Category: Wetlands

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Birding / Wetlands

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Walvis Bay – A Ramsar Birding Site

Walvis Bay is a rather shabby, depressing-looking harbour city about thirty kilometers from Swakopmund on the west coast of Namibia.  On entering the city from either side, one is greeted by waving palm trees,...

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Wetlands

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Spanish Moss and the Honey Island Swamp

If, when you see the term “Spanish Moss”, you immediately think of the 1976 song by Gordon Lightfoot, you should probably get out more. In the pristine river swamps of Honey Island, just outside...