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Not exactly a passerine, but I’m always thrilled when I bump into Cape Clawless Otter. My latest otter experience was in Betty’s Bay at “Big” or “Main” beach, one of the busier beaches in the area. It wasn’t picking it’s way between beach towels, but it was about 500m from the busy swim area. We [...]

One of Cape Town’s greatest attractions is that it is located on the boundary of the Table Mountain National Park – in fact the park is surrounded by Cape Town! The city centre is located in a bowl flanked by Table Mountain to the south, Lions Head and Signal Hill to the west, and Table [...]

The images below are from a recent (September 2009) trip to the Kaokoveld in north western Namibia. It wasn’t a birding trip, however with so much to see I soon had the other trip participants caught up in the birding. Apart from birds the area is renowned for desert elephant, black rhino, lion, cheetah and [...]

Male Southern Double-collared Sunbirds (Cinnyris chalybeus) only reveal their yellow “epaulettes” when trying to impress females in spring. This male bird was trying his hardest to attract a mate at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens this past weekend. Happy spring (or autumn for the northeners)!