Fieldguide

Bontebok

Bontebok
Name: Bontebok
Classification:
Place first seen: Bontebok National Park, Cape, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:

Horns on male and female. Male marks his territory with a dung heap. Young born in December.

Lizard, Common flat

Lizard, Common flat
Name: Lizard, Common flat
Classification:
Place first seen: Great Zimbabwe Ruins, Zimbabwe
Date spotted: February 2012
Description:

A beautiful creature, very colourful. It looked a bit like a dragon that had lost its wings.

Skink, striped

Skink, striped
Name: Skink, striped
Classification:
Place first seen: Great Zimbabwe Ruins, Zimbabwe
Date spotted: February 2012
Description:

The lizard was in the King’s Enclosure, we watched it climb a high horizontal rock wall.

Crab, Mud

Crab, Mud
Name: Crab, Mud
Classification:
Place first seen: Barra, Mozambique
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:

Hid under the Landrover.

Crab, Asymmetric

Crab, Asymmetric
Name: Crab, Asymmetric
Classification:
Place first seen: Barra, Mozambique
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:

One huge claw. These are the first really asymmetric animals we have ever seen. They were on the beach.

Francolin, Grey Winged

Francolin, Grey Winged
Name: Francolin, Grey Winged
Classification:
Place first seen: Bontebok National Park, Cape, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:

Often found in bushes beside roads, very timid. The black spots on the throat distinguish it from other francolins.

Crab, Fiddler

Crab, Fiddler
Name: Crab, Fiddler
Classification:
Place first seen: Barra, Inhambane, Mozambique
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:

We saw thousands of them in the Pomene mangroves. One claw is much bigger than the other – useful for fiddling!

Bee, Carpenter

Bee, Carpenter
Name: Bee, Carpenter
Classification:
Place first seen: Abbotsleigh Rd. swimming pool, Cape Town, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:

Rescued from grandparents’ swimming pool

Beetle, Dung

Beetle, Dung
Name: Beetle, Dung
Classification:
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:

Dung Beetles lay their eggs in dung. They roll the dung along the ground. They then bury the dung ball. When the larvae hatch, they eat the dung as nutrition for a few weeks.

Waterbuck

Waterbuck
Name: Waterbuck
Classification:
Place first seen: Ihaha, Botswana
Date spotted: February 2012
Description:

We loved seeing the baby waterbuck, a miniature version of its mother. They both looked like they’d sat on a toilet seat with wet paint on it.