The Spirits of The Leadwood Forest

Jess Shillaw November 3, 2021 14

In the Animal Kingdom, variation is the spice of life. Within a species, there can be many different morphs, mutations and differences in colour. Either where the animal takes on …

General Nature Wildlife

What Bird is This? #30

James Tyrrell November 9, 2020 18

I remember seeing this bird for the first time. I was in the north of the Kruger with one of South Africa’s leading trails guides and top birders, and he …

Bird ID Challenge Birds

What Bird is This? #29

James Tyrrell October 15, 2020 17

This is a fairly large bird. I think that’s fairly obvious given its size relative to the tree in the foreground. I won’t say much more than that. It’s tricky …

Bird ID Challenge Birds Featured

What Bird is This? #27

James Tyrrell August 1, 2020 25

This is a fairly easy one for the initiated. If you haven’t seen this bird before though, you may well be left scratching your head. I remember my first encounter …

Bird ID Challenge Birds

What Bird is This? #26

James Tyrrell June 10, 2020 17

The Wild Dog den (which has now moved; update on this coming soon) has provided not only amazing viewing, but wonderful times to just sit and listen. It was a …

Bird ID Challenge Birds Wildlife

The Mystery of The Moving Elephant Skull: Part 3

Pete Thorpe May 20, 2020 32

It seems great things do happen in threes as following on from Part 1 and Part 2 of this investigation, it seems we have finally struck gold. No hyenas were …

Wildlife

The Mystery of The Moving Elephant Skull: Part 1

Pete Thorpe May 12, 2020 15

An elephant cow passed away just south of the Londolozi Camps in mid 2019 from natural causes. Once a wildlife veterinarian from the Sabi Sand Game Reserve had established that …

Featured Wildlife

What Bird is This? #24

James Tyrrell April 21, 2020 18

With Lockdown in South Africa in its 4th week, the social media challenges are abounding. Drinking raw eggs, run a distance inside, post photos of yourself… the list goes on. …

Bird ID Challenge Birds Featured

What Bird is This? #23

James Tyrrell March 19, 2020 19

This should be a fairly straightforward one. Colouration, size, shape… there’s certainly enough here to narrow it down to family, but the actual species might take a little more work. …

Bird ID Challenge Birds

What Bird is This? #22

James Tyrrell February 25, 2020 13

Today’s bird stumped a number of staff at the lodge. Answers were fairly varied when I sent the picture around. My suggestion here would be not to jump the gun, …

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What Bird is This? #21

James Tyrrell January 26, 2020 12

We haven’t had one of these in over a month, so figured it was about time. Summer is the breeding season for many of Londolozi’s birds – both resident and …

Bird ID Challenge Birds

What Bird is This? #20

James Tyrrell December 15, 2019 13

With migrants flooding back in and a ton of resident birds kicking off their breeding season, the birding at Londolozi is absolutely spectacular at the moment. Constant song and colour …

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What Bird is This? #19

James Tyrrell November 14, 2019 11

Summer is here and so are a lot of the migrants. That might be a red herring. Or it might not be. Today’s bird is fairly nondescript, as I’m sure …

Bird ID Challenge Birds Featured

What Bird is This? #18

James Tyrrell October 10, 2019 10

We’re moving into new territory here, with no colouration to help the identification process. Often in the field you aren’t lucky enough to get a look at the colour though …

Bird ID Challenge Birds Featured

What Bird is This #17?

James Tyrrell September 16, 2019 19

Habitat is key when birding. Hint. There’s more than enough in the photo below to take you straight to what family today’s bird belongs to, but from there things start …

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