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.

Jeffrey, the four-striped field mouse that shared our kitchen!

Common House Martin.

Capped Wheatear.

Great Crested Grebe.

Bokmakierie.

We had some windy days! Ostriches.

Grey Heron.

Kelp Gull.

Cape Spurfowl.

Pied Starling.

Keeping myself occupied on a rainy day.

Bontebok.

Eland.

Good fertilizer.

Hyrax.

Tony Phelps treated us to a snake show. Cape Cobra.

Cape Clawless Otters seen on the paddle to the cave.

They were really awesome!

Bluebottle at the beach.