Trip reports
Dieter Oschadleus has been to: Angola, Australia, Belgium, Botswana, China, Germany, Ghana, Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia. Get your own travel map from Matador Network.
Cape Town ringing calendar
Travel links (most recent first)
Colour ringing birds at Fynbos Estate, 17-21 June 2019Ringing at Sonop farm, Paardeberg, 27 April 2019
Ringing expedition to Fynbos Estate, 18-28 February 2019
Ringing weekend at Wittewater Farm, 15-18 February 2018: buntings and bishops
Ringing at Swebe-swebe in Limpopo, 19-25 Nov 2017 - Quelea flocks
Bird ringing course, Aride, Seychelles, 15-22 October 2017
Virtual Museuming in KZN, 1-17 April 2017
Entebbe, Uganda, 9-16 July 2017 and Hairy Lemon Island, Nile River, Uganda, 13 July 2017
Virtual Museuming in KZN, 1-17 April 2017
Ringing weekend at the Nature College, 18-19 March 2017
14th Pan African Ornithological Congress, Dakar, Senegal, 16-21 October 2016
ADU Citizen Scientist Weekend, BLSA Centre Wakkerstroom, 17-18 Sept 2016
ADU Citizen Scientist Weekend, Bloemfontein, 22-24 April 2016
Camping at Kardoesie, 25-27 March 2016
Quelea ringing at Vyevlei, 4-6 March 2016
Sasol Vaaldam big bird-count, 13-14 February 2016
Pilot Citizen Science Event, Hans Hoheisen, 27-30 Nov 2015
Cape Weaver survey on Robben Island, 2-4 Oct 2015
Ringing Red-billed Quelea in the Worcester area, 6 Sept 2015
Bird ringing course, Fregate Island, Seychelles, 12-22 July 2015
PHOWNing from Orpen to OR Tambo, 1 June 2015
Trip to KwaZulu-Natal, 25 April - 9 May, 2015
Quelea ringing at Vyevlei, 20-22 Feb 2015
Weaver colonies at the CSIR, 5 Dec 2014
ADU Citizen Scientist Day, Roodepoort, 16 August 2014
Trip to the Upper Karoo, 24 May-6 June 2014
Bird ringing course, Cousin & Cousine Islands, Seychelles, 11-16 Feb 2014
Quelea ringing near Malmesbury, 18-19 Jan 2014
Biodiversity southern Africa conference, 2-6 Dec 2013
Barberspan ringing conference, 28 Nov - 1 Dec 2013
Trip to Calvinia, 27-28 October 2013
PHOWNing in Hoedspruit, 9-13 October 2013
Ringing in KZN, 15 May - 6 June 2013
Opening of Grootvaly Ringing Centre, 8-10 March 2013
"Weavers for Africa" Conference, 26 Jan 2013
13th PAOC, Arusha, Tanzania, 14-21 October 2012
Visit to Kenya, 27 May - 4 June 2012
Visit to Namibia, 27 Apr-7 May 2012
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
Weaver trip to the Upper Karoo, 21-30 April 2011
Ringing & atlasing workshop, Barberspan, 9-16 March 2011
Weaver ringing trip to Nelspruit, 14-20 March 2011
CWAC & Weaver records on the Vaal Dam, 20-22 Jan 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
60th anniversary, Ringing Conference at Ezemvelo, Dec 2008 - Under construction
PAOC Conference at Goudini Spa, 7-12 Sep 2008
Trip to Tervuren, Belgium to study weaver type specimens, Jul/Aug 2008
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
AEWA/AFRING ringing course, Kenya, 19-26 Sept 2004
Potberg Ringing Course, De Hoop Nature Reserve, W Cape, 21-27 Aug 2004
Namibian ringers get-together, Farm Wiese, Namibia, 20-25 May 2004
Pelican ringing expedition, Hardap Dam, Namibia, 24 May 2004
Trip to Scotland, April 2004
Bird ringing course, Wakkerstroom, 3-10 January 2004
Orange River ringing, 12-19 October 2003
Jena Student visit, 22nd September - 9th October, 2003
Inhaca Island, Mozambique, 31 May - 8 June 2003
Namibia VSG and ringing, April 2003
Namibian islands seabird survey, 19-30 January 2003
Dyer Island, 2 - 3 January 2003
Golden Gate, 26 - 30 December 2002
Bird ringing course, Wakkerstroom, 30 Nov - 6 Dec 2002
Bird ringing course, Lamberts Bay, 19-26 October 2002
ADU Roadshow, 6 - 20 September 2002
23rd International Ornithological Congress, China, 9-23 August 2002
Long weekend in Malawi, 28 June - 2 July 2002
Trip to Australia in March 2002
Swartberg hike, 28 May - 1 June 2002
SAFRING Wakkerstroom National Ringing Training Course, 1-8 December 2001
Seabird ringing course, Lamberts Bay, 13-20 October 2001
3rd EOU Groningen, Netherlands, 21-25 August 2001