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Tembe Elephant Park
This park is in the far north of Zululand and forms a border with Mozambique. Of the big five present the Lion and Elephant population are the main species monitored. There are over 200 elephants and these animals have the biggest tusks in Africa. The Suni, a rare small antelope, is also monitored but difficult to see and photograph. The park contains a rare habitat known locally as Sand Forest. The area consequently contains many endemic plants and animals.
Here are some photos which I hope will give some idea of what it is like working as a volunteer on the reserve. A more detailed record of the birds and animals seen appears at the end.
Around Tembe Research Camp
Cilla and her team of volunteers
Cilla Barbara Angus Caroline Rob
Who knocked it down I wonder? Mozambique border
Wild Life seen
These are just a few of the hundreds of photos taken of the animals of the reserve. A more accurate and scientific record may be found by following any links given.
Mammals
African Elephant
Blue Wildebeest
Buffalo
Burchell's Zebra
Bushbuck
Common Duiker
Common Waterbuck
Greater Kudu
Impala
Indigenous Mouse
Lion
Always the last word!
Nyala
Red Duiker
Samango Monkey
Slender Mongoose
Southern Giraffe
Southern Reedbuck
Suni
Tree Squirre
Vervet Monkey
Warthog
White Rhino
Wild Dog
Total 24
Birds (listed from the Thanda Bird List)
Bee-eater, Little
Merops pusillus



Boubou, Southern Laniarius
ferrugineus

Bulbul, Dark-capped (Black-eyed Bulbul)
Pycnonotus tricolor

Bulbul, Yellow-bellied Greenbul Andropadus importunus

Bustard, Black-Bellied (Black-Bellied Korhaan)
Lissotis melanogaster

Chat, White-browed Robin-chat (Heuglin's Robin)
Erythropygia
leucophrys
Chat, White-throated Robin-chat (WT Robin)
Cossypha
humeralis
Crow, Pied
Corvus albus

Dove, Cape Turtle-dove Streptopelia capicola

Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood-dove (GS Dove)
Turtur chalcospilos
Dove, Red-eyed
Streptopelia semitorquata

Drongo, Fork-tailed Dicrurus adsimilis
Eagle, African Fish
Haliaeetus vocifer


Eagle, Long-crested
Lophaetus occipitalis


Eagle, Brown Snake-eagle Circaetus
cinereus

Egret, Cattle
Bubulcus ibis


Flycatcher, African Paradise Terpsiphone viridis
Francolin, Crested
Dendroperdix sephaena
Goose, Spur-winged
Plectropterus gambensis


Guineafowl, Crested
Guttera pucherani

Gymnogene or African Harrier-hawk
Polyboroides typus

Heron, Black-Headed
Ardea melanocephala

Hoopoe, African
Upupa africana

Hornbill, Crowned
Tockus alboterminatus

Hornbill, Trumpeter
Bycanistes bucinator

Ibis, Hadeda
Bostrychia hagedash

Kingfisher,Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Halcyon albiventris

Kite, Black-Shouldered
Elanus axillaris

Kite, Yellow-billed
Milvus aegyptius
Lapwing, African Wattled (Wattled Plover)
Vanellus senegallus

Lapwing, Crowned (Crowned Plover)
Vanellus coronatus

Lapwing, Senegal (Lesser Blackwinged Plover)
Vanellus lugubris

Longclaw, Yellow-throated Longclaw
Macronyx croceus

Lourie, Purple-crested Turaco
Tauraco porphyreolophus
Myna, Common (Indian Myna)
Acridotheres tristis
Nicator, Eastern (Yellow-spotted Nicator)
Nicator gularis
Nightjar, Fiery-necked
Caprimulgus pectoralis
Oriole, Black-Headed
Oriolus larvatus
Oxpecker, Red-billed
Buphagus erythrorhynchus

Pigeon, African Green
Treron calvus
Quail, Common
Coturnix coturnix
Quelea, Red-billed
Quelea quelea
Roller, Lilac-breasted
Coracias caudatus

Shrike, White-crested Helmet
Prionops plumatus

Shrike, Puffback or Black-Backed Puffback
Dryoscopus cubla

Stork, Woolly-necked
Ciconia episcopus

Sunbird, White-bellied
Cinnyris talatala

Swallow, Lesser Striped
Cecropis abyssinica

Trogon, Narina
Total 47
Unidentified Birds
Other Wildlife
Black-legged Golden Orb Spider
Fire Ant Nest
Dung Beetle
African Rock Python
Low water level showing trapped fish
Tree Agama
Pod Mahogany and ?
Water Monitor Lizard
Millipede