Birding Destinations

African Conservation Photodestination's Birding pages brings you news, top birding destinations, top birdng routes and bird photography that displays our passion for birding. Birding destinations and routes have all been visited and described in detail.

A passion for birding can take you to incredible destinations, often in pursuit of special bird species. In the African sub-region, we are blessed with a high bird diversity and many opportunities to visit local, easily accesable birding destinations. We provide the birding enthusiast and bird photographer with destinations that will assist them in ticking off those special bird species.

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Western Cape Birding - Bontebok National Park

Category: Western Cape Birding

A light mist rose above the chilly waters of...

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Zululand Birding - Ghost Mountain Birding

Category: Zululand Birding

There is something extremely special about waking up in...

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Eastern Cape Birding - Storms River Mouth

Category: Eastern Cape Birding

World renowned for its rugged coastline and the Otter...

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Chobe River Birding

Category: Birding

When travellers mention the Chobe River in Botswana an...

African Skimmer in flight by wildlife and conservation photographer Peter Chadwick

African Skimmers protecting their nest at all costs.

Category: Birding

The global population of the African Skimmer is around...

The Pygmy Falcon And The Sociable Weavers

Category: Birding

The first time I spotted a Pygmy Falcon in...

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Lure of the Kgalagadi

Reviewed by Richard Robinson

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Rhinocerous in Peril

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Peter Chadwick’s photographic review of 2013 – highlights and experiences

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Mark Dumbleton

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Ten Tips For Photographing in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park

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Dwesa marine protected area by wildlife and conservation photographer Peter Chadwick.

Marine Parks Photographic Survey of South African Marine Protected Areas

South Africa has a network of 21 marine protected areas (MPAs) around our coastline. Collectively they protect a wide range of marine habitat types and biodiversity. ...

African penguins by wildlife and conservation photographer Peter Chadwick.

South African Seabirds & the Guano Islands

The guano islands off South Africa are situated along the western and southern coastlines. The islands provide important breeding and nesting sites for many threatened seabirds.

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Conservation Photography - Changing the world one photograph at a time

Photographs have the power to change the world by altering the perceptions and understanding of the viewer. Conservation photography can bridge language barriers, be easily understood and can create...

Southern right whale by wildlife and conservation photographer Peter Chadwick

De Hoop Nature Reserve & Marine Protected Area

The De Hoop Nature Reserve and Marine Protected Area is without a doubt, one of the flagship reserves of the Cape Floral Kingdom and the Fynbos. Its habitats cover...

Blue crane and sheep by wildlife and conservation photographer Peter Chadwick

Biodiversity and Agriculture of the Overberg

The Overberg region of the Western Cape in South Africa is one of the countries important agricultural areas and during spring and summer, is covered in vast green swathes...

Orange winged pytilia by wildlife and conservation photographer Peter Chadwick.

Birding Mozambique

Birdlife South Africa, with funding from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, initiated a project in southern Africa with a focus on Mozambique to develop the area as a birding...

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African Penguins As The Sentinels To The State Of Our Oceans

Close your eyes and imagine a soccer stadium densely packed to capacity with rows upon rows of fans and the eruption of noise, just as a goal by the...

Our Incredible Birdlife

Through the years, my focus of attention has always been drawn to the incredible diversity of birds and I never cease to be amazed by their variety and interesting...

Birding Destinations

African Conservation Photodestination's Birding pages brings you news, top birding destinations, top birdng routes and bird photography that displays our passion for birding. Birding destinations and routes have all been visited and described in detail.

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