by ecom | Apr 26, 2021 | Conservation, Uncategorized
Moss is not something that you would normally associate with our arid woodland environment. So, imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon reasonably extensive swathes of moss as we were doing our recent vegetation survey. Thanks to all the amazing rain we have had...
by ecom | Apr 12, 2021 | Reserve, Sightings
For Gabriella Postiglione, working with animals has always been a part of her plan. As a young girl living in Italy, she realised that she was destined to work with wild animals. Her journey has taken her from Italy to America, Tunisia, South Africa and Botswana,...
by ecom | Mar 15, 2021 | Reserve, Sightings
During your evening drives in the reserve, you may spot their shining eyes bouncing around in your torch beam, or they may wake you up in the early hours of the morning to their ear-splitting shrieks: the elusive and incredibly cute bush baby. Bush babies, also called...
by ecom | Mar 8, 2021 | Reserve, Sightings
On the list of wildlife spotters is always the ‘Big Five’ (rhino, lion, leopard, elephant and buffalo). But did you know, there’s a complimentary ‘Small Five’? They are the leopard tortoise, rhino beetle, elephant shrew, ant lion and buffalo weaver. Clearly, the...
by ecom | Mar 1, 2021 | Reserve, Sightings
Jackals have somehow never really made the safari A-list. Derided in Kipling’s Jungle Book as ‘dish-lickers’, they seldom get the attention they deserve. Yet in many areas, also at Limpopo-Lipadi, these are the most abundant of the mammalian carnivores and the closer...
