WildSkies Ecological Services

WildSkies Ecological Services WildSkies Ecological Services WildSkies Ecological Services (Pty) Ltd. was created in July 2011 by the director Jon Smallie.

WildSkies is an avifaunal consulting company, with particular expertise in the interactions between avifauna and energy related infrastructure. WildSkies provides sound, balanced avifaunal input into planning processes for new infrastructure around southern Africa. Although a relatively new company, Jon Smallie and Luke Strugnell have 18 years of combined experience working on birds and overhead p

ower lines, dams, pipelines, coal fired power stations, substations, wind energy facilities, solar facilities and other infrastructure. Jon worked on the Eskom-Endangered Wildlife Trust Strategic Partnership from 1999 to 2007 and managed it from 2007 to 2011. He is therefore highly experienced in the field of bird – power line interactions. Luke was the senior avifaunal consultant at the Endangered Wildlife Trust and was involved with some of the first wind energy studies on birds and wind energy in South Africa. Luke also has experience on bats and wind energy as well as land management and rehabilitation. Jon and Luke are both professional natural scientists and are registered with SACNASP. WildSkies is a Level 4 BEE Contributor and has a 100% B-BBEE procurement recognition.

Fieldwork near Kasane, Botswana, last week!
27/06/2016

Fieldwork near Kasane, Botswana, last week!

Sere at sunset.
11/04/2016

Sere at sunset.

Sere wind farm bird monitoring!
11/04/2016

Sere wind farm bird monitoring!

22/03/2016

Maun bush! Tough going!

Maun, Botswana.... Not a terrible site visit! :)
22/03/2016

Maun, Botswana.... Not a terrible site visit! :)

21/01/2016

River crossing on the power line survey.

More Botswana field work pics. Last one is a cobra swimming in a large puddle. In same puddle was a python partially sub...
20/01/2016

More Botswana field work pics. Last one is a cobra swimming in a large puddle. In same puddle was a python partially submerged and waiting in ambush. Amazing puddle!

Botswana power line field work.
18/01/2016

Botswana power line field work.

400KV power line walk down in northern KZN. Averaged temp 40 degrees C.
01/12/2015

400KV power line walk down in northern KZN. Averaged temp 40 degrees C.

Walk Transects on a western cape solar site.
06/10/2015

Walk Transects on a western cape solar site.

Carcass searchers at Kouga WEF.
29/09/2015

Carcass searchers at Kouga WEF.

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