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How do you scratch an itchy trunk?! @ Madikwe game reserve. Image: Melanie Black

22 Jul 2022

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Sunset perch, Strand, South Africa Image: Laurie Barwell — Sunset perch

Winter in Wilderness. Image: Graham Nelson — image0 (1)

Spot Me. Image: Curt — IMG-20220722-WA0004

Perception. Log on the Beach. Image: Shannon Moore @ShotsbyShanzy — Logonthebeach

KZN South Coast Moonrise. Image: Jens von Delft — image0

Bateleur Eagle Okavango Delta. Image: Karin Linder<br> — PSX_20220721_220424

Morning mist on the Msikaba River Gorge in the Eastern Cape, soon accessible to everyone once the N2 is complete. Image: Roger B Purchase — 20220722_072043

Winter day on strand beach. Image: Jenny Dugmore — image3

Lotheni, Drakensberg, after the August 2021 snowfall — A refreshing moment of beauty in the aftermath of the July riots. Image: Jesse Greaves — Image

Watching Cape Town wake from Lion's Head. — 20220719_063627

A Southern Fiscal perching on an Acacia. Image: Richard Wyllie — tala

Young elephant bull at African sunset. Image: Leon de Kock — 20220716_171146

Fisherman in the Mist, Goukamma Coastal Reserve. Image: David Bass — Fishing in the Mist

Sunrise, Broederstroom. Image: Dricus Bosman — IMG-20220721-WA0000

My 4 visitors that came over for a drink...(of water).. <br>The mare tried to open the tap but couldn'd... I had to help! Image: Wilma Josey Venter — Exif_JPEG_420

York Street Kitchen – Stratford - Ontario. Image: Dean Brewer — York Street Kitchen cropped

Eurasian red squirrel. Image: Annalene Sadie — IMG_2944

Reflections of summer days at St. James tidal pool, Cape Town. Image: Martin Fennell, Noordhoek — St James huts

Bikes parked at Heidelberg (Germany) station. Image: Julie Cochrane — Bike parking at Heidelberg station

African Black Oyster catchers near Danger Point in Gansbaai. Image: Lishje Els — 20200919_214420

Hartlaub's Gulls bathing below Seapoint promenade, Cape Town. Image: James Adriaan Harrison — 0217-small

Curious young hyenas, Kruger National Park, 18 July 2022. Image: Ian Neilson — Hyena pups KNP 18 July 2022

Nelson Mandela statue at sunset. Naval Hill, Bloemfontein. Image: Sue Reid — 20220617_171838

Sunset Goose. Image: Tracy Ward / Paddle Experience — 20220715_182342

Giant Kingfisher - Intaka Island Century City Cape Town. Image: Colin Thomas Brown — untitled-86-7

The beauty after the fire. Image: Melanie Black — IMG_7993

Old life and new life. Taken at Madikwe Game Reserve. Image: Mike Simpson</p>
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A tranquil scene in Retreat, Cape Town. Taken on my Samsung A51 while waiting for my dentist's office to open. Image: Peter Reber — 20220517_085340 e

Starry, Starry Night under the Baobab. Taken on a late night walk last week at the Ntakeni Bush Camp close to the Pafuri gate of the KNP. Image: Rowan Albertyn — IMG-20220709-WA0013

Mist battles sunrise. Image: Dricus Bosman. — IMG-20220719-WA0000

Elis @ Pongolapoort Dam. Image: Beate Kleim — image0 (6)

Dalton: “ I can conquer all”. Image: Margaret de Andrade — image0 (5)

Watch face reflecting a chandelier in the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. Image: Jason David Cane — IMG_20220717_095549

James Webb not needed. Pre dawn Guinjata Bay, Mozambique. Image: Dave Long — IMG20220714054614

Waterfall over Jubilee cave, half way up Icidi pass in the northern Drakensberg. Image: Andrew Delmont — IMG_6661

Secretary birds on the farm at Wakkerstroom. Image: G. G. Sutherland — 20220718154320

Calm at sunset. Image: Lynn Crossley — 20220703_170015

High tide late sun. Image: Lynn Crossley — 20220703_170339

Alongside the Goukou River near Stilbaai. Image: Jan Vorster — IMG_20220717_092905_884

No place to play. Image: David C Smith — No place to play

Overberg sunrise in aloe season. Image: Nicky Elliott — image (3)

Deadvlei Namibia. A natural flag of red white and blue. Image: Sharlene Cathro @sharlenewildlifephotography — 870BAB0E-0A80-4577-B41E-162B2BBCD96B

Proefplaas residents picket next to the N7, demanding to be allowed to live on the farm and for water infrastructure to be reinstalled on it. (Photo: Liezl Human)

Albert Klaase grows citrus and vegetables on a section of Proefplaas. He also uses this big storeroom on the property, which he says he fixed up with his own money. (Photo: Liezl Human)

Dennis Brandt’s family is among 20 who live in farmhouses owned by the Agricultural Research Council, which abandoned operations on the farm years ago. Now the council wants to lease the land and buildings to a commercial farmer. (Photo: Liezl Human) — GroundUp-farmers-fear-eviction main

Autumn (Awesome) time in Stellenbosch. Image: Johan Conradie — IMG_0999

Malachite sunbird, Cederberg. Image: Dylan O'Hagan — DSC_2059-1

The glow of the Supermoon over Kalk Bay Harbour. Image: Melanie Black — image_6483441 (1)

How do you scratch an itchy trunk?! @ Madikwe game reserve. Image: Melanie Black — image_6483441

Grandeur of the sky in the week of the James Webb photos. De Panne, Belgium. Image: Fathima Dada — image (2)

Fall Leaves in Ann Arbor Michigan. Image: Sarah Buss — Fall Leaves Ann Arbor Michigan

Maybe not Gorillas in the Mist but certainly Guineas in the Trees! At sparrows with the guinea fowl - Buffelspoort Dam. Image: Dave Starley — image_6487327

Wild Dog in the Kruger. Image: Hilary Twine — A Wild Dog in the Kruger. (Photo: Hilary Twine)

Layla ready for takeoff. Image: Peter Brett — image0 (4)

Grumpy rock person, Matobo Hills. Image: Ken Jeenes — image_50399745

Poolside at Troux aux Biches, Triolet, Mauritius. Image: Shalen Misser — image0 (2)

Wwaiting his turn. Image: Barry — IMG_0814

A weak winter sun struggles to get through. Dalebrook tidal pool. Image: Gavin Brown — IMG_0784

“What are you looking at?” Southern Ground Hornbill, Kruger National Park. Image: Steph Vermeulen — OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Peekaboo. Image: Conrad Walker — peekaboo

Who’s this imitator? Image: Chris Heymans — CDAD671A-675E-4623-B2D5-7AC022B51411

Mosi-Oa-Tunya in its splendor. Image: Moremi Nkosi — image0 (1)

Southern Ground Hornbills – Kruger Park October 2020. Image: Rowan Lyle — Southern Ground Hornbills - Kruger Park October 2020

Awesome Skies over Mother City. Image: Janice Ashby — Awesome Skies Over Mother City

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