60th anniversary|ADU|Animal Demography Unit|Cecily Niven|Centre of Excellence|conservation biology|COVID-19|FitzPatrick Institute|FitzPatrick Report|Lockdown|Marina Niven|National Research Foundation|Niven library|NRF|SABAP2|Sir Percy FitzPatrick|University of Cape Town
“Orange-breasted Waxbill”|Caroline Howes|FitzPatrick Institute|FitzPatrick Report|Johannesburg|luxury effect|Marietjie Froneman|University of the Witwatersrand
“South African National Biodiversity Institute”|”Southern African Bird Atlas Project”|biodiversity|bird distribution|BirdLasser|citizen science|data|FitzPatrick Institute|funding|SANBI
André Ferreira|animal population|Annie Basson|artificial intelligence|bird rings|FitzPatrick Institute|FitzPatrick Report|Franck Theron|Liliana Silva|long-term study|passive integrated transponder|Peter Scott|PIT tags|radio-frequency identification|RFID|Rita Covas
animal–human cooperation|brood parasite|citizen science|Claire Spottiswoode|collaborate|FitzPatrick Institute|FitzPatrick Report|honey|Jessica van der Wal|mutualism|University of Cambridge|wax
On 28 May at BirdLife South Africa’s AGM, Peter Ryan was presented with the organisation’s
coveted Gill Memorial Medal. Here Professor Claire Spottiswoode pays tribute to Peter and highlights the huge contribution that he has made to ornithology.