Great Snipes making a comeback?

By |2020-05-16T15:19:58+02:00July 6th, 2016|Birds, Conservation, Identification, Videos, Waders|

Hard to believe today, but the Great Snipe used to be so common in South Africa that it was hunted in large numbers by snipers (yes, that's where the word comes from). It then disappeared for about 80 years. However, could two separate sightings in January 2015 herald a return of this spectacular wader? That would be great indeed.

Cute as a button!

By |2020-05-16T15:20:02+02:00April 18th, 2016|Birds, Conservation, Waders|

Black-rumped Buttonquails, Turnix nanus, are certainly some of the most elusive and tough-to-see-properly of Africa's birds. Ringers Ursula Franke-Bryson and Tom Bryson couldn't believe their eyes when the little bundle in one of their mistnets at Mutinondo Wilderness in northern Zambia turned out to be this poorly known species. Read on to hear why I think buttonquails are probably some of the planet's weirdest birds!

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