Dancing Jewel (Platycypha caligata subsp. caligata) a striking predator. |
Colours at sunset |
Albizia anthelmintica in bloom. |
A good days hunting - seven snares picked up in thick bush. |
The Dassie, also known as Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis), a heavily targeted animal for bush meat. |
Soutpansberg Wormlizard (Chirindia langi subsp. occidentalis) |
Tilapia one of the native fish species that occurs on the property |
Soutpansberg Flat Lizard (Platysaurus relictus), a Soutpansberg endemic, abundant on the property |
BIRD LIST FOR THE MONTH
Natal Spurfowl; Crested Francolin; Crested Guinea fowl; African Black Duck; Golden-tailed Woodpecker; Cardinal Woodpecker; Bearded Woodpecker; Black-collared Barbet; Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird; Acacia Pied Barbet; Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill; African Grey Hornbill; African Hoopoe; Green Wood-hoopoe; Malachite Kingfisher; Brown-hooded Kingfisher; Giant Kingfisher; Pied Kingfisher; Little Bee-eater; European Bee-eater; Narina Trogon; Red-faced Mousebird; Speckled Mousebird; Red-chested Cuckoo; Klaas's Cuckoo; Burchell's Coucal; Alpine Swift; African Black Swift; Little Swift; Purple-crested Turaco; Barn Owl; Spotted Eagle Owl; Fiery-necked Nightjar; Freckled Nightjar; Speckled Pigeon; Laughing Dove; Red-eyed Dove; Emerald-spotted Wood-dove; Tambourine Dove; Three-banded Plover; African Fish Eagle; Cape Vulture; African Goshawk; Verreaux's Eagle; African Hawk Eagle; Green-backed Heron; Hammerkop; Hadeda Ibis; Black Stork; Black-headed Oriole; African Paradise Flycatcher; Fork-tailed Drongo; Brown-crowned Tchagra; Black-back Puffback; Southern Boubou; Orange-breasted Bushshrike; Gorgeous Bushshrike; Grey-headed Bushshrike; Retz's Helmet-shrike; Cape Batis; Chinspot Batis; Pied Crow; Black Cuckooshrike; Southern Black Tit; Lesser-striped Swallow; Rock Martin; Dark-capped Bulbul; Terrestrial Brownbul; Sombre Greenbul; Yellow-bellied Greenbul; Long-billed Crombec; Cape White-eye; Rattling Cisticola; Tawny-flanked Prinia; Bar-throated Apalis; Yellow-throated Apalis; Grey-backed Cameroptera; Kurrichane Thrush; Ashy Flycatcher; White-throated Robin-chat; Red-capped Robin-chat; White-browed Robin-chat; Bearded Scrub-robin; White-browed Scrub-robin; Familiar Chat; Mocking Cliff-chat; Red-winged Starling; Red-billed Oxpecker; Amethyst Sunbird; Collared Sunbird; White-bellied Sunbird; Red-headed Weaver; Lesser-masked Weaver; Spectacled Weaver; Swee Waxbill; Blue Waxbill; Jameson's Firefinch; Bronze Mannikin; SouthernGrey-headed Sparrow; African Pied Wagtail; Cape Wagtail; Yellow-fronted Canary; Golden-breasted Bunting.
Yellow-bellied Greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris subsp. flaviventris), a bird whose call can be likened to sarcastic laughing, always a delight to hear. |
MAMMAL LIST FOR THE MONTH
Rock
Hyrax; Sharpe's Grysbok; Klipspringer; Kudu; Bush Buck; African Civet;
Cape Clawless Otter; Slender Mongoose; Dwarf Mongoose; Water Mongoose;
Large-spotted Genet; Leopard; Baboon; Vervet Monkey; Thick-tailed
Bushbaby; Tree Squirrel; Porcupine; Jameson's Red Rock Rabbit; Spiny
Mouse; Pouched Mouse; Senghi.
(Note
on list - list was compiled using visual observations of the animal
itself or track and sign. Many animals (rodents and bats) were left out
due to unsatisfactory identification.)
REPTILE LIST FOR THE MONTH
Agama atra - Peter's Ground Agama
Chirindia langi occidentalis - Soutpansberg Worm Lizard
Aparallactus capensis - Cape Centipede Eater
Philothamnus semivariegatus - Spotted Bush Snake
Psammophis subtaeniatus - Western Yellow-bellied Sand Snake
Platysaurus relictus - Soutpansberg Flat Lizard
Smaug warreni depressus - Flat Dragon Lizard
Dendroaspis polylepis - Black Mamba
Homopholis wahlbergii - Wahlberg's Velvet Gecko
Afroedura - Flat Gecko (Taxonomy unresolved)
Chondrodactylus turneri - Turner's Gecko
Chondrodactylus turneri - Turner's Gecko
Hemidactylus mabouia - Common Tropical House Gecko
Lygodactylus capensis - Common Dwarf Gecko
Broadleysaurus major - Rough-scaled Plated Lizard
Gerrhosaurus flavigularis - Yellow-throated Plated Lizard
Matobosaurus validus - Giant Plated Lizard
Afroablepharus maculicollis - Spotted-neck Snake-eyed Skink
Scelotes limpopoensis limpopoensis - Limpopo Dwarf Burrowing Skink
Trachylepis varia - Variable Skink
Trachylepis margaritifer - Rainbow Skink
Varanus nilotica - Nile Monitor
Pelusios sinuatus - Serrated Hinged Terrapin
Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus), a massive reptile. |