Going to the bush camp

Muddy by the camp

You can see the ear notches used to identify them

Pale chanting Goshawk

Kori Bustard, Africa's heaviest flying bird

Warthogs love to wallow

Eland are the largest antelope.

Wildebeest

Hope you enjoy these photos - all taken by the automatic cameras.

Yesterday Paul and I walked down to the sandy areas surrounding the bush camp as it was the last place another pangolin, Kasupi, had been seen. We couldnt get any signal on her, but placed a few ant traps around to see what she was eating.
In the afternoon Bruno arrived with a guest who has been coming regularly for the past 10 years. They headed down to the bush camp, and today more guests will arrive. Paul and I will drive down with them and base ourselves there for the next 3 nights - so no more internet or electricity for a while.

In the evening we went down with Tim and Graham to the far western side of the reserve where the highest point is; a large hill that rises up about 300m and moves into the neighbouring farms. From one end you can see very far to where Okolunu was found, and we were hoping to get a signal. Graham parked at the bottom, and three of us walked up. No signal. Walking back down in the dark, we returned to an empty vehicle; a flat tyre and Graham gone (this was the 3rd flat tyre that day and we only had two spare). We had no choice but to start walking back towards the house - it would take about 2 or 3 hours, and hope to meet Graham on the way - in the pitch dark. After about an hour and a half we could hear an engine and shortly the lights of Graham's tractor blinded us on the road. He picked us up and we drove back to the house, hanging onto the mudguards and various pipes.

This morning Graham and Tim took some spare tyres and brought the car back. They had one more puncture on the way, and as they were cleaning it here on the lawn two of the tyre began to deflate. Graham is convinced that Murphy lives on the farm