Neil Gray's birds and other wildlife
Atlasville, 18 Jan 2011 Back in South Africa from our 2-week Christmas and New Year visit to our family in the UK, we took the opportunity to use the weekend part of our annual week at Ngwenya Lodge before I head to Zambia in a few days time. When we arrived at Ngwenya on …
Atlasville, 18 Dec 2010 After a further trip to Zimbabwe and one each to Zambia and Mozambique since my last post, I have some time off and will be heading to London with my wife for Christmas and New Year with the family. Just time though to fit in a day of birding. When I …
Atlasville, 28 May 2010 My wife and I decided to fit in a few days in the Lowveld before heading to London for our granddaughter’s 1st birthday. I managed to get bookings for 3 nights at Mount Sheba Lodge near Pilgrim’s Rest and 2 nights at Ngwenya Lodge. The ulterior motive was that I needed …
Atlasville, 05 Mar 2010 Back in South Africa for two weeks between Guinea rotations, I took the opportunity yet again to head for our ‘home from home’, Ngwenya Lodge. This time, however, travelling with us were our daughter, son-in-law (who is South African) and 9-month-old granddaughter, visiting from London, as well as our son-in-law’s mother. …
Atlasville, 30 Oct 2009 Another break in my Guinea work schedule and another trip to the Kruger Park. Usually visited on day trips from outside the Park, this time we stayed for the first 3 nights at Skukuza Camp for the very first time (other than a trip I had with the boys many years …
Atlasville, 01 Sep 2009 During a break in my Guinea work schedule I returned to South Africa and managed to fit in a 10-night trip to the Escarpment area of Mpumalanga and both the southern and northern parts of the Kruger National Park. My wife and I spent 3 nights at the Hazyview Cabanas with …
Atlasville, 29 Mar 2009 I arrived at Marievale just after 07:00 this morning, my first visit there this year, to find a mist still lifting, exceptionally high water levels and impregnable reed stands 3m high, so was not expecting a great morning. However, what was lacking in quantity and variety was certainly made up …
Atlasville, 16 Mar 2009 Got back this morning after a very early departure from Ngwenya, having spent another weekend there. My current work schedule still means that anything other than weekends away is out of the question and as on our last two trips we drove down to Ngwenya late on Friday afternoon, arriving after …
Atlasville, 23 Feb 2009 Got back this afternoon from 3 nights at Ngwenya, using some of the days banked after our shortened visit in January. My work schedule at the moment means that anything other than weekends away is out of the question. As on our last trip, we drove down late on Friday afternoon …
Atlasville, 12 Jan 2009 Got back this afternoon from 3 nights at Ngwenya. After our trip to Botswana over the New Year a full week at Ngwenya for our annual timeshare would probably not quite live up to the usual expectations, so we decided to bank some of the days and just spend a weekend …
