Landscapes

Sacred Ibis in flight over the reedbed filter, Johannesburg zoo

Sacred Ibis on the reedbed filter, Johannesburg zoo

My favourite sign, Johannesburg zoo

Roodekoppiesdam

Countryside around Marievale

Marievale

Marievale

Suikerbosrand

Waterhole at Pilanesberg game park

Pretoria, near the botanical gardens

Euphorbia in the botanical gardens

Nylsvlei

Nylsvlei

Nylsvlei

Dirt road in the Waterberg

Johannesburg, looking out from Northcliff

Walter Sisulu botanical gardens, Johannesburg

Euphorbia

Euphorbia?

Euphorbia?

Dramatic plant in Walter Sisulu botanical gardens

The lovely Christelle in the new grasslands of Suikerbosrand, looking for Grass Owls Tyto capensis

Burchell's Zebra Equus burchelli, Suikerbosrand, August 2006
Wildlife

Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola, Pilanesberg game park

Natal Francolin Pernistis natalensis, Pilanesberg game park

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegpytiaca, Pilanesberg game park

Spotted Dikkop Burhinus capensis, Johannesburg zoo

Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus, Pilanesberg game park

Blacksmith Plover chick Vanellus armatus, Johannesburg zoo

Long-tailed (or Reed) Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus, Pilanesberg game park

Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor, Johannesburg zoo

Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris, Pilanesberg game park

Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris, Pilanesberg game park

Red Mongoose (?) Gallerella sanguineus, Pilanesberg game park

Brindled Gnu Connochaetes taurinus, Pilanesberg game park

White (Square-lipped) Rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum, Pilanesberg game park

Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus, Johannesburg zoo

Red River Hog Potamochoerus porcus, Johannesburg zoo