Avian Demography Unit: SAFRING Home Page

Avian Demography Unit
Department of Statistical Sciences
University of Cape Town

Projects of the Avian Demography Unit

SAFRING
South African Bird Ringing Unit

Dieter Oschadleus

Distribution of ringers in southern Africa (active 2000-2002)

Download ringing pamphlet here (ppt; 69 kB)

Download Distance Calculator here (16 kB)

Bonnevie's Recapture Model:
Download paper here (46 kB)
Download spreadsheet here (466 kB)
Download figures here (164 kB)

New link: Birdlife Gauteng North Bird Ringing Group

New link: Birdlife KZN Midlands Bird Ringing Group

About SAFRING
SAFRING Notices and Courses Old Notices and Courses page
Measured effort ringing project.
Reporting recoveries
Ringing projects
Ringing results
SAFRING sponsors and volunteers
SAFRING Trust fund
Ringing expeditions and completed training courses:
Landela ringing course, Port Elizabeth, 11-17 November 2005
Wakkerstroom ringing course, Wakkerstroom, 3-7 Januuary 2005
AEWA/AFRING ringing course, Kenya, 19-26 September 2004
Potberg ringing course, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape 21-27 August 2004
Namibian ringers get-together, Farm Wiese, Namibia, 20-25 May 2004
Pelican ringing expedition, Hardap Dam, Namibia, 2004
National Ringing course 7, Wakkerstroom, 3-10 January 2004
Bird ringing course: Lamberts Bay, November 2003
Vulture Study Group meeting and ringing, April 2003
Ringing visit to Namibian islands, January 2003
Ringing visit to Dyer Island, January 2003
Bird ringing course: Wakkerstroom, December 2002
Bird ringing course: Lamberts Bay, 19-26 October 2002
Colour-ringing of colonial waterbirds on the Cape peninsula
ADU Roadshow, 6 - 20 September 2002
Swift Tern ringing at Koeberg, May 2002
Pelican ringing on Dassen Island, January 2002
Wakkerstroom National Ringing Training Course, December 2001
Lamberts Bay Seabird Ringing Course, October 2001
Satellite Tracking White Storks
Afring News (previously Safring News):
List of Afring News issues
Full contents list of Safring News (vol. 1-vol. 29)
Latest issue: AFRING News 33(1), 2004 (PDF; 227 Kb)
Recoveries & Reports:
Apollo Sea penguins doing well.
Review of ringing recoveries of bird of prey in southern Africa.
Review of ringing recoveries of waterbirds in southern Africa.
Report on the 1998-1999 ringing year
Report on recoveries received at SAFRING: July 1998-June 1999
Noteworthy Ring Recoveries (1999).
Noteworthy Ring Recoveries (1998).
Ringers:
How to become a Bird Ringer?
SAFRING - Rings price list
SAFRING - Other equipment price list
SAFRING - Permits address list
How to order stock from SAFRING
Ringing Manual
Ringing Program
Moult Cards
Ringing links
Ringing procedures
Identification, ageing & sexing guides (Pretoria Ringing web)
Other:
AFRING
International ringing page
Bibliography of the African quelea species
Bird damage to agriculture
Majordomo listserver - admin Archives for ringers list-server (accessible at UCT only)
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Last Modified 2-Aug-2004

Projects of the Avian Demography Unit

SAFRING South African Bird Ringing Unit

Dieter Oschadleus

Ringing expeditions and completed training courses:

Afring News (previously Safring News):

Recoveries & Reports:

Ringers:

Other:

SAFRING
South African Bird Ringing Unit