Dambari Wildlife Trust

31/07/2026

Makorokoto, Amhlope! Celebrating Guardians of a Changing Planet

28/07/2026

Dambari’s wildlife Co-existence Programme (Poster)
Dambari is working with rural communities in Matobo Hills, Matabeleland South to encourage harmonious co-existence between people and the wildlife in their surrounding areas. Based on input from community focus meetings, we produced educational posters to boost community knowledge on how to handle close encounters with wild animals and in-person advice on identifying perpetrators of crop and livestock losses. Feel free to download and circulate the poster and share to the rural farming folk you

27/07/2026

Last Friday, Dambari’s senior staff participated in an important meeting to develop a long-term raptor conservation strategy for the Matobo Hills and the wider Matabeleland South region. Convened by ZimParks and involving a range of stakeholders, the steps required to gather historical information, prioritise species, identify threats and move towards effective and sustainable conservation were discussed. This is an exciting first step towards a formal monitoring and conservation strategy for resident and migratory raptors, with clear intentions to include all stakeholders and communities sharing the landscape with these iconic birds.



History Museum
Research Institute

20/07/2026

It's moth week this week. Join the citizen science community - find moths, take photos and upload them (along with location) to iNaturalist. You don't need to be able to identify them yourself - the iNaturalist community will help with that - but every species record is valuable! See the link for more details, tips and tricks.

You don't need to know what you're looking at. Post your clear, focused photo to the iNaturalist app or website, and the community may help you identify it.

14/07/2026

When thinking of a mammal with accompanying birds, most people visualise oxpeckers digging around the animal's ears, or egrets or drongos travelling alongside to catch any insects flushed by the movement.
However, not uncommonly, other birds such as red-winged starlings and yellow-bellied greenbuls have been recorded undertaking oxpecker-like behaviour. In the photo, a yellow-bellied greenbul perched on the rump of a young female bushbuck. Whether it was just looking for a handy perch, or went on to dig around for ticks we don't know - but capturing these brief moments in time is always an unexpected pleasure!

26/05/2026

Bees are critical species in the ecosystem. We received this picture via an open WhatsApp group. There was no associated attribution data, but the graphic contains important information about bees and their ecology that we feel is important to share.

22/04/2026

Do you live in an urban area and want something to do this weekend? Join the iNaturalist City Nature Challenge 2026 (24 - 27 April) and record the biodiversity in your urban spaces. All you need is a camera (your phone camera is a perfect start), the iNaturalist App and some observation skills. Citizen scientist contributions have revolutionised scientists' understanding of animal, plant and fungi distributions. Let's put Zim on the map - follow the link for more details!
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2026-global-project