I think this is where the fire came from (Click to enlarge) Today we've just had a huge veld fire sweep through our property, defying al...

They mature so quick but live longer It is amazing the pace with which the young chick has grown over the past three months. It has complete...

SELF-ANOINTING Self-anointing seems to be triggered by smell or taste. The hedgehog twists and turns, stretching out its tongue to lick foam...

Coco I had a Black Crow as a pet for 20 years (Coco was 27 when she died after having a stroke) and I absolutely love these endearing and hi...

Spring fever and summer madness happen on a smallholding over-night. The one minute you're still in the grip of ice cold frost and t...

'Secretary Bird' watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm - Maree© The Secretary Bird has traditionally been admired in Africa for its stri...

Silver-backed Jackal pup I was lucky enough to rescue one of these little animals caught in a trap set on the bottom strand of a barbed wire...

WHERE DO HEDGEHOGS SLEEP? During the summer, hedgehogs spend he day sleeping in a light, flimsy nest constructed from grass and leaves. They...

A NEW WORLD Long sea journeys have taken the hedgehog right to the other side of the world, to New Zealand. From the 1870's onwards, col...

"Black Eagle" Watercolour on Bockingford 300gsm watercolour paper - Maree© FOUR years ago the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gar...