Inside Bïndo
Bïndo Membership
My father plotted every family trip on a map that hung in his garage, a different colour for each one, until it became less a map than an autobiography written…
Robert Elliott28 October 20267 min read
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Where we went, and what turned up.
Field notes
Founding Story
How a map on a garage wall, a leopard, and a Hadeda became a birding app built on Monday evenings.
Robert Elliott25 September 202613 min read
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A Pilgrimage to Bushmanland
A long weekend on the Bushmanland plains with good friends, chasing the Red Lark and finishing an Autumn Challenge in front for the first time.
Mike Buckham10 June 202616 min read
Inside Bïndo
Five years of Bïndo: the journey so far
From a quiet start with a handful of patient testers to 850k+ sightings and a community that keeps growing.
Rob Elliott21 October 20253 min read
Taxonomy
Taxonomy update
Bïndo now follows IOC 15.1. What that changes for bird names, which species were split or lumped, and where the new global Avilist fits.
Mike Buckham17 June 202523 min read
Field notes
Adam's 800th bird
My son Adam reached 800 Southern African birds with an African Crake at Betty's Bay, after years of chasing them together.
Mike Buckham15 May 202513 min read
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A glut of Rallids in St Francis Bay
Red-chested Flufftail, African Rail and Black Crake in one morning at my favourite Kromme River pentad, with a Baillon's Crake calling.
Mike Buckham11 April 20255 min read
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A Blitz around Brits
Four hours of bushveld birding in the Crocodile River valley gave me 128 species for the atlas card and 60 new birds for my 2025 year list.
Mike Buckham10 March 20255 min read