Arriving in Plett in January a year ago, I had to wade at least waist deep to get across to Lookout Beach, and since then Lookout Beach has slowly become more accessible, and now you can remain entirely dry getting to Lookout Beach, which was a popular gathering spot in December. Lookout Beach has an interesting history, and while I have been desk-bound working on writing up my thesis, specifically details about the study sites, Lookout Beach and Keurbooms Peninsula, I found this interesting page about Keurbooms River mouth. At long last a chronologically ordered and graphically recorded account of how Keurbooms River mouth has moved over the years, and how Lookout Beach has changed. Go check it out!
http://www.turtlesa.com/Keurboommouth.html
Geoff Fairman has graciously allowed me to share this, and it is all copyright to him. Thanks Geoff!
This blog follows the journey of my MSc undertaken during 2013-2014 as I investigated the lives, loves and loathings of Kelp Gulls, Larus dominicanus vetula, breeding in Plettenberg Bay.
Sunday, 25 May 2014
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
Days in De Hoop
As we only went to the cave every third day, and trials were run at night when the bats were active, I had a lot of spare time on my hands. For some of the day I did the responsible thing and worked, but I also took the opportunity to see what De Hoop was all about.
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| Jeffrey, the four-striped field mouse that shared our kitchen! |
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| Common House Martin. |
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| Capped Wheatear. |
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| Great Crested Grebe. |
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| Bokmakierie. |
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| We had some windy days! Ostriches. |
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| Grey Heron. |
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| Kelp Gull. |
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| Cape Spurfowl. |
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| Pied Starling. |
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| Keeping myself occupied on a rainy day. |
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| Bontebok. |
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| Eland. |
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| Good fertilizer. |
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| Hyrax. |
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| Tony Phelps treated us to a snake show. Cape Cobra. |
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| Cape Clawless Otters seen on the paddle to the cave. |
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| They were really awesome! |
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| Bluebottle at the beach. |
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