The Hadeda is famous for being South Africa’s natural alarm clock. I'm sure everybody will agree with that. When we lived in Gauteng on...

A bit of festive fun with one of my sketches - The CAPE GLOSSY STARLING (Lamprotornis nitens) having a wonderful festive season with his...

A few things spotted in my garden in the months just before the sale of our smallholding.  AfricanSkink Black Headed Heron  ...

Do you ever wish you had MORE icons/emojis on your iPhone or iPad to use when messaging? Sick and tired of all the same old icons on your p...

“Never cut a tree down in the winter time. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when yo...

Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus) building his nest in my garden Winter (and what a winter it has been! With snow, hail, floods ...

I must say that, after the Fiscal Shrike (Lanius collaris) killed my Cape Robin-chat's babies to feed her brood of four, I was totall...

It’s already the first week in October and I haven’t seen my Swallows yet. Usually they are here middle-September. Could it be that they’...