Flavour of the Month - June 2014: H10 & Nkumbe Lookout

[nan]

still the same... hunting and missing an Impala



go !

where it is

[Richprins]

My rarest sighting on this road was an eland, believe it or not!


It was around the turn of the century...a loner quite far off on the Lebombo side coming downhill south of Nkumbe!

Tsessebe were regularly seen until they died out around the 1990's...mostly around Mlondozi, although I saw one once within sight of the low-water bridge!

Sable were once commonly seen, also in the Mlondozi area, and are making a comeback in the Salitje area!

If one checks trip reports from various places over the last 5 years or so, the regularity of Serval sightings along the H-10 is remarkable...certainly the best road in the Park to see them...no idea why?

[Richprins]

[Richprins]

I can only think it came from some game farm on the Moz side, or the Sabie Sands side...they can travel remarkable distances!

[Amoli]

Some of my H10 sightings :

I saw some kudu in the distance and wanted to reverse, keeping my eye to the right side where I saw the kudu. I nearly reversed into this kudu bull as it was crossing the road RIGHT BEHIND my car Goodness, I got such a fright with all this brown in my mirrors!



April seems to be the time for us to see tortoises



The baboons always seem to be full of fun..

[Duke]

The morning after we saw the leoprd, a lion couple were at the same tree, but very shy





and on the drive back to Lower Sabie we found more lions

[Duke]

Gymnogene



Don't like the look of that starling



best i get out of here

[Duke]

Gymnogene also

maybe the same one you saw BC

Kudu

[Flutterby]

Lovely sightings Duke!

October 2012

Tree with legs!



And a tail!



A very flat lion!

[Duke]

Some Birdies seen on the H10

Black Collared Barbet


Black Shouldered Kite


Yellow Billed hornbill eating a road kill bird






Amur Falcon


Brown Snake Eagle