Lilacbreasted Roller |
Longbilled Crombec |
Magpie Shrike |
Marico Sunbird |
Purple Roller |
Purplecrested Turaco |
Rebilled Hornbill |
young sub adult Redchested Cuckoo |
Reitz's Helmetshrike |
Pennantwinged Nightjar |
Yellowbilled Oxpecker |
My name is Andrew Pickles and I am a Wildlife and Nature Enthusiast. My main subject is Birds and Bird Ringing, but enjoy anything to do with Nature. This blog is to showcase some of the wonderful animals and birds within Southern Africa and especially in my home area of Southern Kwazulu Natal. I am currently working on Barn Swallow migration between my home patch of Umzumbe and Europe, with a possible link to Chernobyl, news of this can be obtained on my website listed under the links.
African Jacana |
African Openbill |
Paradise Flycatcher |
Blackbellied Korhaan |
Blackcollared Barbet |
Blackcrowned Night Heron |
Blackcrowned Tchagra |
Brownheaded Parrot |
Brownhooded Kingfisher |
Burchells Coucal |
GoldentailedWoodpecker - male |
Green Pigeon |
Grey Heron |
female Bateleur, one of the most stunning Eagles of the region |
The iconic African Fish Eagle, |
stunning Tawny Eagle |
juv Tawny Eagle checking me out |
Whitebacked Vulture |
Whitebacked Vulture |
Whiteheaded Vuklture eating a Scrub Hare, possibly a roadkill |
Whiteheaded Vulture warning the Yellowbilled Kite not to come any closer |
never mind Meercat Manor, we had a case of "Mongoose Manor", a family group of Banded Mongoose trying to get underground once they realised they had been spotted |
Blackbacked Jackal on the hunt, a little upset with us as we were watching and possibly scaring his prey away |
Cape Buffalo with Yellowbilled Oxpecker |
I want that branch right there. Elephant eating part of his diet |
A herd of 50 plus elephant |
Mother and baby Elephant |
Nothing better than a shower on a hot day |
a mud bath does wonders for the complexion |
male Kudu |
Thicktailed Bushbaby |
one of the emerging tuskers of the park |
love these guys Warthog |
male Waterbuck |
White Rhino, the way we should see these magnificent animals, not dead with their horns butchered off |
White Rhino |
Mother and Calf White Rhino |
Blue Wildebeest |