The Week in Pictures #314
Only a few days until Christmas and the festive season is in full swing. Energy and excitement continues to build. It’s a time of abundance, a time of giving, social …
Only a few days until Christmas and the festive season is in full swing. Energy and excitement continues to build. It’s a time of abundance, a time of giving, social …
Comedy and drama often go hand-in-hand in nature, as was the case with the hyena footage published yesterday on our blog. Despite the rarity of the sighting and the implications …
As the first week of December draws to a close, most of us at Londolozi are struggling to get to grips with exactly where this year has gone. The game …
One of my more memorable afternoon game drives of the last few weeks involved hardly any driving and instead a lot of lying down on my stomach. I was with …
With the lion dynamics in a bit of disarray at the moment, an incredible sighting we witnessed a few days ago may be the beginning of long overdue reunion of …
The daily reports of new migratory birds arriving have continued this past week. Although not the first one to do so, I personally ticked off my first Jacobin and Levaillants’ …
Yesterday we ran the first of a two part series, in which we told how the Mhangeni pride had taken down a buffalo. Having finished the kill, the pride began …
With the sixteen-strong Mangheni pride spending most of their time west of Londolozi we had not had a sighting of them on Londolozi soil for a couple of weeks. When …
The Ntsevu pride are hard to pin down. I don’t mean physically of course, but more in terms of how they operate, their internal pride dynamics, and the predictability of …
The two big stories out of Londolozi this week are one sad and one happy. The sad one is the loss of the Mashaba female’s litter of three. Aged only …
“There are only two ways to approach life; as a victim or a gallant fighter” – Merle Shain I quote Merle Shain as this is the epitome of life in …
Happy endings, it seems, are a rarity in the bush. The reality out here is that life is fragile, and whether you are a dung beetle, impala lamb or leopard …
A collaboration TWIP this week, as we eagerly await the arrival of the first impala lambs. The first one is usually spotted in early November, but late October arrivals have …
Triskaidekaphobia – the fear of the number 13. Many people would have woken up this morning feeling a little uneasy with it being Friday the 13th. I think this is …
The Week in Pictures is essentially a way for blog followers to get a feel for what is happening in the Londolozi bushveld. It invites you into the lives of …