Training

Birdwatching is part science, part sport, part art.

People have always enjoyed birds’ songs, colours and power of flight.
Bird-watchers are people who enjoy looking at birds, or hearing them, without hunting or catching them.

Birders, as bird-watchers are usually referred to, want to know the names of the birds, and how to tell them apart, they admire the beauty of birds and observe their habits.

Experienced birders use binoculars to see birds high in the trees or out on the water, and books such as ‘Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania’ by Zimmerman, Turner and Pearson to identify them. More and more Kenyans are becoming keen birdwatchers, and all over the world bird-watching is a fastgrowing hobby.

To learn or improve your birding skills join the Bird Walks or join the Fundamentals of Ornithology Course described below

A certificate course for Bird guides and birders

Elsamere Field Studies Centre, Lake Naivasha
Next date and fees:  Usually held in April each year the next date will be communicated

Includes: Eight nights, full board accommodation, transfers between the course site and Naivasha town, course materials, transport on field outings, equipments and tuition.

Applicants must have a birdwatching experience, education upto Form IV level (CV required). Only 20 places available and applicants must fill in an application form and return it with a non – refundable deposit.

Contact: The Course Coordinator
Fundamentals of Ornithlogy
Box 44486, 00100 Nairobi
Tel 254 (020) 3749957 /3746090
Email: fornithology@yahoo.co.uk or membershipservices@naturekenya.org