Africa Wild

Well I think the next 5 will be the last of the ellie pics :(











In hindsight I should have taken some wide shots, but they were really too close and maybe I should have posted this selection at the beginning of the ellie pics

lp

Time to move on from the ellies...













lp

A few more of the sightings :D













lp

Another selection
Sighted on one of our trips between the eastern and western side. :D













lp

Can you spot the bee eater?




Bushpig

x2


Vervet


Cheeky youngster


lp

No comment on this photo...


lp

Need to get all the photos posted and then find some video :D
















lp

Last of the pics :D

Bat eared fox on sunset drive





Walkway to river lookout










I do have a complete list of out sightings...just need to find it

Also some videos to follow

lp

Phhheeeewwwwt, again, Lorraine, you captured it beautifully. Wow! Wow! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: The riverine, confluences, BEFs (how jealous I am)... Breathtaking. Waiting for those videos.


Trust Grandma Lis to see a rubbish bag is a bird. LMHO.


Lis, prehistoric and undisturbed you say - herewith an excerpt of a post Jumbo made somewhere else. More disturbing news by the minute...


"There is a very good reason why the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists is also part of the coalition fighting this mine.

Here is a link to the appeal document…. the heritage resources are covered in sections 13, 14 and 15…from page 68
https://www.ewt.org.za/Portals/0/ewt/do ... 0FINAL.pdf

A less detailed version….from the Save Mapungubwe website

Quote:
Further, Mapungubwe represents "a significant stage in the history of the African sub-continent", and therefore, the significance of preserving the Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape, both to South Africa and the world at large cannot be overstated.
Of significance are the concerns is the irreparable damage to the archaeological and palaeontological heritage resources which make this region so unique. The open-cast activities, according to the EMP itself, will result in the "total destruction" of any surface and sub-surface heritage resources and the palaeontological remains that might exist. Rock art experts feel that the area has been insufficiently surveyed for rock art and that the potential impact of dust, vibrations and a change in the water table on rock art in the surrounding area, has not been dealt with adequately. The farms immediately north and west of Vele have been extensively surveyed for rock art and almost every farm has been shown to have rock art. Well known and important rock art sites immediately north and west of Vele will be impacted in serious and unacceptable ways, by the proposed mining work at Vele and any unknown sites at Vele will be destroyed should mining be allowed to proceed.


CoAL’s own Environmental Management Plan mentions the damage to the heritage resources!!! "

Video...the first wave of elephants



lp