A quizzical Hyena in the Kruger National Park.

The local fire brigade at the Addo Elephant National Park – image taken from the main camp. #elephant

A Wood #Sandpiper at #Zimanga.

A curious little #hyena in the #KrugerNationalPark.

A trio of #doves – one is leaving the table!

A Three-banded #Plover having a rinse at #Zimanga.

Photos from our tours… #12, 2020:- Some #zebra head’s up, also in the #Kruger Park. Pied #kingfisher at #Zimanga. #Samango monkey inside #HilltopCamp in the #HluhluweImfoloziPark. A common-and-garden Thick-billed Weaver.

Yellow-billed Kite having a wing stretch in the Kruger Park. Some zebra head’s up, also in the Kruger Park. Pied kingfisher at Zimanga. Samango monkey inside Hilltop Camp in the Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Park. A common-and-garden Thick-billed Weaver.

Photos from our tours… #11, 2020 and these are some random images taken at the #Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, the #HluhluweImfoloziPark, #StLucia, the #DrakensbergMountains and #Zimanga.

Photos from our tours… #12, 2020:- Yellow-billed Kite having a wing stretch in the Kruger Park. Some zebra head’s up, also in the Kruger Park. Pied kingfisher at Zimanga. Samango monkey inside Hilltop Camp in the Hluhluwe/Umfolozi Park. A common-and-garden Thick-billed Weaver.

Photos from our tours… #10, 2020 and are: A #pelican in flight, photographed at the #BotanicGardens in #Durban An #elephant sorting out some tree bark at the #ThandaGameReserve. A Swainson’s #Spurfowl in the #Timbavati Game Reserve. An #impala in the HluhluweUmfoloziPark, and A White-breasted #Cormorant at Lake Panic in the #krugernationalpark

Lockdown Image #52 on day 50 of lockdown from my Fortress of Solitude: This is a #CapeWeaver that was photographed in the #AddoElephantNationalPark. This is a common bird found in these parts and there is nothing spectacular about it (well, except that is quite a pretty bird). However, the plant that it is sitting in, is. This is called a ‘Spekboom’ (Portulacaria afra) and is a succulent that helps fight air pollution. It can ‘sequester’ or capture four to ten tons of carbon per hectare…

The #MarabouStork will probably not win any prizes for beauty, but as they say, ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’. This one was photographed at the Scavenger Hill Hide at #Zimanga

This is a Burchell’s #Starling that was photographed at one of the picnic sites in the #KrugerNationalPark.

Lockdown Images #47, #48 and #49 on day 48 of lockdown from my Fortress of Solitude: I posted some images from the #VAWaterfront in #CapeTown – and here are three more (and I promise, the last from here for a while – we have been neglecting wildlife!).

Lockdown Images #37, #38 and #39 on day 41 of lockdown from my Fortress of Solitude: These three images were taken at the #WestCoastNationalPark, about an hour and a half north of #CapeTown on the #WestCoast where the azure waters of the #Langebaan Lagoon are the focal point of this reserve. Within this park is an area known as “ #Postberg ” and this section is only open to the public during the months of August and September. This is an ideal section from which to view the abundance of…