Ringing web pages

SA Bird Ringing Unit

SAFRING

Photo galleries

Photo gallery of bird ringing in Cape Town, 2010
Photo gallery of bird ringing in Cape Town, 2009

Ringing on the Cape Peninsula

Natal dispersal in weavers on the Cape Peninsula
Natal dispersal in weavers on the Cape Peninsula - results
Weaver ringing on the Cape Peninsula, 2011
Weaver ringing on the Cape Peninsula, 2010
Weaver ringing on the Cape Peninsula, 2009
Weaver ringing on the Cape Peninsula, 2008

Projects

SESAW (Survival rates)

General

Weaver longevities
Weaver identification, ageing & sexing

Calendar of weaver ringing events in Cape Town
Weaver ringing in southern Africa

Ringing trips

Future trips (ringing and talks), see also Cape Town ringing calendar
Ringing course, Zambia, 29 March - 6 April 2012
Ringing trip, Zululand, 6-12 February 2012
Ringing trip, Tswalu, 14-17 November 2011
Bird ringing course, Cousin Island, Seychelles, 18-23 September 2011
Weavers in winter, July 2011
Ringing & atlasing workshop, Barberspan, 9-16 March 2011
Weaver ringing trip to Nelspruit, 14-20 March 2011
Ringing trip to coastal Zululand, 14-19 Nov 2010
Namibian ringers get-together, Kakuse farm, 13-16 May 2010
Ringing course in Port Elizabeth, May 2010
Barberspan ringing conference and more, 11-22 March 2010
Weaver ringing trip to Limpopo Province, 2-6 Feb 2010
Red-billed Quelea breeding in the Worcester area, Western Cape, 20-21 April 2009
Weaver ringing trip to the bushveld, 20-28 Feb 2009
Trip to Lubango, Angola, to catalogue specimens, 6-23 June 2008
Weaver ringing trip to KwaZulu-Natal, Jan 2008
Wakkerstroom Bird ringing course, 3-7 January 2005
SAFRING national ringing workshop, Landela, 2005
Previous travels

Previous ringing summaries

(Note: these pages are no longer updated but may still be of interest)

Redbilled Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius
Forest Weaver Ploceus bicolor
Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
Redheaded Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
Redbilled Quelea Quelea quelea
Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
Yellowrumped Widow Euplectes capensis
Redshouldered Widow Euplectes axillaris
Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi