Hope for penguins; Birds to watch; Sweet tooth; Hot & bothered
African Penguin|Alistair McInnes|Atlantic Puffin|Black-browed Albatross|breeding|Campbell Albatross|Campbell Island|CapeNature|caracal|Christina Hagen|colony|De Hoop Nature Reserve|distribution|Ed Dunens|fledgling|GPS tracker|Grey-headed Albatross|New Zealand|Peter Ryan|predators|range|SANCCOB|Southern ocean|tracking|transponder
News: Feather light: Leucistic White-fronted Plover – or is it?; Ice and memory: Peregrine Falcon migration; Birds to watch: American Cliff Swallow; Altogether now: living in groups makes you clever; Just rewards: Global recognition for Mabula Ground Hornbill Project
albino|Andrew McKechnie|Arnau Soler|Barn Swallow|breeding|climate|colonies|coloration|Don Debold|Grey-headed Albatross|Hein van Grouw|incubation|Jeff Davis|leucism|melanin|migration|P. rufigula|P. spilodera|Peter Ryan|Petrochelidon pyrrhonota|plumage|Red-throated Cliff Swallow|shorebirds|Sombre Greenbul|South African Cliff Swallow
Sightings in the subregion
“Midwinter to early spring was uncharacteristically quiet in terms of rarities being reported. This was probably more a reflection of the lack of birder coverage as a result of the various lockdown measures for the Covid-19 pandemic than that there weren’t any good birds around to be found.”
Sightings in the subregion
“In general, late autumn to midwinter is one of the quieter times for rarities and this year it was exacerbated by the Covid-19 lockdown. Fortunately, later in the review period some of the restrictions were relaxed slightly and people could move a bit further afield and also more often, giving the opportunity for a few good birds to be found and reported.”