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Learn more about birds with ‘The Kruger with Aldo’ online course

The new set of online courses is said to be a new lockdown-inspired experience that will “add value to your life forever”.

Learn more about birds with ‘T

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Latest Sightings recently advertised Birding with Aldo – a (sometimes free) online bird course.

Beginner and Kruger bird courses

​Aldo, a specialist tour guide, is said to be one of South Africa’s top birding teacher/guides. Throughout his life, he has introduced many people into user-friendly birding. The new set of beginner and Kruger online courses is a new lockdown-inspired experience that will add value to your life forever. To join the small personalised interactive groups you can visit their official website and select your preferred date.

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Beginner Course:

Birding is difficult for beginners and the Beginner Course will enable and empower you to experience birding as a rewarding and fun process forever. The course is structured over five x 1-hour sessions and will highlight the topics of why watch birds, how to begin birding, explore your garden and bird calls and identification.

​Session 1: Saturday, 25 July at 11:00
Session 2: Monday, 27 July at 11:00
Session 3: Wednesday, 29 July at 11:00
Session 4: Friday, 31 July at 11:00

​Session 1: Saturday, 25 July at 19:00
Session 2: Monday, 27 July at 19:00
Session 3: Wednesday, 29 July at 19:00
Session 4: Friday, 31 July at 19:00

​Session 1: Saturday, 8 August at 11:00
Session 2: Monday, 10 August at 11:00
Session 3: Wednesday, 12 August at 11:00
Session 4: Friday, 14 August at 11:00

​Session 1: Saturday, 8 August at 19:00
Session 2: Monday, 10 August at 19:00
Session 3: Wednesday, 12 August at 19:00
Session 4: Friday, 14 August at 19:00

Kruger Course:

The Kruger with Aldo course provides a unique path to adding value and reward to your next Kruger Park trip. The course is suitable for beginners and intermediate birders, introducing more than 80 of the most common birds which can present identification challenges. The course is structured over three x 75-minute sessions and will highlight the birds of woodlands and savannas, birds of the camps and bird hides and birds of thickets and riverine.

​Session 1: Monday, 3 August at 19:00
Session 2: Wednesday, 5 August at 19:00
Session 3: Friday, 7 August at 19:00

Visit their website to sign up for their free courses (25 July and 3 August) or sign up for the full course to join.