Kruger Sightings
Have you seen an African Fish Eagle on a recent visit to Kruger National Park? A Bataleur? A Pallid Harrier?
If you see these big birds, or a number of others on your next foray into the park, we’d like you to tell us about your sighting! Not sure what they look like? Not to worry – you’ll soon find posters dotted around the park to help you out.
Email your sightings to [email protected].
SANParks, in collaboration with the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and the “Stiffnecks” Birding Club, are asking the public to help record bird sightings within the Kruger National Park. They have produced a number of large posters displaying photos of each bird to look out for, as well details for the submission of sighting reports.
This poster project is an exciting example of how the SANParks forum community is getting involved in conservation efforts. Jackie During, chairperson of the Stiffnecks Birding Club, approached SANParks with the idea for the project as a way to involve the keen online birding community in research in the park.
With the invaluable assistance of Chris Patton and Dr Andrew Deacon from SANParks, the project was approved and soon grew into a collaborative effort with Andre Botha, manager of the Birds of Prey Working Group of the Endangered Wildlife Trust.