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Qualified bird handlers fitting a satellite tracking device to a Curlew Sandpiper. Photo: BirdLife South Africa
AFRICA EURASIAN FLYWAY

Tiny birds, vast journeys: Inside SA’s first shorebird tracking project

BirdLife South Africa launches its first tracking project for migratory shorebirds, revealing complex journeys and new conservation priorities across the Africa–Eurasian flyway

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
The seasonal movements of two migratory antelope species — the white-eared kob and tiang — across South Sudan’s expansive wetlands and Ethiopia’s Gambella National Park have been mapped in unprecedented detail to help better conserve them.
AFRICA S LARGEST LAND MAMMAL MIGRATION

Conservation maps show world’s largest mammal migration — and the urgent threat it faces

Newly released maps trace the epic journey of millions of antelope across East Africa and the pressures that endanger it

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read