UPCOMING KUŞKOR EVENTS
ATTRACTING young people to join the cause is a priority for conservationists, who are keen to ensure that the causes they care so much about are championed by others long into the future.
Following on from the success of the first Cyprus Bird Camp, and with the majority of pandemic restrictions hopefully in the past, Kuşkor are keen to hold more such events in the future.
One of those is a one-day excursion, which has been planned for Saturday, November 6. Named the Kuşkor Field Trip, the event is open to all members of the public, and will visit the village of Karaman in the Girne district, the cape of Koruçam, which is also in the Girne district, and the village of Kalkanlı, situated just outside Güzelyurt.
In order to continue to raise money for research and conservation, event participants will pay a small fee upon booking, with prices set at 30TL for Kuşkor life members, 70TL for Kuşkor annual members, and 110TL for non-members.
Those wishing to participate will have to gather at the Şah Süpermarket in Çatalköy at 8am.
With the pandemic in retreat, and a new generation ready to show interest in bird conservation and ornithology, it is hoped that Kuşkor can go from strength to strength in the future.
There are due to be more excursions, camps, and other events taking place in the future, and those wishing to learn more from the comfort of their own home can buy a selection of educational books about birds and other wildlife both in Cyprus and abroad, as well as an array of other paraphernalia from Kuşkor’s website, kuskor.org.
The website also contains a form that can be filled out by members of the public should they come across an injured bird while on their own private excursions, or while going about their daily lives.
Kuşkor is staffed completely by volunteers, who give their own time in the name of bird conservation and research.
As well as the aforementioned excursions, they undertake a number of projects, including the creation of a bird watching centre at the Kukla Wetlands.
It is hoped that the creation of this centre in a place of such biodiversity will attract to North Cyprus a new market of “ecotourists”, and help to establish the TRNC as an international bird watching destination.
They also undertake projects to monitor specific endangered species of birds which are found in North Cyprus, such as the Bonelli’s eagle and Audouin’s gull. They have also initiated a campaign and a petition to outlaw the hunting of turtle doves.