Bird of the month: Little Grebe/ Kleindobbertjie (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
This bird is also known as a dabchick. These grebes are slightly smaller than the black necked grebe and have a light rufous colour on the under parts, with black upper parts and a dark rufous coloured neck with black on top of the head. Their habitat is slightly more diverse than the rest of the grebes, ranging from dams, lakes, slowly flowing streams and rarely on the marine coast. They are very noisy birds, with a distinctive whinnying trill. Little grebes are a common resident in the area. Their main food source is small aquatic animals, mainly frogs, tadpoles and anthropods.

Animal of the month: African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
The African elephant is enormous and unmistakable. Its nose and upper lip is elongated into a fantastically muscular and mobile trunk. Most adults have two large tusks, which are very large modified incisor teeth. The large, flat ears are coincidently roughly the shape of the African continent and act as radiators cooling the elephant on hot days. They have a gestation period of 22 months. Historically, elephants roamed a wide range of habitats. Today, however, their habitats are severely constrained by human encroachment. None the less, their populations are very secure and the number of elephants on the African continent is constantly on the increase. Elephant populations in fenced areas increase on average by 6,7% per year. These animals move surprisingly silently for their size. The sight of an elephant noiselessly moving through the early morning mist can be described as nothing more than ghostly.