In the news this month...

Project Skyhawk
20/09/2016

A communication from the Ingwelala Chairman regarding Project Sky Hawk.
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Leopard in camp
20/09/2016

An aging female leopard presented an interesting story before it was, sadly, euthanased.
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Lion encounters - Fuller family
20/09/2016

This contribution is from the Fuller family in Bungalow # 42, who describe these fascinating encounters with lions during their recent visit to Ingwelala.
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Altered behaviour in animals - drought-related?
15/08/2016

John Llewllyn's observations regarding processes he has not seen in the field before.
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The continuing drought..
20/07/2016

The drought in the Lowveld continues, many experts claiming it to be the worst drought in decades, and this at the beginning of a predicted long term (10 -year) dry cycle. The following articles are well worth a read, because they are close to home and relate to local land marks and features in the environment that you will recognise:

http://www.saeon.ac.za/enewsletter/archives/2016/february2016/doc02 
http://www.saeon.ac.za/enewsletter/archives/2016/june2016/doc01 

Swimming pool hippo, and other updates
20/07/2016

A hippo that finds the swimming pool an attractive place to be has continued to visit these chlorine waters on an ad hoc basis. It is a disheartening early morning greeting for Moses Nzimba and Timothy Khoza who have to firstly evict the amphibian and then clear the pool of vast quantities of hippo dung.
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Two birds of prey and a serpent
20/07/2016

Chris Thorpe in Bungalow # 197 contributed this fascinating encounter between two birds of prey and a serpent
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