The Week in Pictures #591

Kyle Gordon April 7, 2023 47

It’s been an action-packed week with sightings of a myriad of different species in equally varied scenarios. The water table is still as high as it can be, the seep …

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A Leopard Tortoise Lays Her Eggs Right Next to Us

Jess Shillaw April 3, 2023 9

Sometimes, luck is truly on your side, and you can find yourself being in the right place at the right time. I recently wrote a blog about an incredible morning …

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Something Special About Being In The Right Place At The Right Time

Jess Shillaw March 30, 2023 6

There is this ideology about the bush that highlights the importance of ‘being in the right place at the right time’. It is a matter of seconds before things can …

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Understanding Chelonians – What is the Difference Between Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles?

Tayla Brown April 27, 2022 12

Tortoises, Turtles, and Terrapins, what are they? And what is the difference between tortoises terrapins and turtles? Well, some may think they are all the same animal, which at a …

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New life in the bush

Patrick Grealy January 11, 2022 10

The past couple of weeks are and have always been the most exciting times in the bush for me. As we get into the rainy season, the bush is changing …

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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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What Happened 5 Years Ago? #7

James Tyrrell March 11, 2020 13

We continue with our 5-years-ago-this-month series, although I have to admit, I sometimes struggle to remember what exactly was happening in a sighting from the archives. I usually pride myself …

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Macro Photography – It’s Challenging!

Matt Uys February 26, 2020 7

Living in the bush there are many forms of photography one can choose to execute, , with standard wildlife being the obvious choice. Of course, there are also Landscape and …

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The Week in Pictures #259

James Souchon November 25, 2016 2 17

New life, new growth and new arrivals have been the theme for the last week. Ranger Andrea Sithole had the honour of calling in the first newborn Impala lamb a …

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The Week in Pictures #228

Don Heyneke April 22, 2016 2

I remember once reading that the first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else. It easy to forget that there are a million intricacies that connect the …

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The Week in Pictures #220

James Tyrrell February 26, 2016 5

Rangers and trackers were fortunate this week to have the team from Nikon conducting a photographic workshop at Londolozi. Obviously on a photographic course one wants things to photograph, and …

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The Week in Pictures #215

Callum Gowar January 22, 2016 10

As the dry conditions continue to take their toll on the herbivores, it is the predators that seem to flourish. Many of the watering holes and even the Sand River have begun to …

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