Expand your knowledge on little garden creatures
Dick’s talk on garden creepy crawlies entitled ‘Little Creatures in Your Garden’ is based on his vast experience in photographing small creatures.
Crocworld Conservation Centre hosts well-known pastor, photographer and snake-catcher, Warren Keith Dick of the Bluff, as part of its monthly lecture series on Saturday, 18 May. The event, which commences at 9am, includes an early bird breakfast at the Fish Eagle Café. It costs R50 and includes access to the centre’s vast reptile and bird sanctuaries, breakfast and the talk.
Dick’s talk on garden creepy crawlies entitled Little Creatures in Your Garden is based upon his vast experience in photographing small creatures. “Through my photography, I love to bring awareness to people about the thousands of small things found in nature, and even right in your back yard, if you just take the time to look,” he said.
An amateur herpetologist and entomologist, Dick is also a self-taught photographer. His pictures of minute creatures have been published locally and globally, and he writes a weekly column ‘Nature’s Calling’ in the Southlands Sun newspaper.
“My passion for snakes and other reptiles came naturally with my curiosity about small creatures. It has taken many hours and lots of patience to perfect the art of photographing small things,” he said. Dick believes that education is better than eradication, and that everything was made for a specific purpose. “Once we realise the purpose of something, we become far less fearful and far more tolerant of it,” he added.
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“Our area is blessed with a unique and rich blend of fauna and flora, and a person with Warren Dick’s experience will surely enlighten the audience with his tremendous knowledge, especially when exploring creatures which seem small, but play an intricate part of the ecosystem,” said Martin Rodrigues, manager of Crocworld Conservation Centre.
Registration for the talk is at 8.30am. For more information or to make a booking, contact Morne van Zyl at the Fish Eagle Café on 083-658-7073 or email mvanzyl@cbl.co.za. Alternatively contact Martin Rodrigues on 078-484-1859 or Crocworld Conservation Centre on 039-976-1103.
