https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/tags/westcoastnationalpark/ Recent content in Westcoastnationalpark on The Singemonkey Hugo en-us Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:11:07 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-08-23-goflow42-nearly-stepped-on-this/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:11:07 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2021-08-23-goflow42-nearly-stepped-on-this/ <p><a href="https://instagram.com/goflow42">@goflow42</a> nearly stepped on this beautiful lady just outside the Geelbek restaurant in West Coast National Park as we were walking towards one of the bird hides. This is only the second time <a href="https://instagram.com/withoutaleaf">@withoutaleaf</a> and I have seen one of these beautiful cats in the wild - they can be spotted anywhere between here and Iran. Caracals are expert bird-ambushers. They can leap to extraordinary heights to pull down birds trying to escape by flight. This one was only slightly bigger than a house cat, but full grown males are considerably larger.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-09-03-the-southern-spring-is-go/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 09:29:04 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-09-03-the-southern-spring-is-go/ <p>The Southern spring is go.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-09-03-some-rocks-i-fancied-rocks/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 09:27:15 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-09-03-some-rocks-i-fancied-rocks/ <p>Some rocks I fancied.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-07-25-but-the-sun-did-come/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:23:05 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-07-25-but-the-sun-did-come/ <p>But the sun did come through over the mudflats and marshlands of West Coast National Park. And then the grey grasses and plants came with the showiness of Avataar. It&rsquo;s a beautiful and complex landscape brimming with life - at least until capitalism washes it all away.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-07-25-another-day-another-bird-hide/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:14:20 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-07-25-another-day-another-bird-hide/ <p>Another day, another bird hide. Loads of flamingos, avocets, three-banded plovers, Kilitz&rsquo;s plovers, whimbrels, greenshanks, African oystercatchers, even in the Southern winter.</p> https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-07-25-withoutaleaf-has-some-time-off/ Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:10:58 +0000 https://photoblog-a3l.pages.dev/posts/2019-07-25-withoutaleaf-has-some-time-off/ <p><a href="https://instagram.com/withoutaleaf">@withoutaleaf</a> has some time off after her last job. So we went down to the gloomy West Coast National Park. Despite the weather, time well spent. Fascinating scenes on the mudflats.</p>