Sighting form
Sighting Form
Please fill in as many of the data entry boxes as possible; these include the species seen, the total number of individuals in the sighting, the number of young, whether the mammal was dead or alive in the sighting, the date, time, location*, and habitat type. A list of habitat categories is provided on the Sightings Sheet. If you have more than one sighting record, then when you have finished entering data for one species or grid location, click the Add button below. The new page will summarise the data you have just entered and allow you to enter a new set of information. Once you have completed entering all of your sightings records, click the submit button to send us all the records. Should you find you have problems with the system, please feel free to send us the information as an attached word document.
* We prefer a GPS location reference whenever possible. If you use a GPS, we would be most grateful if you could record the coordinates, if at all possible, in degrees decimals (e.g. 4.59843), and if not, please let us know what GPS settings you are using. If you don’t have a GPS, then please provide a grid square reference, or the name of the nearest town.
Habitat type categories:
| Forest | continuous stand trees at least 10m tall; canopy interlocking |
| Woodland | open stand trees at least 8m tall; canopy cover > 40% |
| Bushland | open stand bushes between 3-7m tall; canopy cover > 40% |
| Thicket | closed stand bushes between 3-7m tall |
| Grassland | mainly grasses and other herbs; woody plants < 10% |
| Wooded grassland | mainly grasses and herbs; woody plants 10-40% |
| Afro-alpine | mixed vegetation on high mountains; frosts are likely year-round |
| Mangrove | open or closed trees/bushes on shores between high and low watermark |
| Freshwater swamp | |
| Saline swamp | |
| Anthropic landscape | vegetation has been profoundly altered by humans (e.g. villages, farms, plantations) |