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An afternoon in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

10,000 Birds

The dirt road winds in between rocky outcrops – kopjes, by Burchell’s Zebras and Greater Kudus. A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. Nowadays, the Savannah Elephants are shorter and with smaller tusks, often without them. Sniffing us.

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Shadows of Africa

10,000 Birds

The dirt road winds in between rocky outcrops – kopjes, by Burchell’s Zebras and Greater Kudus. A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. Nowadays, the Savannah Elephants are shorter and with smaller tusks, often without them. Sniffing us.

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Liben Lark Gets a Lifeline

10,000 Birds

That is why it is such amazingly awesome news that the British Birdwatching Fair raised £242,000 to help conserve a species that could become the first recorded bird extinction in mainland Africa. Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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