation wings'.
7 min |
November/December 2022
Farmer's Weekly
Animal Health - Diarrhoea in sheep and goats
Many diseases cause diarrhoea, leading to dehydration and death. These include colibacillosis, paratyphoid, Johne’s disease, Rift Valley fever, and coccidiosis, all of which can lead to mortalities.
4 min |
Farmer's Weekly 28 October
African Birdlife
Birds of Bubye
Birding in Zimbabwe's Bubye Valley Conservancy
7 min |