Trips

Kaapstad Critique

September 14, 2024 by Peter 2 Comments
Cape Town or Kaapstad: I have a love-hate relationship with the town. Maybe that’s too strong, but I am not falling for the tourism...
Birding

Birding Cape Town

September 19, 2019 by Kai Pflug 3 Comments
In November 2018, I spent a few days birding in Cape Town, South Africa. While apparently not the safest of places, it is a...
Trips

Week 19: Out of Africa!

June 20, 2018 by Tom Brown 2 Comments
And so we are out of Africa, or South Africa at least. It seems like every time I have to leave a new country,...
Birds

Southern Black Bustards

December 7, 2016 by Duncan 2 Comments
I love bustards. They are attractive regal looking birds that scream African savannah to me, even if the first I ever saw was in...
Trips

Rooi Els and Betty’s Bay

November 9, 2016 by Duncan 1 Comment
So, last time I promised to write about some of the other birding spots around Cape Town in South Africa. Rooi Els and Betty’s...
Birding

Birding Cape Town

October 26, 2016 by Duncan 5 Comments
I’m a big fan of city birding. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy getting away from it all out in some remote forest or...
Birds, Plants

The Sunbird and the Parasite

October 12, 2016 by Duncan 2 Comments
I’m back! Back to the site, and back from 6 weeks in Africa (with four weeks gloriously cut off from any news of an...
Birding

Red-winged Starlings

October 7, 2015 by Duncan 1 Comment
Starlings have a bad rap. This is perhaps almost entirely due to the Common Starling, a species that is, over much of its range,...
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