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Why Join BirdLife South Africa?
BirdLife South Africa is the country partner of BirdLife International, a partnership of conservation organisations around the world that strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity. BirdLife International works with people to ensure the sustainable use of natural resources. BirdLife International is represented in over 100 countries and has over 10 million global supporters.
BirdLife South Africa has staff stationed around the country, working on projects ranging from environmental education to the protection of Important Bird Areas, avitourism and the conservation of threatened birds. BirdLife South Africa has a long history, having been established in 1930 as the South African Ornithological Society and it has been at the forefront of bird conservation ever since.
As a BirdLife South Africa member you get the opportunity to join our efforts, see real results and share our successes. By helping conserve birds and their habitats, you’re helping to secure the future of South Africa’s rich diversity of birds, thus ensuring that our country’s natural environment is protected for future generations.
BirdLife South Africa’s members not only get a host of benefits and the satisfaction of knowing that they are contributing to conserve our country’s birds and our natural heritage, but also an opportunity to be part of one of the world’s fastest growing communities - bird-watchers.
What's in it for me if I start birding?
- Satisfaction.
Birding invokes our primeval hunting instincts. It delivers all the
satisfaction of the hunt, even though the prey itself escapes unharmed.
Birding is the perfect sport for the coming century. For many
“twichers” birding can be extremely competitive.
- Health.
Birding gets you vertical. It gets you outside and walking. But it's
effortless, because your attention is on the birds. Nevertheless, after
a little birding, you've usually covered quite a bit of ground - and
it's far cheaper than gym membership.
- Family.
Birding unites people across generations. By taking up birding, parents
or grandparents can introduce their children to an interest in nature
that will stay with them all their lives. The number of young birders
is growing at a phenomenal rate.
- Companionship.
Birding is the ideal social activity. A birder need never be lonely.
Nearly every community has a bird club of some sort. And because
birders love to share their knowledge, newcomers are always welcome.
- Solitude.
Birding is also the ideal solitary sport. There's a special pleasure in
going out alone to watch birds. Your mind settles down. Your senses
open up, and all nature seems to become your friend. Birding is a sport
of many moods, and it serves the causes of companionship and solitude
equally well.
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