Month: January 2025

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Eland

 Eland . The Bushman / San say when you see an  Eland then God is near and label  them his favorite animal. They are Southern Africa's largest antelope. Bulls can reach a mass of around 700 kg with a shoulder height of 1.7m with Cows averaging 450kg and height of 1.5m .    A very adaptable animal found from our semi desert shrubs to woodlands and moist mountain grassland of the […]

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Broad Billed Roller

  Broad - Billed Roller. A compact dark cinnamon and purple coloured roller that is fairly  common intra - African summer migrant. They are found in the Limpopo river basin , Eastern lowveld of  South Africa and far north eastern KZN from September till April .   They like fringe forests in major river valleys, denser bushveld and open woodland where they often perch conspicuously and breed in dead trees.    […]

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Birds & Earth Mammals

Cape Cormorant

 Cape Cormorant .  An endangered species that is highly gregarious and nomadic along the West Coast  and adjacent wetlands but rare on the East Coast  of South Africa. Some colonies are present all year round off SW Cape. Numbers have decreased rapidly over the last 20 years with less than 100, 000 pairs left.    These Cormorants fly in long undulating lines low over the sea with flight speeds of […]

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