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Trips

The Ole’ Bucket List

December 3, 2014 by Duncan 5 Comments

Well, this time next week I’ll be winging my way to Cape Town via Auckland and Singapore (air transport is weird sometimes), so this...

Trips

Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

November 4, 2014 by Donna 11 Comments

I wanted Penguins. And Sunbirds. And Flamingos and Hornbills and a Secretarybird and birds with names like Hamerkop and Thick-knee and Eremomela (which I know...

Mammals

Impala Jousting

June 21, 2014 by Redgannet 1 Comment

The Impala is an slim, elegant antelope which is seen over most of sub-Saharan Africa, wherever there are a few Acacia bushes or some...

Birding

White-fronted Plover

February 15, 2014 by Redgannet No Comments

It was whilst walking along the beach at Kommetjie, a coastal village near Cape Town in South Africa, that I came across a pair...

Birding, Trips

Hide at Mankwe Dam

August 3, 2013 by Redgannet 5 Comments

The beautiful landscape that would one day become Pilanesberg National Park, was formed when a volcano collapsed in on itself, leaving concentric rings of...

Birding, Birds

African Penguins in Peril

July 16, 2013 by James 1 Comment

I grew up in one of the most beautiful cities in the world – Cape Town, South Africa. The birdlife in the Cape is...

Trips

Shadows of Africa

July 11, 2013 by Dragan 4 Comments

A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th...

Birds

Rhino Birds

July 6, 2013 by Redgannet 2 Comments

A close encounter with a couple of White Rhinos gave me a good opportunity to get a proper look at some Red-billed Ox-peckers Buphagus Erythrorhynchus that...

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