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Sasol Birds of Southern Africa, 5th edition

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And so, back to political entities, this field guide covers Namibia , Botswana , Zimbabwe , the southern half of Mozambique (south of the Zambezi River), South Africa , Lesotho and Eswatini ( Swaziland ). and having them in your pocket makes a huge difference in your birding experience. The calls are sorted by type (song, alarm, etc.)

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Landfill by Tim Dee: Review

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” Landfill often made me wander off into some half-forgotten gulling experience of mine. Claire didn’t stopped there, but repeated the same kind of rediscovery after the war in Mozambique. Caspian gulls have a strange quality: they’re more aggressive than herring gulls but also I think more beautiful.”

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

10,000 Birds

And what I am saying here doesn’t only apply to his Sri Lanka guide, but to all the others as well (these include the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Suriname).

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Birding Eastern Zimbabwe

10,000 Birds

Situated slap-bang on the Zim/Mozambique border, this used to be one of the most productive birding sites in the country. I can speak from experience that this place should only be accessed by a 4 x 4 vehicle. And, if you plan to bird the Mozambique side beware of old landmines, souvenirs from the brutal civil wars.

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Birding – An Extreme Sport

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And then I realized: he had waded through the river… On another occasion I found myself in the Chimanimani Mountains on the border between Mozambique and Zimbabwe. My Mozambique project concerned Lake Chicamba Real – a big reservoir behind a dam in the River Revué. There were still no tracks to be seen (I double-checked).

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Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs – review

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Those large international agencies use reputable local ground agents, and in my experience this creates a safety cocoon around the travellers. These include the first dedicated guidebooks to Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Malawi, Ghana, Mozambique and Rwanda, among others, all of which are regularly updated for new editions.

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