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The University Town of Stellenbosch is situated in the most beautiful corner of the world, the Western Cape in South Africa.

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Rosie's children's and first bird books in one are also enjoyed by people of any age.
Zettelwitz - Table Mountain Wizard, in German and English
Die Towenaar van Tafelberg - Table Mountain Wizard, In Afrikaans and English
with 74 Illustrations by the author and 62 bird illustrations by Jill Adams
More information and link to all screenshots of the special edition.

BirdLife South Africa
Your first stop. The BirdLife SA website brings you all the information you need and has a good links page.

University of Cape Town Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology

ADU Avian Demography Unit , Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town
ADU contribute to the understanding of bird populations, especially population dynamics, and thus provide input to their conservation.
See also for Bird Ringing and Southern African Bird Atlas Project (SABAP)

Support the Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2: www.sabap2.org

Cape Bird Club has a lot to offer

STANFORD Birding and their yearly bird fair

Biodiversity Explorer is devoted to showing and explaining the diversity, biology and interactions of life in Southern Africa.

africanbirdclub.org
Very interesting site for all things ornithological in Africa.

Founded in December 2001 by Hank and Tracy Chalmers, Eagle Encounters is a bird of prey rehabilitation, education, conservation and eco-tourism centre. Go visit them at Spiers!


Visit the WESTERN CAPE BIRDING ROUTES

Bird Links to the World - Find all the wonderful links here!

English names of the birds of the world

The renown painter Graeme Arnott

Game Bird Art by Penny Meakin - beautiful!

BBC birds
With links to some of the best ornithological sites on the web.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
See them and hear them

Another excellent site for European birds: Mike Langman artwork
His bird illustrations can be seen on nearly every RSPB reserve and on many signs all over Great Britain.


An excellent site: All About Birds The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a comprehensive resource for North American birds

High quality photos:

www.birdinfo.co.za
Find excellent photos and articles in this site of the Zululand birder/photographers, Guy Upfold and Hugh Chittenden

The famous bird and nature photographer Arthur Morris  See also his blog
Envolez-vous au pays des oiseaux - A magnificent website on the birds of the world - in French and English.
Miguel Lasa - Wildlife and Nature Photography
Image Library by Albert Froneman and Chris van Rooyen at www.wildlife photography.co.za
Nigel Dennis' photos and books
Trevor Hardaker's beautiful website with his photos of birds and other animals
Basie van Zyl's fabulous photos at BirdBase
Ingo Waschkies Birds
johnmurrayphotographyza.com/ - John Murray's Photos
www.digitale-naturfotos.de
www.chrisgoody.co.uk

www.birdguides.com
10000birds.com
All About Birds The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is a comprehensive resource for North American birds
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~tony/birds/links.html

A site that links to bird song sites across the world. (I enjoy Tony Phillip's pages on Topology and Arts and Mathematics, too)


Birding Africa - bird tour company.


Rockjumper Birding Tours - very tempting

http://www.iyufera.com/index.htm
Ignacio Yúfera - enjoyable world birding trips reports

www.birdwatchersgeneralstore.com
'Mike O'Connor, owner of Bird Watcher's General Store, writes the popular column, Ask the Bird Folks, for The Cape Codder newspaper. 'Every week Mike tries to answer some of life's most challenging questions. You know, bird questions.'

Street end farm
Street end farm and shop in Hampshire UK supplies wild bird food of high quality.

How to Survive an Encounter With an Ostrich

Some birds have a remarkable talent for dancing

Tracking reveals songbirds' route

Suggest a link to your favourite bird websites

Cape Weaver
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