Saturday, 7 February 2026

Saturday morning trip to Africa

In the Saturday morning, I made a tour around the Africa. The Wild Africa Live! 24/7 Safari Cam provides real-time live stream from 30+ wildlife cameras across Africa. In a way it reminded me about my mammalwatching trips by car around my hometown here in Finland, where you either see a lot's of common mammal species - or just birds.

During morning, I saw five new species:

  1. Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx) 9:46 four at Chyulu Hills, Kenya

  2. Marsh Mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) aka Water Mongoose 10:12 three at Tembe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. No photo, unfortunately.

  3. White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) aka White Rhino aka Square-lipped Rhinoceros 10:18 at Mantis, Eastern Cape, South Africa

  4. Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) 10:28 three at Hwange, Zimbabwe.

  5. Gemsbok (Oryx gazella), aka South African Oryx, 12:14 at Gondwana, Namibia. 





















1.Common Elands




















3. White Rhinoceros 





















4. Warthogs




















5. Gemsbok

So, 33 / 100 species at the moment 😊

1 comment:

  1. Only now I realised that there are two species of Rhinoceros in Africa, and propably I have seen already both of them. Have to keep my eyes open now. Same with Giraffes and Zebras.

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