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White Ribbon Flower (Hypoestes forskaolii)Observer
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Growing wild on my property in PE
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Grey Sunbird (Cyanomitra veroxii)Observer
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Feeding on nectar of wild Cape Honeysuckle on my property in PE
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Common Asparagus Fern (Asparagus setaceus)Observer
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Growing wild on my property in PE
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Narrow Green-banded Swallowtail (Papilio nireus)Observer
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On my property, feeding on nectar of wild plumbago and cultivated ribbon bushes, Hypoestes aristata
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Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus)Observer
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Speckled mousebird on my property in PE
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Blue Plumbago (Plumbago auriculata)Observer
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Growing wild on my property in PE
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Largeleaf Dragontree (Dracaena aletriformis)Observer
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Growing wild on my property in PE, and fruiting at present
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Canary Creeper (Senecio tamoides)Observer
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Growing wild on my property in PE
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Cape Honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis)Observer
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Growing wild on my property in PE
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Hairylip Snout Orchid (Polystachya pubescens)Observer
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Ochid growing on an old fence post at Woody Cape Nature Reserve.
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Angraecoid Orchids (Subtribe Angraecinae)Observer
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A beautiful tree orchid species flowering in February at the Woody Cape Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape
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Cape Girdled Lizard (Cordylus cordylus)Observer
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Seen at Schoenmakerskop near PE
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Ploegblom (Empodium plicatum)Observer
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Someone has suggested this plant is an Empodium, specifically E.plicatum. Very small - flowers are 8 - 15cm tall, with thin leaves no longer than 20cm on bigger plants. Photographed at the ISLAND NATURE reserve, near Seaview, PE
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Paintbrush Lily (Scadoxus puniceus)Observer
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Scadoxus puniceus (wild) growing and flowering on my property in PE.
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Southern Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris ssp. collaris)Observer
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Female Southern Collared Sunbird with prey (cricket or grasshopper) for her chicks.
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Cape Clawless Otter (Aonyx capensis ssp. capensis)Observer
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Family of 3 Cape Clawless Otter (2 adults, 1 juvenile) observed on a bird outing at this NR.
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Coastal Turkeyberry (Canthium spinosum)Observer
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Many of these plants seen alarm near Blue Horizon Bay
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Cape Genet (Genetta tigrina)Observer
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A visit from a Cape Genet last night to our 100% local indigenous garden. It was hunting in one of our large Ekebergia capensis trees, and was not bothered by me shining light and taking photos very close up to it. It may be G. tigrina ssp. tigrina, the Largespot Cape Genet.
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Cape Robin-Chat (Cossypha caffra)Observer
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Nest of a Cape Robin-Chat. In a potplant, about a metre off the ground, very close to the house. The nest was started on 23 June and the eggs were laid on 1 July.
Update 21/07/22
The 2 Cape Robin-Chat nestlings have hatched, probably yesterday, Day 20, which was very cold and wet. Photos updated.
Update 01/08/22
2 more photos added of the nestlings, taken on Day 8 and Day 11 respectively. Day 11 photo shows one chick on top of the other as they have grown so much, and the nest is almost too small now.
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Sosatiebush (Crassula rupestris)Observer
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Bushman Valley, Prince Albert
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Rock Barrelwort (Euphorbia heptagona)Observer
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Bushman Valley, Prince Albert
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Yellow Milkbush (Euphorbia mauritanica)Observer
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Bushman Valley, Prince Albert
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Southernwood Storksbill (Pelargonium abrotanifolium)Observer
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Bushman Valley, Prince Albert
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Karoo Tulp (Moraea polystachya)Observer
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Bushman Valley, Prince Albert
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Kammie Ragwort (Senecio lanceus)Observer
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Schoenmakerskop
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Red-purple Ragwort (Senecio elegans)Observer
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Schoenmakerskop
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Candlewood (Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus)Observer
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Cape Recife
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Greensepal Heath (Erica chloroloma)Observer
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Cape Recife, according to one of the botanists on the hike, it's a threatened species
