Nature on the Edge

Wildlife photography along the urban edge

https://natureontheedge.com/2021/07/20/wordless-wednesday-spot-the-baboons/

Living at the urban edge brings daily encounters with wild neighbours. Some animals adapt to the transformed environment finding perfect eco-niches. Guinea fowl scratch around in garden beds, mon...

https://natureontheedge.com/2021/07/20/baboons-in-fynbos-v-urban-space/

Observing this year’s World Bee Day, “Now is a time to re-think how we relate to nature and pollinators and what actions we can take to support these tiny hard workers and the millions of liv...

https://natureontheedge.com/2021/05/20/celebrating-bees/

Wildlife photography along the urban edge

https://natureontheedge.com/2020/11/04/wordless-wednesday-12/

A neat relationship exists between carpenter bees and the butterfly bush (Polygala myrtifolia): they are the exclusive pollinators of this common pioneer shrub. The flowers are a pretty mauve col...

https://natureontheedge.com/2020/11/02/mondays-macro-the-butterfly-bush-and-carpenter-bee/

https://natureontheedge.com/2020/10/28/wordless-wednesday-beach-scene/

A couple of weeks ago I was cycling through the Smitswinkel baboon range, passing Miller’s Point when I was startled out of my early morning reverie as a baboon came ‘hoofing up’ behind me....

https://natureontheedge.com/2020/10/12/the-urban-edge-baboon/

Most times the show of teeth appears to be a bit of ‘sabre rattling’, but on this occasion, it was the real deal!  We heard them before sighting the pandemonium on the road ahead.  High dec...

https://natureontheedge.com/2020/09/14/baboons-wild-ways/

The bleak days of the Covid-19 lockdown are lifting as we joyfully celebrate the arrival of spring.  The wildflowers are blooming in vibrant swathes of colour after good winter rainfall, in cont...

https://natureontheedge.com/2020/09/05/spring-jubilation/

Wildlife photography along the urban edge

https://natureontheedge.com/2020/09/02/wordless-wednesday-spring-flowers/