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...
Latest five stories...
Other stories during 2011...
Other stories during 2010...
- 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)
Other stories during 2009...
Other stories during 2008...
- 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)
Other stories during 2007...