Simon Thomsett
A blog by sthomsett
Blog description:
rehabilitating and conserving large African eagles including Martial eagles and Crowned eagles, as well as falcons and hawks
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Simon Thomsett ranks 1258 in Africa and 90 in Kenya. According to site visitors it ranks 644, and 726 according to page views:
According to blogroll links it ranks 3980 and 3980 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts
Urbanisation and Wildlife – Cape Town As An Example
We had a long way to drive from the Kalahari to Cape Town so we broke it up by stopping for a night at Augrabies Falls National Park, a place Rob had recommended. The Orange River runs through a gorge and cascades down the 56 meter high waterfall. It
Too Much To See In the Kalahari
Our second day in the park was a bit of a slow day. We didn’t see any cats or much in the way of large raptors either, but as we were nearing our campsite for the evening at Nossob, we started seeing more and more vultures perched on trees
Fizzle the meerkat joins the expedition
Simon and I were joined by Rob Davies for the Kalahari leg of the expedition. Rob is a raptor expert who knows Simon from way back. He lives in Wales now with his wife and young child and is working on a field guide to African Birds of Prey
Wild Cats and Kills in Etosha
On day three in Etosha, we started driving towards our next campsite. We spotted four lionesses on the horizon, in front of the pan. We tried to get ourselves closer to the lions but were distracted by a pair of Red-necked Falcons sitting in a tree. They moved from
Birthday in Etosha
On our second day in Etosha, I told Simon the pressure was on for him to find me exciting wildlife for my birthday. He spotted a distant lion but that didn’t cut it. We sat by a waterhole and watched a Kudu and zebras. As we drove away
The Okavango Floods
We finally left Maun after some work on the car and were heading towards the Okavango panhandle when the car gave up again. It seemed the problem hadn’t been resolved. We push-started several times but it started getting dark so we headed for a camp site that was a
Outfitting For an Overland Trip
Starting from Kenya, we were already ill-prepared for an overland trip in terms of specialized kit such as metal planks, chains, off road tyres, sliding solar panels, multi-battery arrangements, roof top tents, internal lighting, inverters for computers, fuel and water pumps, water filter systems, etc. What we put together
Crossing Bio-geographical Zones!
Laila has written about our crossing the Zambezi into Chobe and the profusion of wildlife and raptors we encountered on the way. The Zambezi is a broad, ill-defined ecological division zone separating the moimbo/mopane woodlands that begin in southern Tanzania and stretch almost uninterrupted across the vast countries of
Ten raptor kills within a day in the Kalahari
We set off from Maun for just a couple of days in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. There is something magical about the name Kalahari and we had been advised to go there by a fellow raptor-enthusiast so we had high expectations. But it managed to exceed those expectations
Wildlife Abounds in Botswana Salt Flats
Most of the drive to Nxai Pan and Makgadikgadi Pans National Park was along a big main road and we were continually surprised at seeing elephants foraging by the roadside. Another surprise was driving up to a large Cobra sun-bathing in the middle of the road. It quickly disappeared
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