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Brown Hooded Kingfisher
identification; as well as organising visits to
local birding spots such as Austen Roberts
and Rietvlei. We welcome any suggestions
from the community. Interested
parties can direct their suggestions
to the Environmental Committee for
consideration.
Q: What other plans do you have for the
birders at Silver Lakes?
A: We plan to erect hides at various
strategic spots throughout the estate.
These are currently in the approval process
at the various committees. Thus far we
have placed several benches throughout
the game park as well as information
boards that indicate which birds are likely
to be seen in those specific areas.
Q: Can you elaborate on some of your
long-term plans?
A: We are planning to take part in the next
Big Birding Day on a National Level, where White Faced Whistling Duck
we will have groups of people register in to identify (and list) the birds, animals Environmental Committee as being bird
teams to take part in the census at Silver and plants that are seen on our estate. We friendly and that will attract more birds to
Lakes. We also want to be proactive on a sincerely hope that the children will take our beautiful estate.
local scale, where we will ask our residents part in this programme, especially over the
to identify (or to take pictures) of birds that holiday periods. There are also plans in place to order
they spot on our estate. more identification boards to be placed
We also aim to get people involved with throughout the estate. These will help
We want to print flyers that will be the upcoming Arbor Day by buying trees people identify the more common birds
available to all residents of Silver Lakes, and planting them on the estate. We can while on their morning or afternoon walks
free of charge. These flyers can be used consider trees that are approved by our on the estate.

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