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Namibia and Botswana 2016Highlights of a five week trip on and off road. |
 Spike-heeled Lark |
 Klipspringer |
 Spreetshoogte Pass from the top. |
 Dawn breaks at Deadvlei. |
 The sun is coming. |
 Deadvlei at sunrise. |
 Warm colours in the sandpit. |
 We are not alone. |
 A pair of Oryx appear. |
 They approach us unconcerned. |
 And walk straight passed. |
 Making a classic scene. If only he had waited for the sun! |
 He now approaches Elizabeth. |
 So she gets a better angle. |
 Now warming up nicely. |
 David moves in for a better view. |
 Hartlaub's Gull. Walvis Bay. |
 Greater Flamingo. |
 Little Egret |
 Caspian Terns. |
 Lesser Flamingos. |
 Greater Flamingos, |
 Little Egret. |
 Lesser Flamingos. |
 Header |
 Knot. |
 Avocets. |
 Grey Heron. |
 Peringuey's Adder. |
 Lying in wait for prey. |
 Namaqua Chameleon. |
 Shovel-snouted Lizard. |
 Web-footed or Palmated Gecko. |
 No size at all. |
 Trac Trac Chat. |
 Wedge nosed Desert Lizard. |
 Avocets. |
 Chestnut-banded Plover. |
 Laughing Dove. |
 Barking Gecko. |
 Barking Gecko. |
 Dancing White-lady. |
 I won't dance. Don't make me! |
 Fierce lady. Those fangs can do serious damage. |
 Wreck of the Zeila. |
 Cape Cross Fur Seals. |
 The rookery contains about 250,000. |
 Golden Jackal seeks dinner. |
 White-fronted Plover. |
 Gate to the Skeleton Coast. |
 Kakaoland Day Gecko. |
 Welwitschia. |
 Angolan Giraffe. |
 Red-eyed Bulbul. |
 White-browed Sparrow Weaver. |
 Groundscraper Thrush. |
 African Paradise Flycatcher. |
 Kokaboom tree. |
 Pearl-spotted Owlet. |
 Spotted Pigs. |
 Epupa Falls. |
 Epupa Falls. Looking into Angola. |
 Wood Sandpiper. |
 Ludwig's Bustard. |
 Acacia Pied Barbet. |
 Pale-winged Starling. |
 Cape Glossy Starling. |
 Great or Rufous Sparrow. |
 Meyer's Parrot. |
 Three-banded Plover. |
 Sanderling. |
 Puros Panorama. |
 Ruppell's Bustard. |
 Puros sunrise. |
 Familiar Chat. |
 Desert Black Rhino. |
 Ground Squirrel. |
 Bare-faced Babbler. |
 Hammerkop. |
 Hartman's Mountain Zebra. |
 How these creature's eke out a living is amazing. |
 Desert adapted Elephant too. |
 Family group. |
 Madagascar BeeEater. |
 African Rock Python. |
 Rufous-cheeked Nightjar. |
 Cape Hare. |
 Northern Black Koorhan. |
 Ardvaark. |
 Ardwolf. A termite eating relative of the Hyena |
 Southern Masked Weaver. |
 Congo rope Squirrel. |
 Monteiro's Hornbill. |
 Martial Eagle. |
 Trio of Burchell's Zebra. |
 Namaqua Dove. |
 Black-backed Jackal. |
 Blue Crane. |
 Namaqua Sandgrouse. |
 Honey Badgers. |
 Mother and cub. |
 Caped Wheatear. |
 Kori Bustard. |
 Sabota Lark. |
 Red-crested Bustard. |
 Greater (White-eyed) Kestrel. |
 African Cuckoo. |
 Fawn-coloured Lark. |
 Elephant family. |
 Nice family party. |
 Greater Kudu. |
 The lion claims possesion of the Waterhole. |
 Red-capped Lark. |
 Curious Giraffe. |
 Common Fiscal Shrike. ssp. coronatus. |
 A Black Rhino arrives at the Waterhole. |
 He moves the lions on. |
 They know better than to argue so withdraw muttering under their breath.. |
 Leaving the Rhino in possesion to drink. |
 Having done so he moves off. |
 He pays little heed to us either. |
 This ellie was happy to share the road with us. |
 He took a long drink from the roadside puddle. |
 The traffic can wait. |
 Even the road grader. |
 Scaly-fronted Finch. |
 Two lions seeking shade. |
 Walks right by us. |
 This Spotted Hyena had a den under the road. |
 Cute cub. |
 Greater Kudu. |
 Waterhole scene. |
 We are lucky to find a leopard approach. |
 And cross over the track. |
 And climb a tree, |
 Cleaning her muddy paws. |
 Before trying a nap. |
 Can't get comfey. |
 So tries somewhere else. |
 Feels better. |
 Cape Teal. |
 Barn Owl. |
 African Scops Owl. |
 Bat-eared Fox. |
 Three cubs too. |
 Pale Chantng Goshawk. |
 Gymnogene (African Harrier Hawk.) |
 Don't feed the Squirrels. |
 Emperor Moth with hangover. |
 Squirrel with indigestion! |
 Southern White-crowned Shrike. |
 Steinbok. |
 African painted Snipe. |
 Rufous-crowned or Purple Roller. |
 We met this lion and followed her. |
 She was looking for her pride and ignored these Springbok. |
 Jackals got too close and one died for its folly. |
 The others kept up the pressure for her to keep movng. |
 That told her! |
 Red Hartebeeste turn up. |
 and suddenly their calves rise out of the grass. |
 to suckle carefully. |
 Oops! Probably too fast. |
 Red-necked Falcon. |
 European BeeEater. |
 Lesser Grey-backed Shrike. |
 Kori bustard displaying. |
 Burchell's Courser. |
 Another Black Rhino. shy. |
 Hoba Meteorite. The world's largest. |
 Emerald-spotted Wood-dove. |
 Red-billed Quelea. |
 Red-billed Francolin. |
 Rosy-faced Lovebirds. |
 Grimm's Duiker. |
 Black-faced Babbler. |
 Southern Carmine BeeEater. |
 Hartlaub's Babbler. |
 Trying to photo White-backed Night Heron is never easy. |
 There are two. |
 Blue-cheeked BeeEater. |
 Deidrick's Cuckoo. |
 Water Dikkop. |
 African Darter. |
 Day Water Lilies. |
 Long-toed Lapwing. |
 Okavango skyscape. |
 Grey-backed Cameroptera. |
 Wire-tailed Swallow. |
 Blue-cheeked BeeEater. |
 Broad-billed Roller. |
 Malachite Kingfisher. |
 African Pygmy Goose. |
 Giant Kingfisher. |
 Purple Swamphens. |
 Lesser Moorhen. |
 Collared Pratincole. |
 Heuglin's Robin Chat. |
 Pel's Fishing Owl. |
 African Pied Wagtail. |
 White-fronted BeeEater. |
 Female Bushbuck. |
 female Black-backed Puffback. |
 Common Waxbill. |
 Brown Firefinch. |
 Woodland Kingfisher. |
 Little BeeEater. |
 Spotted Flycatcher. |
 Green Bug. |
 Green-winged Pytilia (Melba Finch.) |
 Blue Waxbill. |
 Golden-tailed Woodpecker. |
 Blue Darter. |
 Maeve's Long-tailed Starling. |
 Crocodile. |
 Roadside Elephants are common. |
 David gets a visitor. |
 Friendly soul. |
 Leaves by the front door. |
 Common House Gecko. |
 Yellow-billed Hornbill. |
 Steppe Eagle. |
 Loving Speckled Pigeons. |
 Grey-headed Kingfisher. |
 Red-winged Lark. |
 Slender Mongoose. |
 Desert Agama. |
 European Roller. |
 Magpie Shrike. |
 Elephant. |
 Burchell's Sandgrouse. |
 Ambitious Smooth Skink. |
 Abdim's Stork. |
 Southern Carmine BeeEater. |
 Shaft-tailed Whydah. |
 Charging Warthogs. |
 Cape Dwarf Gecko. |
 Black-shouldered Kite. Fell out of tree. |
 Black-shouldered Kite. |
 Sedge Warbler. |
 Meeting David Livingstone. |
 Victoria Falls. |
 Very little spray to spoil the view. |
 Team photo. |
 Chinspot Batis. |
 Chinspot Batis. |
 Victoria Falls bridge and spray. |
 Impala. |
 Spur-winged Goose. |
 Hippo. |
 Denham's (Stanley's) Bustard. |
 Howling Jackal. |
 African Hunting dogs. a pack of 23. |
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 Lovely animals. |
 Just taken an antelope. |
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 Giraffe. |
 Black Heron. |
 Water Monitor Lizard. |
 White-crowned Lapwing. |
 Kitlitz Plover. |
 Holob's Golden Weaver. |
 Spotted Hyena. |
 Mother and cub. |
 Cute cub. |
 Blue Grey Flycatcher. |
 Swamp Boubou. |
 Black-backed Puffback. |
 Blue-grey Flycatcher nesting in the bar. |
 Striped Kingfisher. |
 Spectacled Weaver. |
 Black Crake. |
 Hadada Ibis and nestlings. |
 Red Lechwe. |
 African Stonechat. |
 Kwando evening. |
 Storm clouds over the Kwando. |
 Greater Kudu. |
 Coppery-tailed Coucal. |
 Giraffe. |
 Sable Antelope. |
 Cardinal Woodpecker. |
 Marico Flycatcher. |
 Impala lamb. |
 Wattled Cranes. |
 Luapula Cisticola. |
 Wattled Crane. |
 Squacco Heron. |
 Wood Sandpiper. |
 Shrikra or Little-banded Goshawk. |
 Leopard Tortoise. |
 Rufous-breasted Swallows. |
 Southern Reedbuck. |
 Tsessebe. |
 Wattled Lapwing. |
 Pied Babblers. |
 Red-headed Weaver. |
 Purple Grenadiers. |
 Blue Wildebeest. |
 Swallow-tailed BeeEater. |
 Common Buzzard. |
 Warthog family. |
 Crimson-breasted Shrike. |
 Crested Francolin. |
 Swallow-tailed BeeEater. |
 African Paradise Flycatcher. |
 Yellow-bellied Greenbul. |
 Arrow-marked Babbler. |
 Yellow-bellied Greenbul. |
 Roan Antelope. |
 Cinamon-breasted Rock Bunting. |
 Running Cheetah. |
 Striking Cheetah. |
 Resting Cheetah. |
 Striped Leaf-nosed Bat. |
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