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BirdLife South Africa’s 38th Birding Big Day (BBD) will take place on Saturday 3 December 2022. Below is the information one needs to participate (please read the instructions carefully).
Afrit is the 2022 corporate sponsor for Birding Big Day. They are also funding the revision of the Red Data Book for Birds, currently undertaken by BirdLife South Africa. For more information about Afrit please see their website.
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Teams are invited to log their sightings on the mobile app BirdLasser. The sightings will automatically be displayed on a dedicated BirdLasser Birding Big Day event page. In order to participate, one member of the team must enter the data on BirdLasser while birding. The following information must be provided on BirdLife South Africa’s online form:
- The name and email address of the person in the team who will log the sightings on BirdLasser. Please make sure you enter the correct email address, you can find it under the settings menu on the BirdLasser App.
- Team name which will appear on the BirdLasser events page (maximum 25 characters).
- Names of team members.
During the day, the challenge page will automatically update as teams record their sightings, thus adding to the excitement of the day. Progress will be reported in social and other media. For more information about BirdLasser, visit www.birdlasser.com or email support@birdlasser.com.
All participants will be loaded in each of the nine provincial BirdLasser events and scores will be kept as to how many species each team record in a province. Please note this will only be available for teams using BirdLasser and only for teams entering the 50km radius challenge.
The links are:
Gauteng
Eastern-Cape
Free State
KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo
Mpumalanga
North-West
Northern Cape
Western Cape
Link for 6km Radius Challenge
6km Radius Challenge
Link tp 50km Radius Challenge
50km Radius Challenge
If BirdLasser was used, each team needs to verify its species list on their phone and the website within 48 hours of the event. The species list at 24:00 5 December 2022 will be considered as final. To resolve any issues, please email support@birdlasser.com.
If you are not using BirdLasser, please email your results to bbd@birdlife.org.za before 6 December 2022.