by Bryn De Kocks

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hartlaubs gull in flight
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A Visit to Intaka

The day started off as any 29’C day should, with an early morning rising. Well it was a partially early morning rising, we got out of bed at around 7:30 and got ready to head out to Intaka Island. With money tight, as it often is – we couldn’t venture too far and I hadn’t…

An Escape To Montagu
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An Escape To Montagu

It’s been three years since my last post and twelve years since my first on this blog. It’s hard to believe that so many years have passed. Still, the truth is Covid lockdowns, and a world of chaos didn’t bode well for recreational productivity. I’ve spent much of the last several years grappling with the…

A Little Yellow Surprise: Western Yellow Wagtail At Macassar Sewage Works
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A Little Yellow Surprise: Western Yellow Wagtail At Macassar Sewage Works

Our Saturday started early. The plan was to drive through Van der Stel Pass near Botrivier, then head to Hawston to search for the Red-Breasted Swallow again. Things didn’t go quite as expected, and we ended the afternoon with a Western Yellow Wagtail in Macassar. Here’s how the day unfolded. Van der Stel Pass Birding…

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Chasing Dusk: A Guide To Predicting and Photographing Sunsets
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Chasing Dusk: A Guide To Predicting and Photographing Sunsets

Nothing brings a landscape to life quite like phenomenal lighting. Sunset photography is popular, and sometimes just being in the right place at the right time will give you the biggest advantage in creating the photograph you’ve been envisioning. Thankfully being in the right place at the right time isn’t just a result of luck….

Chasing Snow in Ceres – 16 July 2017
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Chasing Snow in Ceres – 16 July 2017

The weather forecasts for the past week had been showing a strong cold front pushing through the Western Cape on Saturday evening into Sunday morning. Of particular interest with this front was the forecasted freezing levels, which suggested that we may be in for a good snow event across parts of the country. With the…

Chasing Mammatus and Other Local Adventures
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Chasing Mammatus and Other Local Adventures

I woke up on Sunday morning with Monique doing a “Women’s Walk” in Cape Town, and thus had the morning to myself and had planned to head through to Kogelbay and try some surf photography again. The swell forecast was good and the surface wind was forecast as a moderate South Easter, usually good for…