Observers sharing their atlasing experiences...
Read about the experiences observers are having while they are out atlasing. If you have a story you want to share, write a few paragraphs, and send them to Doug Harebottle. If you have a picture to illustrate your story, please send it too.
Latest five stories...
- The Kallis effect by Chris Patton(PDF with photos 44KB)
- A breakdown and subsequent rescue via the bush telegraph in baobab country by Hanneline Smit (PDF with photos 709KB)
- Montagu Bash Report, 2-4 December 2011 by Garth Shaw (PDF with photos 135KB))
- Birding in Johannesburg's townships by Kevin Lavery (PDF with photos 474KB))
- Size does count - BBD quest for a BIG card in 2535_2855 by Jason Boyce and Etienne Marais (PDF 800KB))
- A fantastic weekend in Paternoster (3245_1750) by Garth Shaw (PDF 86KB)
- West Rand Honorary Rangers Punda Maria Weekend, 10-13 Nov 2011 by Andy Branfield (PDF 15KB)
- Atlasing my first virgin pentads by Denni Raubenheimer (PDF with photos)
- Kruger Park atlasing by Peter Lawson
- Doornrivier 2525_2605 by Jan Potgieter (PDF 685KB, with photos)
- Atlasing mega tick by Peter Lawson (PDF 134KB, with photo)
- Atlas Bash at Ulundi 20-23 January by Colin Summersgill (PDF 114KB, with photos)
- Patching those holes by Peter Lawson
- Tempted Twitchers and Avid atlassers by Tony Archer (PDF 167KB, with photos) Our first story for 2011!
- New Nelspruit and Mpumalanga record by Peter Lawson
- Fixing the hole in the carpet on BBD 2010 by Renier Balt (PDF 30KB with images)
- The quest for 150 by Anthony Paton (PDF 375KB with photos)
- Highveld atlasing by Peter Lawson
- The dangers of atlasing in public places: Umgeni River, Durban by Andy Branfield
- Weekend expedition to Lime Acres, 5-7 Nov. 2010 by Andrew Stainthorpe (PDF 96KB, with photos)
- Atlasing Opathe Nature Reserve with early season migrants by Paul da Cruz (PDF 194KB, with photos)
- My first card... by Hennie Peters (PDF 29KB, with photo)
- Killing two birds with one stone by Tony Archer (PDF 167KB, with photo)
- Doing our bit in the Waterberg by Magriet le Roux (PDF 141KB, with photos)
- Kruger challenge! by Alan Collett (PDF 62KB, with photos)
- Uniondale atlasing expedition, 8-10 October by Alan Lee (PDF 258KB, with photos)
- 350.org - A stroll from Delta Park to Emmarentia Dam by Geoff Lockwood
- 350.org - Soaking wet in Stellenbosch by Annatjie Celliers
- 350.org - Blown away in Vermont by Mike Ford
- Catlased! by Duncan McKenzie (PDF 403KB, with photos)
- Hooked! by Sandra Olver (PDF 59KB, with photo)
- Mt. Carmel Nature Conservancy by Peter Lawson
- Atlasing story with a difference: 2610_2800 my best card ever by Andy Branfield
- Lost in the Woods by Peter Lawson
- How do you know you are married to an atlaser? by Amanda Walden
- Trip to the Kamiesberg, Northern Cape by Merle Chalton (PDF 400KB, with photo)
- How not to get hooked? by Lia Steen (PDF 129KB, with photos)
- Going Green on the Highveld Grassland by Lia Steen (PDF 112KB, with photos)
- Watapentad, Watapentad....atlasing near Koedoeskop, Limpopo by Etienne Marais (PDF 303KB, with pentad maps and photos)
- Proposed Mining and Atlasing by David Whalley
- Card no. 400 by Peter Lawson
- Water and the effect on birds and atlasing by Klaus Heyer
- Two hundred and three hundred by Tony Archer
- Atlasing (un)observed by Anthony Paton (PDF 369KB, with some nice photos)
- Chasing and being chased in the eastern Free State highlands by Crystelle Wilson Our 100th story!
- Filling some gaps in the Eastern Cape by Etienne Marais (PDF 560KB)
- People and atlasing: SA vs UK by John Bannon
- Trials and tribulations of atlasing by Peter Lawson
- A Fish Eagle surprise by Magriet le Roux
- An atlasing surprise by Peter Lawson
- Atlasing - keeping it in the family by Tony Archer (PDF 130KB)
- Birding Big Day - with a twist by Stuart Groom
- An inquisitive Pale-crowned Cisticola by Peter Lawson
- Atlasing Berlin and Frankfort by Jeff Curnick
- Atlasing the Ermelo area by Peter Lawson
- Discovering Waltloo by JC Pauw (PDF 42KB)
- Crake Road challenges by Andy Branfield
- Birding Big Week adventures by Andy Branfield
- Atlasing in the De Brug military grounds by Dawie de Swardt
- A few atlasing notes... by Eddie du Plessis
- Unusual Cliff Swallow behaviour by Sandra Bishop
- Two years of atlasing by Richard Johnstone (PDF 94KB)
- A rainy start in 3355_1840 near Blackheath industrial area, Western Cape by Neil Smith
- A dry pentad? by Tony Archer (PDF 187KB)
- Trials and tribulations of atlasing in the Richtersveld by Henk Alting
- A Sunday outing in the Western Cape - atlasing 3345_1840 by Neil Smith
- Atlasing in northern Mpumalanga by Peter Lawson
- Early spring atlasing in Brackenfell and Kraaifontein, Western Cape by Neil Smith
- 300 up...and other atlasing snippets by John Carter
- More ramblings from 2550_2755: the Rhenosterspruit Conservancy by John Bannon
- Western Cape atlasing get-together by Doug Harebottle
- Mud on your face by Lisl van Deventer
- KZN atlas roadshow, 26-29 July 2009 by Doug Harebottle & Trish Strachan (PDF - 520KB)
- Walking around South Africa: May-June 2009 by Alan Stockhill (PDF - 15KB)
- The joys of winter atlasing by Sandra Bishop
- Of days gone by... by Peter Lawson
- SKOOZME! by Peter Lawson
- Last lonely pentad by Tony Archer (PDF - 204KB)
- Pipped at the post by seven points - a Chamaeleon Challenge story by Sue Oertli (PDF - 20KB)
- Flamingo in the dust by Crystelle Wilson
- Atlasing in Kruger Park by Peter Lawson
- Atlasing contrasts in Mpumalanga by Peter Lawson
- Cape Town workshop, May 2009 by Peter Nupen
- Pondo oors and incidental events by Malcolm Gemmell
- Atlasing Ntimbankulu Forest (3030_3015) by Trish Strachan
- 150 cards, and counting... by Michiel Moll
- Atlasing in the Nieuwoudtville area by Doug Harebottle and Peter Nupen
- In pursuit of covering all � degrees in North West by Tony Archer (PDF - 470KB)
- Monitoring migrants: shining the LAMP by Etienne Marais
- Atlasing at Vo�lvlei Dam, Vleesbaai by Pieter le Grange
- Atlasing in Kruger National Park, March 2009 by John Carter
- Atlasing at Umngazi, Eastern Cape by Michael Buckham
- Black Sparrowhawk observation in Moreesburg by Johan van der Westhuizen
- Birding in the less well atlased parts of Kruger by John McAllister
- Some Swaziland atlasing by John McAllister
- Atlasing priority pentads in the Free State by Dawie de Swardt
- An atlasing Christmas present from 2605_2800 by Geoff Lockwood
- Atlasing in the Rhenosterspruit Conservancy, 2550_2755 by John Bannon
- Filling a half-degree in eastern Gauteng by Doug Harebottle & Res Altwegg
- Atlasing near Phalaborwa, Northern Province - digging deep for gold by Brian Steele-Drew
- Atlasing trip to northern KwaZulu-Natal by Trish Strachan (4-9 November 2008)
- Stoffberg atlasing, 2520_2955, Mpumalanga by Chris de Vries (8-9 November 2008)
- Atlasing in Paarl, Western Cape by Michael Moll (9 November 2008)
- East London pentad reaches 200 species by Jeff Curnick (23 October 2008)
- Family atlasing outing to Barberspan Nature Reserve, North-West by Bryan Groom (24 September 2008)
- Atlasing 2550_2805, Pretoria, Gauteng by Etienne Marais (25 September 2008)
- Atlasing around Secunda, Mpumalanga by John McAllister (August - September 2008)
- Atlasing in Kruger National Park by Trish Strachan (September 2008)
- 3419DB Elim, Western Cape by John Carter (13 September 2008)
- 3435_2210, Arniston, Western Cape by Michael Buckham (6-7 September 2008)
- 2855_2725 in SE Free State by Roelof van der Breggen (27 August 2008)
- 2525_3055, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga (the 25th card) by Peter Lawson (15 August 2008)
- Atlasing reveals rare gull near Pretoria (Afrikaans article) by Neels Jackson (Beeld, 14 August 2008)
- Atlasing the north-eastern Free State by Dewald Du Plessis (8-12 August 2008)
- 2645_2650, Orkney/Stilfontein, Free State by Tony Archer (10 August 2008)
- 3355_2205, Mossel Bay, Western Cape by Sally Adam (10 August 2008)
- Going "Deep" in pentad 2605_2800 this winter by Geoff Lockwood (Winter 2008)
- 3355_1840, Kuils River, Western Cape by Les and Jane Underhill (2 Aug 2008)
- 2535_3100, Barberton, Mpumalanga by Peter Lawson (26 July 2008)
- 3350_1825, Table Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape by Les Underhill (17 July 2008)
- 2230_2850, near Alldays, Limpopo Province by Jane Chidgey (15 July 2008)
- 3225_2035, Sutherland, Northern Cape by Helm and Gill van Zijl (10-14 July 2008)
- 2710_3000, Wakkerstroom, Mpumalanga by John McAllister (8 July 2008)
- 2515_3105, White River, Mpumalanga by Peter Lawson (6 July 2008)
- 2520_3105, Kruger-Mpumalanga Int. Airport, Nelspruit by Peter Lawson (29 June 2008)
- 2930_2955, "Everglades", KZN Midlands by Crystelle Wilson (21 June 2008)
- 2630CC Kalkoenkrans, Mpumalanga by John McAllister (17-30 May 2008)
- 2905_2730, Maseru, Lesotho by Ian de la Rosa (27 April 2008)
- 3250_2800, East London, Eastern Cape by Jeff Curnick (26-27 April 2008)
- 2745_3045, Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal by Jurgen Meyer (26 March 2008)
- 2525_3055, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga by Peter Lawson (22 March 2008)
- 2845_3200, Richards Bay, Kwazulu-Natal by Richard Johnstone (21 March 2008)
- 2650_2630, near Lichtenburg, North-West by Tony Archer (6 February 2008)
- 2545_2750, Hartbeespoort Dam, North-West by Reiner Balt (5 February 2008)
- 3020_3000 Ixopo, KwaZulu-Natal by Trish Strachan (13 January 2008)
- 2545_2815 Pretoria, Gauteng by Faansie Peacock (29 November 2007)
- 3400_1840 Mitchell's Plain, Western Cape by John Carter (28 November 2007)
- 3350_1820 Cape Town, Western Cape by Les Underhill (25 November 2007)
- 3355_2330 Wilderness, Western Cape by Duncan & Ines Cooke (3 November 2007)
- 2935_2925 Sani Pass, KwaZulu-Natal by Peter Lawson (27 November 2007)
- 2540_2820 Magaliesberg, Gauteng by Ernst Retief (12 December 2007)
- 2945_2920 Splashy Fen, KwaZulu-Natal Midlands by Carol Horne (14 December 2007)
- 3355_1835 Cape Town Airport, Western Cape by Peter Lawson (22 September 2007)
- 3355_2205 Mossel Bay, Western Cape by Sally Adam (18 August 2007)
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