bird ringing

Our visiting bird ringers struck gold recently when one of the birds they ringed, a Red-backed Shrike bearing the ring number BF22756, was found 7000 kilometers away in Egypt. Red-backed Shrikes breeds across Eurasia but spend the northern winter in the southern African sub region.

During November 2023, the Research Camp and umKhaya Cottage were taken over by an international team of bird ringers. Over a 3-week period they caught and processed 470 birds, representing 80 different species – ranging in size from Blue Waxbills (weighing in at around 10g) to Southern Yellow-billed Hornbills (250g plus).