I first read about the famous miombo woodlands of Mutinondo Wilderness in the Southern African Birdfinder years ago while living in South Africa. The site retained a somewhat mythical appeal to me, having only birded in miombo once before, in Zimbabwe. Miombo, and the many special birds to be found within it, always had a … Continue reading Mutinondo Wilderness, Zambia, 17. – 22.04.2025
To me, Botswana is the home of a flurry of mouthwatering birds attracted to the Okavango Delta, majestic riverine woodlands, and the expansive Kalahari desert. Despite living in neighbouring South Africa for eleven years, I had never been there. When Miguel, a colleague and friend working in Gaborone, invited me to visit I saw a … Continue reading Botswana Tour, 29.03. – 10.04.2025
Ever since we left South Africa and moved to Sri Lanka in 2017 I wanted to return to this beautiful country. After one-and-a-half years, I finally made a trip there with my mother to see friends and see some of the familiar places we loved to visit when we lived there.
This year I finally participated in my first Birding Big Day with my mother, an event where one has to identify as many birds as possible within a 24-hour period. We started fairly early in the morning from Pretoria and began birding in the Vlaklaagte grasslands north of Bronkhorstspruit. From there we drove to the … Continue reading Birding Big Day 25.11.2017
Because we wanted to see some of the places we remember from living in this great country eleven years ago, as well as finding the near-endemics it has to offer, my mother and I made a nearly three week long trip to Namibia. We entered Namibia through Mata-Mata in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and headed … Continue reading Namibia tour 25.03.-14.04.2017
My Zone Is Birding 