How to Series Part 1: How to Start Birding

Dean De La Rey December 28, 2021 1

“I would love to get into birds”, “It’s something I love but have never really gotten into it”. The famous words of not only people that come on safari but …

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5 Birds You Might Find Off Founders Deck

Ashleigh Chamberlain November 6, 2021 20

Prior to being a Camp Manager at Founders, or a member of staff at Londolozi, I was only confident about knowing the difference between an ostrich and a chicken. That …

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Lessons From a Lion Hunting Buffalos

Robert Ball October 28, 2021 28

What started out as a fairly relaxed game drive going down into the southwestern grasslands in search of a large herd of buffalo, ended up being a morning that saw …

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Bee-eaters of Londolozi

Tayla Brown October 26, 2021 13

There are many moments in my guiding career that I will never forget – some of them big, like seeing a lioness carrying a cub for the first time, or …

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What Birding has Meant For Me (And Can For You!)

Robert Ball October 4, 2021 26

Before arriving at Londolozi I knew very little about birds. My previous bush experience usually entailed focusing on all the other animals and especially the Big 5. Whilst I will …

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The Joys of Bird Photography

Chris Taylor July 13, 2021 20

For the majority of 2020, I wasn’t based here at Londolozi but rather back in my home town in Kwa Zulu-Natal. I had bought myself my first camera in December …

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The Week in Pictures #496

Chris Taylor June 11, 2021 1 38

This past week started rather slow. The cold front that hit most of South Africa, leaving snow in some parts of the interior, stretched up into the Lowveld and brought …

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Yellow-billed Oxpeckers

Tayla Brown June 7, 2021 18

One afternoon a few of us rangers went out to go and look for a large herd of buffalo that have been spending quite a lot of time in the …

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Virtual Safari: Ultimate Game Drive Highlights #65

Sean Zeederberg June 6, 2021 16

Young rhino calves are always amazing to watch as the whole world is new and they go through their days handling the sensory overload. The young calf sticks very close …

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Birding From My Veranda

Tayla Brown May 27, 2021 19

One afternoon I didn’t have any guests so I decided that instead of going out into the bush for a drive I would stay in camp and do a little …

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Virtual Safari: The Week in Video #58

James Tyrrell April 26, 2021 18

The Ximungwe female leopard occupies the central storyline in this week’s episode, as speculation around and the search for her cub intensifies… Enjoy this Week in Video…

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Virtual Safari: The Week in Video #57

James Tyrrell April 18, 2021 14

This week was all about spots; from leopards to pearl-spotted owls to cheetahs and then giraffes, the patterned animals were taking centre stage. We mention two previous virtual safaris in …

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Nature’s Lessons for a Better Earth

Robert Ball April 12, 2021 23

According to the Biomimicry Institute, biomimicry can be described as “the scientific, research-based practice of learning from and then replicating nature’s forms, processes, and ecosystems to create more regenerative designs.” …

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The Week in Pictures #486

Guy Brunskill April 2, 2021 2 25

First up, the answer to yesterday’s Bird ID Challenge: The three birds in question were Amur Falcons. Almost all of them have departed now for their long migration back to …

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What Bird is This? #31

James Tyrrell April 1, 2021 18

It’s been a while since we ran a Bird ID Challenge. Over four months in fact. Now that we are slowly going back into winter and the migrants will be …

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