A beautifully illustrated new children’s book is hoping to inspire a lifelong love of nature by telling the story of one of South Africa’s rarest birds, the Black Harrier, BirdLife South Africa’s Bird of the Year for 2026. Published by Jacana Media’s Staging Post, For We Are Few combines science, storytelling and art to introduce children and...

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 #BirdsAtTea penned during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. It uses 101 East African birds to...

Editor of African Birdlife magazine Anton Crone conducted an interview with debut author and conservation biologist Lovelater Sebele discussing her new title, Through the Eyes of Vultures. Sebele takes readers through the strife and ever-changing landscapes that vultures face each day. Through the eyes of this misunderstood species, she brings science and conservation to the...

By Anton Crone – With a great variety of field guides (old and new) in circulation, and phone apps to back them up, birders are spoilt for choice when it comes to tools that help identify birds. But there has been a gap. Regional definitions vary but the general consensus among South African birders is...