Scouts South Africa

Interim and not final results of Scouts South Africa participation in the City Nature Challenge follow.

The photographing of our Natural History for the City Nature Challenge is now complete. Now is the time (30 April – 5 May 2024) for all to ensure that their observations are uploaded (synched) to the iNaturalist website and are correct (with a date, locality, photo and assigned to the Scouts South Africa Project).

SGL Request

SGLs are kindly asked to start determining how many Meerkats, Cubs, Scouts, Rovers, and Scouts from their Group have an observation count of 10 or more and who therefore earned the City Nature Challenge event badge. Knowing the count obviously allows the Group to order the exact number of required badges. Final iNaturalist user counts will be available on 6 May 2024 00:00:00.

Please see https://www.scouts.org.za/how-to-get-your-badge/

The deadline to order and pay for your Group’s City Nature Badges within your Region is 10 May 2024. The National Scout Shop will place the order later in May, following receival of the total orders and payments from all Regions.

Observation Counts

Observation counts per user for all the Regions are provided below:

• Eastern Cape North and Eastern Cape South - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-04-26&d2=2024-04-30&place_id=8872&project_id=scouts-south-africa&subview=table&view=observers

• Free State - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-04-26&d2=2024-04-30&place_id=50327&project_id=scouts-south-africa&subview=table&view=observers - Nobody as at 30/04/2024 11:39

• Gauteng - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-04-26&d2=2024-04-30&place_id=9576&project_id=scouts-south-africa&subview=table&view=observers

• KwaZulu-Natal - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-04-26&d2=2024-04-30&place_id=13313&project_id=scouts-south-africa&subview=table&view=observers

• Limpopo - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-04-26&d2=2024-04-30&place_id=9074&project_id=scouts-south-africa&subview=table&view=observers

• Mpumalanga - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-04-26&d2=2024-04-30&place_id=7478&project_id=scouts-south-africa&subview=table&view=observers

• North West - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-04-26&d2=2024-04-30&place_id=12513&project_id=scouts-south-africa&subview=table&view=observers

• Northern Cape - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-04-26&d2=2024-04-30&place_id=13314&project_id=scouts-south-africa&subview=table&view=observers - Nobody as at 30/04/2024 11:45

• Western Cape - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-04-26&d2=2024-04-30&place_id=6987&project_id=scouts-south-africa&subview=table&view=observers

Please note that the totals per user that are shown by clicking on any website address from above and may go down if observations are subsequently marked as “Casual”. They may go up as people synch their phones with iNaturalist. This is why the final stats are only cast in stone on 6 May 2024 00:00:00.

FAQ

“Why do my total number of observations that are on my phone not match what the above URLs state?” Please see https://www.scouts.org.za/how-to-use-inaturalist/ under the heading Checking your Observations

“I have forgotten to assign my Observations to the Scouts South Africa project. How can I do this quickly?” Please see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am2R91s6ZgE less ↑