08/12/2017 A few last photos from Nevis before we leave. Will be in the UK on Sunday.

Brown Pelican in flight (Pelecanus occidentalis)...

As above...

As above.

A friendly goat.

Vervet monkey in the Palms...

As above

Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Orchid in the botanical gardens.

An unusual Hibiscus seen at Montpelier Plantation Inn.

Donkeys seen by the shore at the old racecourse ...

Also cattle with an egret at foot.

The waning moon seen between the wind blown palms.

Loving having your comments but I will only get back to replying when we get home 😊

01/12/2017 Just a few more photos. Masses more if I have time :-)

Vervet Monkeys  (Chlorocebus aethiops) in the garden...

As above.

Frangipani caterpillar (Pseudosphinx tetrio) which develops into the Tetrio Sphinx Moth...

as above close up.

Sunset and storms watching from the beach on Nevis.

Out to dinner here on Tuesday,  Excellent fish dishes, yum yum.

11/05/2017 Lots on today and quite wet; so some more photos from our South African trip in February 2017

Maximum temperature 19C, minimum 9C.  19 km/h SW wind 33 km/h gusts.   2 mm measured this morning but since it has been raining on and off.

The beach at Leisure Bay on the South Coast - with thanks to Joan, she has a great site for South African Identification of animals, insects and plants.  It was wonderful to meet her after following her for so many years...

Hermit Crab...

South Coast...

African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)...

Cape White-eye (Zosterops virens)

Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus).

Moving away from the South Coast we stayed with friends in Empangeni in Kwa-Zulu-Natal, we were sitting on their veranda when this jenny of giraffes walked past.  Now if they were standing still, it would have been called a tower of giraffes!!

I walked down and out of the house and got this shot a bit closer.

We then went up stream to have a braai (the Afrikaans name for a barbecue), note the river in the back ground...

and we were being watched!

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.