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How Old is That Lion? Part 3

Nick Sims January 11, 2021 19

Seeing a male lion in the wild can be a truly awe-inspiring experience. These noble animals have captured the imagination of humans for millennia. A lion’s sheer size and strength, …

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Virtual Safari: The Week in Video #43

James Tyrrell January 10, 2021 22

We throw a few smaller creatures into the mix this week; a beautiful but seldom seen kingfisher, a family of tawny eagles and some wildebeest. Elephants, as has become common …

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The Week in Pictures #474

Guy Brunskill January 8, 2021 2 31

This week has been incredibly fruitful with a wide array of sightings, from the big to the small, the cute, the ugly and the outright beautiful. With the amount of …

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The Nhlanguleni Female Takes the Leap

Guy Brunskill January 7, 2021 1 15

Andrea Sithole and I had been in search of wild dogs. We had driven practically every road until we met up on the last one, which neither of us had …

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New Years Resolutions, Ideas and Inspirations – Nature Reunion

Bronwyn Varty-Laburn January 6, 2021 17

Lessons from 2020 came thick and fast (and I don’t think they are over)… but I have to say they were best summarised by Marie Martin; “The world can change …

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Virtual Safari: The Week in Video #42

James Tyrrell January 3, 2021 28

An incredibly diverse week; we rediscover a missing leopard cub, try to measure the biggest and scariest lizard on Londolozi, and arrive into the most magnificent spectacle of elephants and …

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The Young Flamingo That Needs Explaining.

Dean De La Rey January 2, 2021 19

My guests and I thought there was an African Spoonbill – which isn’t an uncommon bird in the area – but as we soon got closer out the waterhole, I …

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This Week in Pictures #473

Dean De La Rey January 1, 2021 23

“Like the seaweeds that cling to each other after each passing boat separates them, so too a family will come together with the passing of each crisis” Indonesian Proverb 2020 …

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Vervet Monkeys Raid Weaver Nests

Jess Shillaw December 31, 2020 12

Crossing the Causeway over the Sand River on our way back to camp, we noticed something unusual. There is an island of trees in the middle channel of the river …

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The Value of The Mhangeni Pride

Dean De La Rey December 29, 2020 20

We have been seeing the Mangheni pride a lot more frequently of late, and long may it last. As a guide you sometimes try and tick all the boxes when …

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The Catholic Diet of the Southern Ground Hornbill

James Tyrrell December 28, 2020 23

In our latest Week in Video we featured a sequence of a small family of Southern Ground Hornbills foraging on a rainy day. We spent about 45 minutes with the …

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A Visit to the Ground Hornbill Nest

Chris Taylor December 26, 2020 18

It’s been just over three weeks since we first found the Southern Ground Hornbill nest in the south-eastern parts of the reserve. As per the protocol, we have not visited …

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How Old is That Lion? Part 2

Nick Sims December 23, 2020 21

In my previous blog about “How Old is That Lion?” I focused on a few different ways to estimate the age of cubs in particular. Now it is time to …

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The Guardians of the Leadwood forest

Jess Shillaw December 22, 2020 4

Previously, I wrote about walking barefoot through the Leadwood forest in the Northern part of Londolozi. While doing just that, I noticed that at both ends of the forest there …

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