A few more photos from our last years trip to South Africa.

Maximum temperature in the Charente today 10C, minimum 6C. Rain measured this morning 6mm and still raining. 40mm of rain so far this month.  24km/h South-Westerly wind up to 59 km/h.

African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with a calf.

A large herd of buffalo heading towards a river.

Greater kudu, male (Tragelaphus strepsiceros).

Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) lying in wait!!

African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) digging for water in a dry river bed.  They have had some rain since we left but the situation was serious while we were there.

Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus).  Just watching the world go by in relaxation mode...

and taking a walk.

South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa).

Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger).

Steenbok antelope (Raphicerus campestris) female, the male has horns.

Three generations of elephants playing in a small waterhole.

African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) or Painted dogs.

Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii).

The African common toad or guttural toad (Sclerophrys gutturalis). Wow, are they noisy, they were just outside our bedroom window!!

See also my

 Bird blog

Photos taken while in Africa - because of poaching I am not stating where they were seen, we travelled to many places.

Maximum temperature in the Charente today 14C, minimum 0C. Dry. 13km/h North-Easterly winds with gusts up to 25 km/h!!

Impala, (Aepyceros melampus). An interesting fact about the Impala is that mothers can delay giving birth for a month if the weather conditions are harsh. 

Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) facing the camera and Hartebeest, (Alcelaphus buselaphus), with its back to the camera.

African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer).

Young South African giraffe (Giraffa giraffa).

As above.

White rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum).  This animal is a hand-reared orphan returned to the wild after its mother was killed by poachers!!  Hopefully, it will have a better life than its mother

The rare occasion of elephant twins. African elephant (Loxodonta), they were only a couple of weeks old...

As above...

As above.

Male lion (Panthera leo). The female was hiding behind a bush. They were both fat and lazy ofter a meal of zebra...

As above.

Yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata), sometimes referred to as the red meerkat.

See also my Bird blog, I have many photos of birds and I will put most of them on this blog.

07/03/2017 It has pretty much drizzled all day today so a couple of indoor shots, plus a few more from our holiday.

Maximum temperature 11C, minimum 4C.  51km/h NW wind. 2 mm of rain measured this morning.

Small cactus.

Flowers on the kalanchoe.

04/02/17 Wildebeest and young - Botswana.

18/02/17 Buffalo - KwaZulu-Natal....

and another one on the same day cooling off in a mud pool...

and this White Rhino with the same idea!

19/02/17 A bushbaby takes a look at what we are up to at our camp in the evening - KwaZulu-Natal

23/02/17 Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) - KwaZulu-Natal