16/12/2019 More of our trip to Africa and some of the animals we saw.

Maximum temperature in the Charente today 16C, minimum 9C. Dry so far today and last night. 31km/h South-Easterly winds with gusts up to 64 km/h!!

Savanna (or bush) elephant (Loxodonta africana) - a little too close!

As above - romancing...

I love you.

Elephant playing in one of the waterholes.  Due to the drought, most of these watering places are having water pumped into them from tankers.  Recent rains have fallen in South Africa but many places are still very dry

How low can you go......

I loved this series.

Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa).

Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus),

Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis).

Ostrich - female (struthio camelus).

Greater kudu male (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)

As above.

Zebra, I suspect this might be a Chapman's zebra (Equus quagga chapmani). Note the stripes to not go right down to the hooves.

Chacma or Cape baboon (Papio ursinus)...

As above.

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

05/03/2017 A couple of updated photos. The remainder are from our South African holiday.

Maximum temperature 13C, minimum 2C.  45km/h NW wind. 16 mm of rain measured this morning.

Last nights menu at the local repas.

I was honoured and delighted to find myself sitting next to our mayor.

09/02/17 - 1. Whitish with orange wingtip near front of picture - male Common Orange Tip (Colotis evenina) underside of wing.

2. Yellow with open wings and black border around wings - male Broad-bordered grass yellow (Eurema brigitta)

3. Yellow with closed wings with small dots on them - female of 2

4. Pale yellow at the back with black wingtip and black stripe next to it - hard to tell, but looks like it might be Lemon Tip (Colotis subfasciatiatus)

Thanks once again to Joan for identification.

10/02/17 - A white springbok, this is caused by selective breeding on some ranches.  See the black springbok yesterday.  Leopard Park, North-West Province of South Africa.

18/02/17 What I believe to be a Garden Locust (Acanthacris ruficornis). KwaZulu-Natal

18/02/17 A family of Warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus).   KwaZulu-Natal.

18/02/17  African Harrier-Hawk.  (Polyboroides typus). KwaZulu-Natal

18/02/17 The Spotted thick-knee (Burhinus capensis) also known as the Spotted Dikkop.  KwaZulu-Natal

18/02/17 A White Rhino wallowing in the mud. KwaZulu-Natal.

18/02/17 Not the best photo of a tortoise! KwaZulu-Natal