African Birdlife (July / August 2022)

Weathering the storm

Inbox: Fabulous Fishing owls; Persistence pays; Caspian challenge

Vulture culture: social systems and conservation; Ruff stuff: Reducing the impact of domestic cats on native wildlife; Food on the fly: Red-footed Boobies in hot pursuit of flying fish; Black Harriers need help

Weather or not?

Sightings in the subregion

Courting Crakes

Terminal velocity: The long-term costs of endangeredbirds killed by wind farms

Cliff hanger: Filming breeding Secretarybirds

Stolen moments

DIY delights: Birding Zambia

One in a million: Targeting new pentads motivates keen atlasers

Ringing record: Rufous-cheeked Nightjar retrapped after 16 years

Bird of the year 2022: Cape Gannet. Investing in the future

Raising the bar: Swarovski NL Pure 32 binoculars

Twitter feed

Prolific polymath: Professor Peter Ryan awarded the Gill Memorial Medal

Where do they go?; Put a pin in it; The African Bird Fair; More and more: support community bird guides; A new vision to protect grassland biodiversity

Showcase

Once upon a nightjar