Contents: Spring has sprung; Thank you, Old Mutual!; Bird Ringers' Get-together: Farm Wiese 3-6 May 2012 2; Dwerg maar man!; Don't miss this talk: Birding in Ethiopia; Bird Atlas update; Cape Vulture at NARREC; Then and now; In Europe they do things on a different scale; Dear Friends of BirdLife South Africa; Some interesting reading matter; Calendar of events.