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I again find myself questioning the long-term seasonal rainfall forecast as December is now in the past and the predicted above average rainfall is yet to be experienced. .

Tim Erasmus, an Ingwelala Member, kindly shared the following amazing story and pictures of a sighting at Buffelsbed Hide. The pictures alone almost tell the whole story!

A hot and dry October is now behind us and as I write this the rumblings of thunder can be heard in the distance.

The initial phase of revamping our little camp store is now complete.

A hot and dry October is now behind us and as I write this the rumblings of thunder can be heard in the distance.

Walter and Jodine Baard resigned to take up an exciting new opportunity abroad.

Early summer is well upon us. A relatively dry and hot month of September is now past.

The text below is posted once again as a reminder to give wild animals their well-deserved natural space and our human behaviour should not impact on their natural instinct and behaviour:  

Amanda Skhosana reports on the Responsible Resource Use, a short three-day course that she and Zabe Zwane attended.

A slightly warmer July has come and gone, the weather during this reporting period was more of what we are accustomed to. 

Winter has officially arrived in the Lowveld, however, looking at the veld condition one could be mistaken into thinking we were into the late summer months.

Historically May is the beginning of the drier winter months, as we have so often mentioned our weather patterns have become more and more bizarre.

Kindly be reminded of the upgraded security access at Enkhulu Gate, and the requirement for biometric registration on your next visit.

The early and mid-part of April was dictated by persistent cloudy and overcast weather which created havoc with the solar systems as reserve occupancy at the time was approaching its Easter peak.

The early signs of Autumn are certainly upon us, comfortable warm days that are followed by evenings where temperatures are peaking in the high teens.

The subject of the Polyphagos Shot Hole Borer (Euwallacea whitfordiodendrus) was first mentioned in a Reserve Report in March 2019. 

February was an unusually dry summer month with only 7.8 mm of rain falling, compared to the long term average of 70.9 mm for the month of February.

On the 21st of January 2022 an African Barred Owlet was bought into the office.

At the risk of sounding repetitive, I am finding this summer’s weather rather bizarre.

December has again produced some of the more unusual summer weather that seems to be trending this year, namely warm overcast days which are periodically interrupted by short rainfall spells, storms, and high humidity.