In celebration of World Wildlife Day we take a look back at the 67 species of South African wildlife we featured in detail here at de Wets Wild through the past twelve months.
Albany, or Striped, Sandveld Lizard at Jack’s Picnic Spot
Malachite Kingfisher
Giant Carrion Flower (Stapelia gigantea)
Sulphur Orange Tip
Black Monkey Orange
Green Monkey Orange
Pygmy Hippo
Spotted Flycatcher
Scarlet Tip
Silver Cluster-leaf
Southern White-crowned Shrike
Vine-leaf Vagrant
Honeybee and honeysuckle
Giant Kingfisher
Tailed Black-eye Butterfly
Convict Surgeonfish in a rock pool at Cape Vidal
Mountain Wagtail
Ant-heap Whites
Kudu Lily
European Nightjar
Banded Gold Tip
Pel’s Fishing Owl (photo by Joubert)
Eastern Rock Sengi, or Elephant Shrew, at Lenong Viewpoint in Marakele National Park
Yellow-spotted Rock Dassie, or Hyrax (photo by Joubert)
Black-faced Waxbill
Meves’s Starling
Large-leaved Rock Fig
Grey-backed Camaroptera
Bushveld Gardenia fruit
Rattling Cisticola
Natal Acraea butterfly
Sunrise over Imfolozi with a Marula in silhouette
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Painted Lady
Giant land snail
Jacobin Cuckoo (Black Morph)
Zebra White butterfly
Weeping Wattle blooms
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Brown Commodore, aka Brown Pansy
Side-striped Jackal
Redbreast Tilapia in Nsumo Pan
African Small White butterfly on Karoo Num-num flowers
Pill-millipede
European Honey Buzzard
Dusky Copper butterfly
Male Buff-spotted Flufftail
Narina Trogon
White-backed Ducks
Candy-striped Crinum flowers
Male Subantarctic Fur Seal on the shore at Cape Vidal after a heavy storm
Green Malkoha
African Pygmy Geese (photo by Niel de Wet)
Tailor Ant nest
Green Twinspot
Southern Banded Snake Eagle (photo by Niel de Wet)
Rufous-winged Cisticola
Collared Pratincole
Yellow Weaver
Cape Fur Seals
Eastern Grey Squirrel at the Tokai Picnic Site
Lark-like Bunting
Four-colour Nudibranch (Godiva quadricolor)
Karoo Chat
Soldier Pansy
Rich floral diversity at the Cape of Good Hope – these white flowers are known as Cape Snow (Syncarpha vestita)
Rock Martin
DeWetsWild 
The Kudu lily is so pretty!
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For such hardy succulents the Kudu Lily and its relatives really are breathtaking in bloom!
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Pragtige foto’s Dries. Ons mooi land se natuur.
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Baie dankie, Aletta!
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En wat ‘n wonderlike versameling “wildlife” fotos het jy nie hier nie! Dankie, dit was so lekker om nou deur almal te loer 🌟.
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Baie dankie, Corna. Dit bly lekker om van ons natuurlewe te leer.
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Dit is ‘n goeie kombinasie van wildlife! Mal oor die klein seekoei. Ek onthou so goed die mier-neste in die boom… in Mosambiek was daar baie in ons lietsjiebome.
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Hoe het julle die lietsjies gepluk gekry met hierdie kwaai miere daar rondom?
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Haha… met moeite! Gekoets. Dit was groot bome – gelukkig – en ons het draai om die neste geloop.
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I love the photograph of the pygmy hippo! This gallery is an exciting window to the array of wildlife we can enjoy in this country.
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I cant imagine ever tiring of seeking out our wonderful wildlife, Anne.
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