The Week in Pictures #360
First off, the answer to the bird challenge from this week. A number of you got the right answer, which is a young male Greater Honeyguide. The combination of brown …
First off, the answer to the bird challenge from this week. A number of you got the right answer, which is a young male Greater Honeyguide. The combination of brown …
This is a tricky one, as the pride is split so often. The Sand River has essentially dried up for the time being, so animals previously dependant on what was …
The Panthera organisation recently conducted a camera trap survey across Londolozi. The survey was done to get a better understanding of the leopard dynamics, densities and movements, but had the …
It doesn’t get much tougher than the last bird challenge we presented. The juvenile Long-tailed Paradise Whydah that we are 95% sure it was had many people stumped, including most …
Every so often a Ranger/Tracker team will hit a purple patch. The bush just seems to offer up amazing sighting after amazing sighting, and the rest of the team start …
A week of plenty. New lion cub discoveries as well as unbelievable leopard sightings that continue to keep us all enthralled. With multiple migratory bird species returning we have often …
The south-western grasslands of Londolozi are known for, amongst other things, big herds of buffalo, large dazzles of zebra, the famous ostrich family as well as breathtaking sunsets. However, a …
Cute. What does it mean and why are we attracted to the small and young of the animals we know? There’s a good chance one is going to rather want …
Sam and Mary-Jane Armacost recently spent a week with us at Londolozi. This was their third visit here, and with Sam’s wonderful photography and Mary-Jane’s storytelling they kindly shared their …
We mentioned yesterday in TWIP how the lone Ottawa male has been prowling around, mainly in the north of Londolozi. At only three-and-a-half years old (to my knowledge he was …
I finally got a glimpse of the Ottawa male lion, as he was found next to the Sand River, barely 200 metres from where one of the Birmingham males had …
“Every day for six weeks… How does one not become bored of teaching in the same place? ” he asks. This is one of the most frequently asked questions on …
Monkeys don’t often get caught unawares. Although presumed to have a largely arboreal lifestyle, they do in fact spend a significant portion of their day on the ground whilst foraging, …
We’ll be honest and say that the bird in the last ID challenge still isn’t 100% confirmed. We consulted with a number of bird experts across the country and eventually …
Leopards are essentially the animals upon which Londolozi was founded. Our history with them began way back in 1979, and now almost 40 years later it continues to thrive. The …