Welcome to Botfriends
Caring for the greater Bot River environment. Join us in collecting data to help understand and protect the environment around the Bot River Estuary.
Get In Touch
(073) 625 7303
admin@botfriends.org.za
Botriver Lagoon
Join us on iNaturalist
Botfriends has initiated a project using the iNaturalist platform that will allow everyone to contribute to the project, using your own devices on your own time!
What's flowering?
We are expecting a bumper flower season following all the rain.
Botriver Estuary Breach
See images of the dramatic breach of 31 May 2023
Waterbird counts
In anticipation of the upcoming CWAC waterbird counts we set out to see what is around
Botfriends Citizen Science
Join us in collecting data to help understand and protect the environment around the Bot River Estuary. Botfriends has initiated a project using the iNaturalist platform that will allow everyone to contribute to the project, using your own devices on your own time!
What is iNaturalist?
iNaturalist is a platform that provides a place for nature enthusiast, experts and amateurs alike, to record and organise nature findings
How do I contribute?
Install the iNaturalist App
Create an iNaturalist profile
Add your observations
What can I observe?
Everything! Plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and even fungi, remember to provide an accurate location for each observation posted to the iNaturalist App.
How will the data be used?
Botfriends will use the data to create field guides for naturalists new to the area
If we know what we have, we can better argue for its protection. Having knowledge is the key to lobbying the Municipality and other land owners to better care for this environment and possibly rehabilitate disturbed areas.
The data can be used by SANBI to improve vegetation maps and any ecologist/conservationist can access the data to understand what we have and understand how to protect it.
