The Resident Rollers

Chris Taylor March 4, 2021 11

One of the more subtle benefits of living in a wilderness area is being able to familiarise oneself with some of the individual animals that we share this beautiful place …

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Photo Journal: Cyclone Eloise’s Wildlife Aftermath Part 2

Willem Kruger March 4, 2021 4

Guest Willem Kruger has been visiting Londolozi for years. His latest visit coincided with the tail-end of Cyclone Eloise, which unleashed torrential rain on Londolozi and much of the surrounding …

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Virtual Safari: The Week in Video #50

James Tyrrell February 28, 2021 24

Well, we started releasing these virtual safaris in response to the world essentially shutting down just under a year ago, and we thought we’d probably only be doing them for …

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Virtual Safari: The Week in Video #49

James Tyrrell February 21, 2021 15

The Avoca male lions bellow in full chorus on a glorious evening. Giraffes abound, hyenas sniff the breeze, little bee-eaters prove to be great photographic subjects, and rainy conditions makes …

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Virtual Safari: The Week in Video #45

James Tyrrell January 24, 2021 14

We spend time with the Piccadilly female and her cub this week. Althought the cub is still nervous around vehicles, it is slowly starting to relax if we sit and …

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The Week in Pictures #476

James Tyrrell January 22, 2021 20

It’s been a fairly slow leopard week, with long grass and only a couple of vehicles out making sightings hard to come by. Cloudy and windy conditions have made for …

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Virtual Safari: The Week in Video #44

James Tyrrell January 17, 2021 17

A spectacular sighting of the Mhangeni pride at a waterhole (that somehow got overlooked in the archives), plenty of elephants – as is becoming the norm, although we introduce some …

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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 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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The Robins On My Doorstep

Tayla Brown December 15, 2020 13

It’s always wonderful to be in the bush at a this time of year as there is an abundance of new life everywhere you look. I don’t even have to …

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Southern Ground Hornbills Nesting on Londolozi

Chris Taylor November 30, 2020 27

Each year, BirdLife South Africa – a registered non-profit organisation dedicated to the conservation of birds – selects a particular species as ‘Bird of the Year’. This initiative aims to …

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What Happened 5 Years Ago? #10

James Tyrrell November 25, 2020 20

I enjoy this whole Memory Lane thing. Even five years later I can still remember most of these sightings like they were yesterday. In fact driving through the reserve with …

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The Batis Nest

James Tyrrell November 23, 2020 20

Almost a month ago exactly, Ranger Jess Shillaw spotted the nest of a Chinspot Batis nestled in the branches of a Milkwood tree on the banks of the Manyelethi River. …

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The Week in Pictures #466

Pete Thorpe November 20, 2020 23

The week of the Woodland Kingfisher! In 2019, our records state that the first one was seen on 16th November. This year, it was Thursday 19th November that the first …

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