Farms remove internal fences for game!

 

 

 

The neighbours of seven adjoining farms have removed the internal fences between our properties and enclosed all the properties with a game fence.

 

The enclosed area is about 240 hectares and spans the kopjes and kloofs which lie on our respective properties.

 

Zebra, Gemsbok, Kudu, Blesbok, Impala, Blouwildebees and Rooihartbees have settled in well. We have had excellent rains over the past few months and the game are thriving. Quite a few young have been born.

 

And then there are, of course, “the resident” creatures which move from farm to farm: warthog, Black-backed Jackal, duiker, porcupine and rabbits. From time to time we see signs of leopard moving over the property. Guests at a neighbouring lodge have notched three sightings of leopard and one of the local farmers towards Hekpoort is complaining bitterly that his chickens have been chosen as food by the leopards!

 

We also have a pair of Black-chested Snake-eagles which have acquired “resident” status.