For those wondering about the current state of the Lake St Lucia estuary mouth: It is closed from the ocean on the low tide but on the Spring high tide ocean water still pushes in. With the large storm swell of the past few days large volumes of ocean water pushing in flattening reedbeds towards the ski boat club.
Rufous-bellied heron, St Lucia
Beautiful views of the Rufous-bellied heron this morning!
Narina trogon in St Lucia
Narina trogon on this morning's walk.
The naughty Isimangaliso elephants have been making a nuisance of themselves ripping out sign posts, destroying thatch roofs and making a mess of the road the last couple of days.
Spotted ground-thrush, St Lucia
Great sighting of Spotted ground-thrush on this morning's bird walk. Special Winter visitors to the forests surrounding St Lucia where they can be found scratching through leaf litter on the forest floor.
St Lucia estuary mouth on the high tide this afternoon. Nice flow of crystal clean ocean water pushing up the mouth.
Incredible sighting of a leopard on the outskirts of St Lucia this evening. What a special place!
Lake St Lucia estuary mouth on the neap high tide this morning with crystal clean ocean water pushing in.
The Lake St Lucia estuary this afternoon on the high tide. Large, powerful swell pushing alot of water up the mouth and into the Lake and Umfolozi river channel. Large swell is also pushing the bank opposite the mouth inwards narrowing the mouth considerably. The channel only 10m across but still deep. With large swell predicted for the upcoming week the mouth will do well to stay open. Will have to wait and see.
Beautiful sighting of this male leopard scent marking, flehmen and walking along the road this morning on the Eastern shores, Isimangaliso Wetlands Park.
Beautiful afternoon at the Lake St Lucia estuary mouth with a large tern roost nicely positioned on the sand island in the center of the mouth.
The Lake St Lucia estuary mouth on the low tide (neaps) today. There are now 2 channels separated by a sand island. The Northern Channel is extremely shallow and on the brink of closing. The Southern Channel is wide but also shallow.
