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City Nature Challenge 2021
The Crocodile River Reserve has been voted as the preferred green space in Tshwane representing the City at the international CITY NATURE CHALLENGE 2021 from 30 April to 3 May 2021.
All it takes is 3 steps to take part – Spot , Snap, Upload! So it’s as simple as spotting wild plants, animals or fungi, getting in close to snap a photo and uploading these to the iNaturalist App.
Download the app from Google Playstore or the Apple Store and sign up to iNaturalist and get practicing for the big event. Any wild animal, plant or fungus is game.
Over 250 cities around the world will be calling on their citizen scientists to bioblitz their biodiversity. We will also be competing with Cape Town, Durban, Garden Route and Nelson Mandela Bay, as well as Gaborone. Help us to show them how it is done and showcase our plants and animals.
Choose A Site
You can read about our 6 sites below, then click on “REGISTER HERE” and record your name for the site you wish to visit on Sunday 2 May.
Only observations uploaded between the 30th April and 3rd May 2021 will count towards the Challenge!
Residents of the Reserve can participate on the other days, but Sunday 2 May is the day allocated for ‘Citizen Scientists” participating in the Crocodile River Reserve Bioblitz.
The five sites are:
Koppie AlleenAn iconic little koppie surrounded by grasslands that host very vulnerable and special species of flowers, grasses, and trees. You can climb up to get magnificent views, or walk around it and explore the rich diversity it gives home to. Expert-on-Site: Natalie Horn, Biodiversity Stewardship, GDARD Sunday, 2 May 2021 08h00 to 12h00 |
Daisy FarmA combination of bushveld, grassland, rocky outcrops, with a woodland stream. Take a walk down to the Crocodile River. Beautiful vistas of the Schurveberg and the Rhenosterkop Expert-on-Site: Arista Botha, CREW Sunday, 2 May 2021 08h00 to 12h00 |
Egoli Granite GrasslandEndemic threatened grasslands makes up a large area of the CRR. The EGG, as it is fondly referred to, boasts a wide variety of grasses, flowers, plants and trees. Expert-on-Site: Petrus Links, Nature Conservation – Biodiversity Stewardship, GDARD Sunday, 2 May 2021 08h00 to 12h00 |
HennopsHorizons Leisure and Learning Sanctuary, Hennopsrivier, School rd (off of R511) – The Horizons Hennops River and Grassland biome walk. Come and experience riverine, mountainous and grassland habitats, all converging in a way that supports a variety of animal species. Experts-on-Site: Richard Gill Sunday, 2 May 2021 08h00 to 12h00 |
VlakfonteinCross the Jukskei river and take a walk up the koppie that has a bigger variety of trees than there are in England! Lovely views and pristine grasslands Expert-on-Site: TBA Sunday, 2 May 2021 08h00 to 12h00 |
Riverside EstateA little game walk in the Oori Game Reserve. The Black Reef is visible, stromatolites can be seen, and the confluence of Crocodile and Jukskei Rivers. Expert-on-Site: Fransa Cole, CRR Sunday, 2 May 2021 08h00 to 12h00 |
Results will be announced on Monday May 10th 2021 | Everyone is encouraged to participate.
The City Nature Challenge is organized by the citizen science teams at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the California Academy of Sciences.
