From the national road (the B1) Brukkaros looks like any other ordinary mountain in Namibia. Anyone flying over the massif of Brukkaros, however, could be forgiven for thinking that they were looking down at...
One of the common sounds to be heard in the dry savanna woodlands of southern Africa is a loud nasal “quare“, which, with a little stretch of the aural imagination may be interpreted as...
About 150 km west of Windhoek in Namibia, the Black Nossob River runs through the farm “Vendetta” on its way to join up with the White Nossob before winding its way into the Kalahari...
An attractive little bird that is found in the wetter parts of southern Africa, and further north as far as Ethiopia, is the Yellow-breasted apalis. Although fairly common within the southern part of its...
The Kalahari beckons me With fingers of red sand And a promise in the wind Of a desert wonderland!! Jane Wilkinson Have you ever heard that brilliant song by Tom Russell called “East of...
Large grey-coloured herons are a common sight at many dams, river estuaries, lagoons and other bodies of water within southern Africa and throughout most of Africa south of the Sahara. Unmistakable with their long...
The huge nests of the Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius) are quite common throughout the drier woodland and savanna of Namibia, clinging to trees and pylons like so many haystacks. Any literature on these colonially...
One of the most common of the collared (or ring-necked) doves found in the southern African region is the Cape turtle-dove and its distinctive call can be heard almost throughout the region. It is...
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