We have done some great camping and enormous walks over the last fortnight. We were mapping and photographing water holes. Whilst doing that we noticed an escalation of cattle being grazed in the area and so decided to repeat some earlier surveys to gather the data to prove it.
I wrote it all up in a report and I should hear in the next day or two if a court order has been granted to remove the cattle by force and make arrests - fingers crossed.
We camped at a super spot. Here's the team:
We arrived after rain and on the first evening, having pitched our tents, we walked the surrounding roads and found lots of interesting tracks left in the rain softened ground.
Water mongoose tracks:
African civet tracks:
Porcupine poo:
Hartebeest and hyena tracks crossing in opposite directions - at different time methinks:
We set up the camera traps and captured some great hyena shots, about 200m from camp! Also some up close photos of a curious civet.
It was a great spot and provided us with some stunning sunsets:
I brought my own tent out with me but have been envious of the tents the rest of the team use; they're so much cooler. However my tent came into its own when we had torrential overnight rain and, made for the British weather, it withstood the floodwaters while everyone else got very soggy. The cook gave up altogether and slept in the truck. The following morning lots of tent pegs were whittled and run offs dug!
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