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African Birdlife

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March 2023

We receive remarkable images on a regular basis, but are not always able to find space for them in our pages. 

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So because we would like to share them with you, we have displayed some of the best photographs we have received.

Canon South Africa has kindly sponsored a PowerShot SX420 IS camera, valued at R5000, for the image that the magazine's staff voted as the most striking in this issue. The winner in this issue is Kevin Tutty.

I took this image of a juvenile Bateleur while we were on a game drive in the Lower Sabie area of the Kruger National Park. The bird's attention was drawn to a bottle that someone had unfortunately thrown from their car. When we stopped, the bird noticed its own reflection in our wheel covers and, as it walked up to us for a closer look, I managed to take a few photographs.

KEVIN TUTTY

We went to Chintsa East on the Wild Coast for the December holidays. I had heard that the Knysna Woodpecker had been seen there and as that was a bird high on my to-see list, I went in search of it.

African Birdlife'den DAHA FAZLA HİKAYE

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Southern SIGHTINGS

MID-JULY TO MID-SEPTEMBER 2025

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BLUE CRANE

A symbol of pride and vulnerability

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6 mins

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CHAOS AT THE KOM

Between 1 and 3 December 2024 there was a remarkable sardine run off Kommetjie on the Cape Peninsula.

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1 min

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African Birdlife

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands

Whatever form they take, from peatlands to estuaries, wetlands are critical for the survival of waterbirds, such as the White-winged Flufftail, Maccoa Duck and Grey Crowned Crane. They are highly productive ecosystems that are characterised by diverse and abundant food sources and they provide essential feeding, breeding, migratory and resting habitat for numerous species. iSimangaliso Wetland Park, for example, supports more than 500 bird species.

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1 mins

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FRAMING wild feathers

WINNERS OF THE BIRDLIFE SOUTH AFRICA PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2025

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4 mins

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PITTA PILGRIMAGE

Look there - on that branch, behind those green leaves!’ Crouching in thick forest, with sweat dripping, heart pounding and eyes straining, I frantically searched with my binoculars, trying to work out which branch, which green leaves - indeed, which darned tree? I was close to panicking as we had come so far, and yet I just couldn't see where our guide was pointing.

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Unlocking a DIGITAL WORLD of bird stories

For more than 75 years, the South African Bird Ringing Unit (SAFRING), now hosted by the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, has woven together the complex life stories of southern Africa's birds.

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1 mins

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MIRRORLESS MARVEL

Testing Canon's R1 in the field

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3 mins

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Is NECHISAR NIGHTJAR a hybrid?

Vernon Head's award-winning book The Search for the Rarest Bird in the World brought widespread attention to the curious case of the Nechisar Nightjar. In 1992, a dead nightjar was found on a dirt road in Nechisar National Park, southern Ethiopia. A wing was collected and the bird was later described as a new species based on its distinctive large white wing patch. Its scientific name, Caprimulgus solala, attests to the fact that it is known only from a single wing.

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2 mins

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African Birdlife

a TALL Tail

In the high grass of eastern South Africa, midsummer is when the Long-tailed Widowbird transforms the veld into a stage.

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1 min

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