Photos / Sounds
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Arrow Bindweed (Convolvulus sagittatus)Observer
outrampsjeanPlace
Sedgefield on the Island: This prostrate plant was growing on the grassy sidewalk alongside a tarred road (Google, OSM)Description
Alien or indigenous?
Prostrate plant with long almost linear leaves, flowers about 3 cm in diameter
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Bowwood (Grewia occidentalis var. occidentalis)Observer
outrampsjeanDescription
Cross-berry bush
Shrub about 2m tall with glabrescent lanceolate toothed leaves.
What
White-bellied Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica ssp. rustica)Observer
outrampsjeanDescription
musical composition?
Photos / Sounds
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Bush Brown (Bicyclus safitza ssp. safitza)Observer
outrampsjeanDescription
Brown butterfly on forest path
Small brown butterfly with yellow/orange(?) spots on the wings
What
Southern Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris ssp. coronatus)Observer
outrampsjeanDescription
Helmeted guinea fowl
These birds roam widely on the Island and scratch the grass relentlessly in their foraging.
Photos / Sounds
Observer
outrampsjeanPlace
Outeniqua NR Tierkop Hike: Open flattish area shortly before ascending track merges with track entering from the left. (Google, OSM)Description
Amphithalea fourcadei
Reseeding shrub to 1,5m.Leaves 1-foliolate with margins slightly thickened, silvery hairy.Flowers light mauve.
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Forest Marguerite (Osmitopsis osmitoides)Observer
outrampsjeanDescription
Osmitopsis osmitoides
Softly woody shrublet 15--60 cm with slender erect branches. Leaves oblanceolate, deeply to lightly toothed. Flower heads radiate, solitary on long peduncles, white with yellow disc, pappus of subequal scales
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Southern Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash ssp. hagedash)Observer
outrampsjeanDescription
Hadeda ibis
Large, grey bird. Long probing beak. Nerve wracking call in flight.