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- Spotted Eagle-Owl at Mossel Bay. Image: Harry Hill
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- A butterfly takes a break in a Tsitsikamma garden. Near Storms River Bridge, Eastern Cape. Image: Gary Van Dyk
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- Sunrise over Bakubung in The Pilansberg. Image: Michael Nel
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- Sunrise at Boggoms Bay. Image: Marinda Janse Van Rensburg
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- Bokmakierie singing in Addo. Image: Barbara Chedzey
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- Krishna in Gabarone. Image: Chris Heymans
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- Sunset in the West Coast National Park. Image: SV Knowind.
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- Zuurberg. Image: Barbara Chedzey
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- Gemsbok, Kgalakgadi. Image: Boshoff Steenekamp
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- Crimson-breasted Shrike at Twee Rivieren, Kgalagadi. Image: Boshoff Steenekamp
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- Gemsbok at Bitterpan, Kgalagadi. Image: Boshoff Steenekamp
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- A morning snack! Image: Elindi van den Heever
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- Misty moment, Augrabies falls. Image: Ruan Greeff
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- Morning Inspiration. Image: Revani Manicum.
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- A Hadeda in my lounge eating cheese from my grand-daughter’s hand. Image: Mike Young
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- African penguin shaking its head at Boulders, Cape Town. Image: Maxine Rubin
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- Black-wined Kite on rodent control duty – Neethlingshof Estate, Stellenbosch. Image: Guy Webber
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- Reflections by Revani Manicum. Image: Vanessa Pillay
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- Sunset at Delta Park – cell phone image. Image: Roger Alan Lee
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- Johannesburg skyline from Delta Park, Linden. Image: Jacqui Thompson
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- Enjoy while we still have them! Image: Phil Armstrong
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- State of Emergency’s over. Time to get moving I guess. Taken in the Sabi Sands, April 2022. Image: Hilton Walker
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- Early morning mist: Zwartkloof Private Game Reserve. Image: John Grahan
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- “She said jump, he said how high.” Image: Sharlene Cathro @sharlenewildlifephotography
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- Morning garden guest. Image: Dylan O’Hagan
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- Beach Walk, Eastern Cape. Image: Lynley Clarke
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- RIP Thandi. Dec 2006 – 4 April 2022. Seen here grooming her youngest son – Marieps who lives on in the Sabi Sand. Image: Bernie Olbrich / AfriPics
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- With the morning Mist as Background The perfect Spider Web. “The greatest artist and web-designer ever is indeed a spider!” -Munia Khan. Image: Johann Grobler
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- Cruising from Durban. Image: George Olivier
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- Durban Beach 8 January 2022. Morning hours. Image: Nolleen Pasha
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- Cederberg flowering. Image: Hedwig Crooijmans
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- Image: Denis Goffinet
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- “Sleepy lagoon.” Image: Robert-Ian Caldwell
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- “Mapunguwabe National Park”. Image: Daniel Bussin
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- “African Spoonbill having a morning preen – Kruger NP”. Image: Rachel McKinney
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- “Beetle fly-by”. Image: Rachel McKinney
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- “Walk on the Wild Coast”. Image: Barry Payne
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- “Blood Lily”. Image: Karin Linder
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- Sunset from Reebok, Mossel Bay. Image: Frik Strydom
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- Cape Et Francis lighthouse. Image: Jean Hugo
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- Our blond family – All dogs associated with SA Guide Dogs Association. Image: Richard Durrant
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- Jungle monkey grumpy and cheeky. Image: Marshall Mxolisi Vatsha
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- Young Female Leopard Thornybush. Image: Peter Brett
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- A Dawn Sky, Hermanus, Western Cape. Image: Glenda Crofton
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- “I’m not coming out until my food is ready” – Ryder. Image: Felicity Henman-Weir
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- King Protea in all his glory. Image: Helene Vassilatos
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- Cosmos storm coming at ya Johannesburg. Image: Chris Heymans
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- A New Dawn, Mr President? Image: Shalen Misser
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- Gonubie bliss. Image: John Durno
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- Russian Superyacht in Seychelles. Apparently total of 7 around! Image: Louis Kruger
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- Baobabs just south of Luanda. Image: Ian Weir
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- Banghoek Valley from Delaire Wine Estate. Image: :Alison Gilbert
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- Seals at V&A Waterfront. Image: Lisa Botha
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- “Pretty Toxic”. Koppie Foam Grasshopper, Southern Berg. Image: Byron Cochran
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- Cutie in the Kgalagadi – baby Suricate. Image: Gill Malcolm
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- Meeting a rock on Eersterivier Beach in the Eastern Cape. A wonder of nature! Image: Gary Van Dyk
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- Breakfast. Image: Iain Kerr
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- The train from Simonstown to Cape Town passing Kalk Bay. Image: Faul Bosman
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- My Lockdown Pup, coincidentally also named Maverick! He has a love of sticks. Image: Melanie Diessel
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- Camps Bay Reflections. Image: Chris von Ulmenstein
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- Unconditional love between young and old. Image: Elindi van den Heever.
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- Frank Nevett: Sea Point Sunday Sunset
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- Spring has sprung in the Eastern Free State. Photo taken between Clarens and Golden Gate. Image: Suzanne de Wet
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