01/05/2017 Rubbish weather again.. Going through photos once more, and today it was Victoria Falls.

Maximum temperature 13C, minimum 5C. 24 kmh with 39 kmh gusts SW wind. Cloud, rain, hail and a little sun.  15 mm of rain measured this morning.

On 6 February this year, we took a trip from our hotel in Chobe to Kazungula in Botswana  There is no bridge, and all vehicles have to travel by ferry to Zambia. You can see the new bridge across the Zambezi river, which is now being built in the background.

It was raining when we got to Livingstone in Zambia. A drive by photo of the High Court.

Christelle, myself, Nigel and Patrick ready for a soaking from the spray.... the rain had stopped.

Mosi oa Tunya - The smoke that thunders...

Victoria Falls from the Zambian side...

You can see the spray from above the falls as well.

Some interesting points.

David Livingstone I presume.

Details of the bridge connecting Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The bridge over the Zambezi river.

Our driver took us over to Zimbabwe so we could walk back across the bridge.

Here we are walking across the bridge.

Variegated Skink (Trachylepis variegate) by the side of the track

In Livingstone, this baboon was obviously looking for scraps and decided to sit here and watch the world go by.  They are dangerous; do not feed them or try to touch!

30/04/2017 Wet day and I have been catching up with photos taken on our trip to Botswana in February, so here are a few of them.

Maximum temperature 18C, minimum 6C. 29 kmh with 50 kmh gusts SW wind. Cloud and sun.  Quite a bit of rain not measured as yet.

Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus).

Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas).

Young Zebra.  Burchell's zebra. (Equus burchelli).

Broad-bordered grass yellow  (Eurema brigitta).

Brown Veined White  (Belenois aurota).

Crimson-breasted shrike (Laniarius atrococcineus).

Elegant Grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans).

South African giraffe  (Giraffa giraffa giraffa).

Red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus caama).

White rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum).

Baboon in hiding!  Family (Cercopithecidae).

Wait for me Mum.  Elephant  (Loxodonta africana).

Pied kingfishers (Ceryle rudis).

Rainbow at Chobe.

and sunset on the Chobe river.

18/04/2017 One photo only taken today. I have been identifying bird photos all day at the computer so here are a few.

Maximum temperature 14C, minimum 4C. 24 kmh very chilly NW wind. 

34 kmh gusts.  Dry.

The only photo taken today - An unidentified beetle with apparently a damaged wing.

The following are all photos taken in Botswana in February. I have only just got around to identifying some of them.   I am hoping that identifications are correct!  Please let me know if you disagree.

Pale chanting goshawk( Melirax canorus)

African Jacana (Actophilornis africana).

 Cardinal woodpecker female (Dendropicos fuscescens).

 African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer).

This bird has a remarkable cry, clicking HERE I hope will give you the sound.

Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)

As above, a very patient bird on the hotel grounds.

Hammerkop (Scopus umbretta).

Also known as the Lightning Bird for the belief in some cultures that people who tamper with its nest will be struck by lightning.

 Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus)

Redbilled Hornbill (Tokus erythrorhynchus). At its tree nest.

White-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata).

Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) on a Cape Buffalo.

Yellow-billed kite, (Milvus aegyptius)

04/03/2017 More of our past month's adventure.

Maximum temperature 11C, minimum 4C.  45km/h NW wind. 23 mm of rain overnight.

10/02/17 Moth: Cream-striped owl (Cyligramma latona). North-West Province of South Africa.

10/02/17 Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis).  The rarer black springbok is caused by selective breeding on some ranches.  Leopard Park, North-West Province of South Africa. 

14/02/17 Hermit Crab (Dardanus calidus) South Coast, Leisure Bay.

14/02/17 Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) South Coast, Leisure Bay.

17/02/17 Giraffe.  KwaZulu-Natal.

17/02/17 Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus).  KwaZulu-Natal.

17/02/17 Southern Red Bishop bird (Euplectes orix). KwaZulu-Natal.

17/02/17 Sunbird on its nest in Natal.  

Lesser Doublecollared Sunbird. (Nectarinia chalybea). The eggs have now hatched and babies being fed regularly.