Animals-and-Pets
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
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
BOTHA'S LARK
Conservation and Research Working Group
2 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
PUTTING 'COMMUNITY' INTO COMMUNITY BIRD GUIDES
On the face of it, the Community Bird Guide Project is about training bird guides. However, the footprint of this long-running project is much bigger than that.
1 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
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
MIDDELPUNT a new nature reserve
The White-winged Flufftail is listed as globally Critically Endangered, with an estimated population of fewer than 250 mature individuals.
4 min |
January/February 2023
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flock with us!
Flock to Wilderness 24–28 May 2023
2 min |
January/February 2023
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twitter FEED
My husband and I were busy in the garden when we heard a commotion. The thrushes had been aggressively defending their territory for the past couple of days, chasing away doves, pigeons and even parakeets.
2 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
CANON R7 CAMERA
Premium performance at a reasonable price
5 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
take a hike
Birding the Pondo Trail
7 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
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
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
sightings IN THE SUBREGION
Mid-September to mid-November 2022
4 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
DDT dangers
Global monitoring in raptors
2 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
duck OR dive
Predator-avoidance tactics
3 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
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
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cause &effect
Drop in Lesser Kestrel numbers
2 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
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adapt-a-bill
Yet more cryptic prions
4 min |
January/February 2023
African Birdlife
Thermal BUFFER
Forest birds reveal their physiological secrets
4 min |
November/December 2022
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Dancers IN THE desert
The return of Ostriches to the Sahara
7 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
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 |