Lions On The Loose

[Lisbeth]

I also like the hyena

[Mel]

Cool portrait of the hornbill

I also like the hyena sighting and the close up and the one where it walks into the sunrise are the bestest shot

[Pumbaa]

Brilliant light in your shots, PJL

Love the hyena shots with the impalas in the background

[PJL]

Love the bushbuck reception, Peej!

Ja, the s28 can be incredible, or empty...

Thanks RP - that bushbuck was around quite a lot whenever we pulled in to the camp

Also not much luck for us on the S28 throughout the years

I guess if you get a 'hit' on the S28 it probably remains a favourite for years... but so far it has just been looooong and quiet for us

Wow -Just catching up again after being away .What great luck with the Lions and Leopards -all of the photos are stunning .Nice of the Leopard to pose for you on the tree . Not nice to be sick on holiday . The house 2 position in Marloth looks like a great spot to watch the river We also like the S28 but in most cases it can be a 50/50 road we have seen many cats and a big tusker or two but sometimes all we see is the scenery . Love that you saw a few Rhinos we did not see many on our trip last week and the ones we did see were abnormally skittish

Thanks Roger, yeah the second house was a really nice location... also very pleased to see quite a lot of rhino this time

[PJL]

Nice hyena sighting.

Thanks Flutts, it was good to see them as we had to hunt for them

I also like the hyena

Thank you Lis

Cool portrait of the hornbill

I also like the hyena sighting and the close up and the one where it walks into the sunrise are the bestest shot

Thanks Mel, it was nice light that morning

Brilliant light in your shots, PJL

Love the hyena shots with the impalas in the background

We got a bit lucky with the nice light that morning Pumbaa

[PJL]

Wed 26th June contd

We continued up to the S79 causeway and back again on the H4-1. It was all very quiet, but we did find some impala fighting to amuse us



There really wasn't much to see so we continued back to Sunset dam and parked off for a while where a yellow billed stork was fishing





A black winged stilt came close to where we were parked



The resident hippos were generally lazing around, but a couple of youngsters were learning how to settle arguments





Some movement in the air caught my attention and I couldn't quite believe my eyes - an African Skimmer cruising around









It was quite far away so my photos don't really do the sighting justice, but it's a real rarity and a guide even came up to us to ask if we had seen it because it was so special

Parking off next to a yellow billed stork....



We drove along the parking area as close as we could get to the skimmer - one last shot and then it appeared to be going to sleep



Our route south didn't provide much to see, so the last sighting before we exited for lunch were the lions back at the Vurhami bridge who looked uncomfortably full

[Richprins]

we did find some impala fighting to amuse us

You sound like ancient Romans, Peej!

The skimmer!

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Invader Pistia in the dam!


Great shots all round!

[Lisbeth]

You were lucky enough to see the Skimmer

The poor lion does not look very happy

[Flutterby]

So lucky to see the skimmer! And nice pics of the stork. Lions again.

[Alf]

Awesome sightings