Bird Ringing South Africa. Western Cape South Africa Sao Tome ringing tour coming watch this space. Fynbos pronounced fain-bos a sort of Macchia or chaparral.
At the moment there are 130 active bird ringers in South Africa Namibia Botswana Zimbabwe Zambia and Malawi. Bird ringing in South Africa started in 1948 when the Southern African Ornithological Society SAOS initiated a bird ringing scheme under the leadership of Dr EH Ashton. The Biodiversity Development Institute BDI is a non-profit research entity in South Africa.
The metal ring is attached to their lower leg and they tend to be measured weighed aged sexed and examined for any other data relevant to.
Birds4Africa specialises in a variety of personalized Ringing and Birding tours in Africa and surrounding islands. We still catch birds ring them measure and weigh them and release them much as we have done for the first 50 years of bird ringing in southern Africa. Reset Password Login. Most ringers are not aware that the real cost of a ring is about three times what the ringer pays.