Comments on: Be part of something BIG! https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/conservation/big-birding-day-save-the-crane/ Uganda & East Africa Travel blog Sun, 23 Jun 2024 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: the muzungu https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/conservation/big-birding-day-save-the-crane/#comment-29201 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:14:49 +0000 https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/?p=2220#comment-29201 In reply to Vishvala.

Hi Vishvala, nice to read from you again 🙂
Nature Uganda does have a programme to protect the Crested Crane but individuals need to be proactive: not draining the swamps is the most critical issue. We’ve seen how farming in marshlands can have devastating consequences for humans too – several people died near Lake Mutanda this September when a river burst its banks and flooded potato fields (in an area that is historically a wetland).

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By: Vishvala https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/conservation/big-birding-day-save-the-crane/#comment-29199 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 09:45:33 +0000 https://www.muzungubloguganda.com/?p=2220#comment-29199 Saw these beautiful birds in the Serengeti National Park in July 2017. Being the only person with Ugandan background in our group of 20, my companions had to put up with my screaming for some time! Do hope their numbers have recovered since your post of 2012.

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