African Birdlife Magazine - May/June 2023

In this issue

EUROPEAN ROLLER • HAENERTSBURG • KGALAGADI • KNYSNA ESTUARY • UGANDA

Remembering PETER MUNDY 1941-2023

Peter was [at Oxford] to read zoology, but opted instead to read the complete works of Dostoevsky and to learn to play the baritone saxophone. Inevitably, he was rusticated and he spent the next few years playing saxophone with various R'n'B bands, ending up with Screaming Lord Sutch

6 mins

into the BLACK

Plumage variation in the White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus has always presented a taxonomic challenge.

1 min

AGULHAS LONG-BILLED LARK

Getting intimate with an Overberg endemic

2 mins

Southern SIGHTINGS

The late summer period produced some great sightings, including a new bird for the southern Africa subregion, giving birders plenty to keep themselves entertained.

4 mins

no boundaries for BLUE FEATHERS

World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated on 15 May and 14 October. This month we wish the European Roller well on its difficult journey to its northern breeding grounds, including Ukraine and Russia.

2 mins

VITAL SIGNS

The waterbirds of Knysna Estuary

7 mins

a hole lot of rollers

I have been fortunate to take an annual trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park for the past few years where I enjoy photographing the birdlife and wildlife that this beautiful park has to offer.

1 min

Heated murmurations

The Kgalagadi National Park always delivers, as Jim and Eve - and some Lanner Falcons - discovered.

3 mins

Tuning in to DAVID LÉTSOALO

BirdLife South Africa’s 2022 Conservation Hero, renowned bird guide David Letsoalo, talks birds, pizzas, perfect tunes and making friends in Manhattan’s Central Park.

4 mins

on the right path

Lace up your boots, we're going birding on Magoebaskloof's Louis Changuion trail.

4 mins

75 years and counting!

The Cape Bird Club celebrates a milestone birthday with a Big Year

2 mins

Welcome tO our new editor

Anton Crone, the new editor of African Birdlife, says he feels both honoured and slightly intimidated to be taking over from the remarkable Eve Gracie, who has been at the helm since the magazine's inception in 2012.

1 min

WOMXN FOR WILD IN MTUNZINI

A travel collective that organises trips for women in southern Africa, Womxn for Wild is aware that travelling alone as a woman can be stressful, even dangerous, in one of the global hotspots of gender-based violence.

1 min

Climbing Karoo koppies

Known for its endless plains and occasional hills, or koppies, the Karoo is an arid ecosystem inhabited by plants and animals adapted to unpredictable desert conditions.

2 mins

twitter feed

GARDEN WATCH

3 mins

cutting-edge science

Helps South Africa's only endemic parrot

2 mins

GERTIE the Guineafowl

The first of a series where we get to know the characters that add the most colour to our skies.

2 mins

Where does it begin?

Have you ever wondered how a forest begins?

3 mins

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African Birdlife Magazine Description:

African Birdlife is a world-class bi-monthly magazine about birds and birdwatching in Africa. It includes informative articles and stunning photographs of Africa's birds. Features include: The latest news on bird conservation and behaviour; equipment reviews; photographic tips; competitions to win great prizes. It serves as an important mouthpiece for BirdLife South Africa to create awareness about bird research and conservation.