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SnA Youth Birders Podcast- Season 1 Episode 3- Tristan Spurway- From Bird Call ID to Rarity Hunting This Summer

25 Sep 2026 · 58 min · S1 E3

Tristan is the host of the SnA Youth Birders podcast and forms a core part of the Admin team of the SnA Youth Birders group itself. He is a rising star on the social media front and aims to be a bird show host and a conservation personality one day.

He is an experienced birder with many years under the belt- guiding both privately and for Birdlife South Africa. He is well known for his exceptional bird call ID skills and his love of having a million different hobbies going on at once. Tristan recently visited Uganda and has been sharing some of his stories and posts across his social media-platform. We run through beginner bird call ID, what to expect on the bird front with the crazy El Nino coming and what camera to choose on a budget. There are loads of things he talks about in this episode so be prepared to be entertained.

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Socials:

Instagram-

Mikeli: @mikeli_bass_photography

SnA Youth Birders: @SA_Youthbirders

Tristan: @tspurway.wildlife

Youtube-

Tristan: https://www.youtube.com/@spurofthewild?sub_confirmation=1

Website-

Tristan: tspurwaywildlife.com

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Intro and outro music by Tony ZA https://soundcloud.com/tonyofficialza

Links in the notes 1

• https://www.youtube.com/@spurofthewild?sub_confirmation=1

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