One of South Africa’s premier vulture-viewing destinations will welcome visitors again from 1 August 2026, when the Mzimkulu Vulture Hide near Underberg reopens after a temporary closure linked to regional Foot-and-Mouth Disease concerns. Although vultures are not affected by the...

BirdLife South Africa’s annual raffle is back—and this year, you could win the birding adventure of a lifetime: an 8-day journey for two to the Philippines’ Visayan Islands, worth R150,000! Explore Cebu, Bohol, and Negros, each home to bird species...

Winter brings the Free State alive as sunbirds return to flowering Leonotis, revealing a fascinating relationship between birds, nectar and seasonal change. By Dawie de Swardt. During the winter months of April and May flowering Leonotis leonorus (Lion’s Ear or...

Although based at the University of York, Colin Beale has spent a quarter of a century studying birds in East Africa. His entertaining book, 101 Curious Tales of East African Birds , grew out of a series of tweets on...

Almost three-quarters of a million Gen Z-ers in Great Britain now regularly enjoy birdwatching, making it their second fastest growing hobby  Massive 10-fold increase in 16 to 29-year-olds (Gen Z-ers) regularly birdwatching since 2018, and numbers are still on the rise  Research published ahead of International Dawn Chorus Day on Sunday 3rd May,...

Holding the Line 1 May – There is a quiet thread running through this issue: a story of change, human pressure, and the ways birds and the people who follow them respond. We begin deep in time exploring with Birgette...

Into the Blue is a powerful short documentary by Richard Flack that traces the fragile future of one of South Africa’s rarest birds, the Blue Swallow. What began as a simple day of filming at Roselands Nature Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal evolved...

When you next see a European Bee-eater, don’t assume that it’s from western or central Europe or if it speaks French or Spanish, because it probably doesn’t! Some  interesting results were  posted on Facebook presenting migratory patterns. The birds that breed...

By Tarryn Havemann, Mouse-Free Marion Project Development Officer 26 February – The Mouse-Free Marion (MFM) Project has secured a transformational pledge of US$10 million from a Swiss-based international foundation. This commitment represents the largest contribution received to date and marks...