This page provide you with a selection of birding links. With the arrival of the Internet, a large amount of information is available on-line - and this is growing every day.

The organisation to which most Southern African birders belong: 

Other Local Birdclubs that are on the net

• The Cape Bird Club
• Natal Bird Club
• Wesvaal Bird Club
• And a site for birding in Africa: African Bird Club
• Ornithological Association of Zimbabwe

• Southern African Birders e-mail Forum
• A site about the birds in South African Gardens !
• Southern African Birding Guy Gibbon's excellent site - birding tapes, videos, CD Roms, birding spots and more!

• Without a doubt the best site in Southern Africa is the : TRANSVAAL MUSEUM: Birds in Southern Africa    This site has a lot of nice stuff on Hornbills and Barbets, a bird sound library and more !
• Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology (The "Fitztitute")
• The ADU - Avian Demography Unit, University of Cape Town    See their GREATEST achievement !

World sites that are a good starting point for cyber-birding (Updated 23 August 1998)

• Birding on theWeb
• Bird Watch: Fugleskue : Well organised selection of links!
• Bird Links etc. (a good selection of links)
• WorldTwitch - a new site for the hardcore twitcher!
• Birding (Jack Seilers Site) especially good for bird forums (including archive of SABIRDNET)
• Electronic Resources on Ornithology (Great list of sites around the world and lots more)
• WorldTwitch - a new site for the hardcore twitcher!

Sites to do with birding software

• BirdBase + BirdArea: Software for Birders (International Database) - they also offer a handy "free list" service !
• EEZ-i-LOG BIRDING Data Base  A Southern African Database for the lister/twitcher.
• Birder's Mate Home Page (Southern African Multi-media Product)