Zandvlei Trust

BIRP (Birds in Reserves Project)

 photo by Greg Morgan                                                                                                               photo by Greg Morgan

African Fish Eagle             Great crested Grebes                                        Bokmakierie

• If you are interested in birds, I would encourage you to record your observations in and around Zandvlei?
• As a "citizen scientist" you will be contributing to the local and national data collection.
• You will contributing to the conservation of "our birds" at Zandvlei.
• Do you know the boundaries of the Greater Zandvlei Estuary Reserve? (Click to see)
• You can download the spreadsheet from the BIRP website in English, Afrikaans or with the Roberts Nos and follow the instructions therein.
• It is easy to do.

If you need any encouragement to get started, contact me on 021 705 5224 or Gavin Lawson

Do you know?

• The BIRP (Birds in Reserves Project) run by the ADU (Animal Demographic Unit) (Click on the logo for the link) based at the University of Cape Town.
• By doing so you as a "citizen scientist" are helping to establish local and national species information and contribute to bird conservation.
• The process is fairly simple; volunteers go out to any PA (protected area - Greater Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve) and simply make a list of all the bird species observed. Data can be collected up to a maximum of seven days.

For more information go the the BIRP website, as above. Please download the BIRP instruction booklet which contains all the relevant information pertaining to this project.

The project is supported and endorsed by both the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) as well as BirdLife South Africa (BLSA). Click on the logos for the links.

 Marius Wheeler is the Project Co-ordinator at the ADU.  tel  021 650 4698.

                                                       photo by Greg Morgan                                         photo by Heather Howell

Redbilled Teal                                 Whitebacked Duck                              African Spoonbill