Το Ημερολόγιο του City Nature Challenge 2023: eThekwini

Gather your friends, get the family involved, and join one of our many guided hikes.
For details please follow this link (https://rb.gy/q16ds), or leave a comment

28 April
Botanical Gardens (09:00 - 12:00)
Bridgevale Park (09:00 - 12:00)
Bulwer Park (11:00 - 12.30)
Edgecliff Managed Area (07:00 start)
Everton Nature Reserve (14:30 - 17:00)
Mariannwood Nature Reserve (9:00 start)
Monteseel Managed Area (9:00 start)
Riverside Park (10:00-12:00)
Spy Hill Grassland (10:00 - 12:00)
Sunnybrae Park (11:00 start)
Uitkomst Conservation Area (9:00 start)
Winston Park (8:30 - 11:30)

29 April
Duncan Park (16:00 start)
Eco Trails, Westville Country Club (14:00 start)
Japanese Garden (09:00 - 12:00)
New Germany Nature Reserve (9:00 start)
North Park (9:00 start)
Portman Park (7:30)
Roosfontein Nature Reserve (8:00 - 12:00)
Scout Bowl, Westville (7:30 start)
Sibaya Coastal Forest Reserve (8:30 - 12:00)
Spy Hill Grassland (10:00 - 12:00)
Tyburn Valley, Westville (18:30- 20:30)
Umbilo Park (09:00 - 12:00)

30 April
Jubilee Park, Westville (14:00 start)
Minerva Grassland (08:30 - 11:30)
Nkonka Trust (08:30 - 12:30)
Paradise Valley Nature Reserve (9:00 start)
Springside Nature Reserve (13:00 - 16:00)

01 May
iPhithi Nature Reserve (13:30 start)
Monteseel Managed Area (9:00 start)
New Germany Nature Reserve (14:00 start)
Palmiet Nature Reserve (9:00 - 12:00)
Pigeon Valley Nature Reserve (08:00 - 10.30)

This year, CREW (Custodians of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers) turns 20 years old. With 20 years of data, it is now possible to identify threatened species that require special intervention. Some 263 species are identified as highest priority, but our botanical gardens do not have the capacity to aid in the recovery of all these species. Think of Erica verticillata, where the recovery process has spanned since the 1980s up until now – and still requires another burn on sites like Rondevlei, and two burns on Kenilworth Racecourse and Tokai, before it can be uplisted from “Extinct in the Wild” to “Critically Endangered”: nearly 45 plus years of work! At the latest online quarterly CREW workshop, the GREW (Growers of Rare and Endangered Wildflowers) model was presented, whereby private growers and specialists are called upon to aid in species recovery of our threatened species.
But we still need more data. We have identified GREW priority species suitable for targeting during the City Nature Challenge from 28th April to 1st May. These are the ones that occur in your region. When uploading observations of these species, it is imperative to add them to the Redlist (s Afr) Project and fill in all the relevant information on populations and threats.
Please help us save these species. And enjoy the quest of finding and documenting them!

GREW Target Species – City Nature Challenge 2023 for eThekwini

• Brachystelma natalense - CR