In celebration of World Wildlife Day we take a look back at the 86 species of South African wildlife we featured in detail here at de Wets Wild during the past year.
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
A Flying Handkerchief – the male Mocker Swallowtail – seen along the trail in Hilltop Camp
Red-throated Wryneck
Rain Spider, the size of a cake plate!
Rain Spider Wasp (Tachypompilus ignitus)
Forest Buzzard
Outeniqua Yellowwoods (Podocarpus falcatus) towering over the road near Nature’s Valley
Terrestrial Brownbul
Green-banded Swallowtail butterflies
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Eastern Coastal Skink
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Novice butterfly
Black-bellied Starling
Sweet Thorn in Doornhoek Picnic Site
Livingstone’s Turaco
Bushpig boar
Neddicky
African Wood White
Malachite Sunbird
Pig’s Ear flower
Bar-throated Apalis
Elegant Grasshopper
White-throated Canary
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Boisduval’s Tree Nymph (female)
Olive Woodpecker
Bell’s Hinged Tortoise
Lobatse Hinged Tortoise
Natal Hinged Tortoise
Speke’s Hinged Tortoise
Dark-backed Weaver
Natal Rock Crab
Denham’s bustard
Rufous-eared Warbler
Black Harrier
Amethyst Sunbird Female
Black Mamba
Common Sandpiper
African Grass Blue
Black-throated Canary
Suni (Photo by Joubert)
Chestnut-vented Warbler
False Dotted Border
Brimstone Canary
Forest Leopard butterfly
Jameson’s Firefinch
Common Bush Brown
Long-billed Crombec
Our best ever sighting of a wild python!
Green-backed Camaroptera
The Common Myna is an alien invasive species
Common Starling
House sparrow at Mpila
Feral Lovebird
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Rock Dove
Indian Peafowl
Mallard drake
Common Waxbill
Wanderer butterfly
African Pipit
Our friendly breakfast Olive Grass Snake
Western Osprey
Blue Pansy
Red-breasted Swallow
Natal Sand Frog
Wire-tailed Swallow
Sharptooth Catfish (photograph courtesy of Niel de Wet)
Wahlberg’s Eagle
African Civet (photo by Joubert)
Mountain Wheatear
Twin Dotted Border
European Bee-eaters
Poisonous Koppie Foam Grasshopper
Dwarf Bittern
Wild Parasol Flower bloom
Adult Male Mozambique Tilapia
Banded Rubber Frog
Eastern Olive Toad
Brown-backed Tree Frog
Clouded Mother-of-Pearl Butterfly
Greater Painted Snipe female (photo by Joubert)
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
Black-crowned Night Heron (photo by Joubert)
African Cuckoo
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What a stunning collection! We don’t always remember how lucky we are to be able to see such wonders. Thanks for reminding us!
This country has such an abundance of life!
Wow! Thanks for presenting us with such a feast of beasts! 😉
A feast of beasts! What a compliment. Thank you, Siobhan!
Sjoe, Dries! Dit was nou ‘n wonderlike reeks foto’s van alles en nogwat! Joubert se snip bly steeds my gunsteling. Ook mal oor die luislang en die rooiborsswaeltjies.
Baie dankie, Dina! Ons land se natuurskatte ken omtrent nie n einde nie. Ons moet op ons klein manier bydra dat dit so bly.
Your gallery of photos for the last year is a tribute to the skills of both you and Joubert in delivering excellent wildlife images. Thanks for sharing your work.
Very kind of you, John. We’re blessed to live in a country that makes this possible.
Wat ‘n wonderlike versameling foto’s Dries! Daar is so baie gunsteling diere/voels hier!
Baie dankie, Aletta. Ons land is so ryk aan natuurskatte ne.
Dis waar
Og, maar jy het ‘n lekker groot verskeidenheid hier – hoe bevoorreg is julle nie om al hierdie diere te kon sien nie! Party van die name het ek nog nooit gehoor nie … die “cinnamon breasted bunting” (dis ‘n mooi naam) en hoe pragtig is die Malachite sunbird!
Voorwaar ‘n pragtige versameling foto’s!
Baie dankie, Corna. Dis alles te danke aan ons land se goed bewaarde wilde plekke.
Die noulettende manier waarop jy rekord hou van julle avonture maak dit ook vir ons moontlik om die rykdom van die natuur te geniet. Dankie daarvoor!
Dis heerlik om dit met mense te deel wat ook daarvoor lief is, soos jy, Tannie Frannie.
Aren’t we ever so fortunate to be living in a country with such riches – and more to spare!
That’s one of the blessings we count every day, Anne!
An embarrassment of riches, Dries! That malachite sunbird’s just gorgeous!
That’s a beautiful way to describe our bounty of wildlife, Janet!
That’s a lot of creatures of different species. Impressive! Thank you, D. 🙂
And this is but a very tiny slice of the wildlife in South Africa, H.J. Something we’re very proud of.
Wonderful collection of photos. The African pygmy kingfisher is a favorite as is my friend the brown backed tree frog.
Thank you, Anne. There’s such a wide variety of beautiful wildlife in our country.
Yes indeed there is.
Awesome collection for World Wild Life day 2022.
Baie dankie, Ineke