Mark had the opportunity to interview Andrew De Blocq, and the interview was so good that we had to do more than one part! Mark and Andrew cover a broad range of subjects in this podcast - from ethical twitching to remembering the joy of simple birding, this is simply a podcast you do not want to miss!

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On this week's podcast we have a returning guest - Tristan Naude! Mark catches up with Tristan to find out what he's been up to since the last podcast we had with him, and also to get some more epic stories!

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If you listened to last week's podcast, you will remember that Mark had the opportunity to interview Kalin, and the content of their interview was so great we couldn't give it all in one podcast! Make sure you have listened to part 1 of this podcast before you listen to part 2. Listen to this podcast today!

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Mark had the opportunity to interview Kalin, and the content of their interview was so great we couldn't give it all in one podcast! Be sure to listen to Part 1 of Mark and Kalin's podcast - Kalin speaks about his competitive side, along with twitching a bird that most of us wouldn't believe. Listen to this podcast today!

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Have a listen to this awesome podcast! Mark had an interview with Keanu about his atlassing during lockdown, about his trip to Kruger National Park, and many more stories!

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Mark had an awesome chat with Zach Simpson about his recent birding trips and what it's like to get 500 species in KZN!

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Mark and Chris had a chat to 2 young birders this week - Ethan Vleggaar & Connor Munro! Mark chats to Ethan about the many twitches he's been on to get him to 250 birds at only 9 years of age. Chris had a chat to Connor about how he got into birding, and where Connor's favourite birding spot is. Be sure to listen! 

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Mark and Chris had a chat with Joshua regarding his recent birding trip to Kruger National Park - he tells them about some of the amazing birds he managed to see. Be sure to listen to these cool stories he has to share!

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Mark and Chris had the awesome opportunity to chat to Josh Kleyn on this week's podcast! He is a young birder who has helped with Raptor Rehabilitation - he tells us about some of the cool things he's learnt about these majestic birds while working with them.

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On this week's podcast, Chris had a chat with a returning guest on The Birding Life Youth Podcast - Mark Heystek! We had a wonderful chat about what he's been up to since our last chat, and we have a special announcement towards the end of the podcast - be sure to listen!

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