The day started out a bit chilly and the people coming from Strand was doubtful that we would see anything as the fog was hanging low there, but nature surely blessed us with a brilliant autumn day for our outing to Vergelegen. We were privileged to drive through the game camp where we saw Eland, Black Wildebeest and Bontebokke. The breakfast stop was next to a beautiful dam with lots of landscape photography opportunities, as the clouds were amazing and created a stunning reflection on the water.
We stopped near the Lourens River where we spotted a lot of butterflies. John Magner was on hand with I-Naturalist, and it was identified as Painted lady. I googled a bit about them when I got home and learned that they are the most wide spread of all butterflies and is found almost all over the globe. Even though they only have a lifespan of 14 to 28 days, they migrate. I found migration patterns between Europe and North Africa and North America, but not something locally. It is unthinkable that something lives for less than a month, but still migrate.
Another interesting creature was the minute Southern Rock Agama juvenile. He was probably less than 10 centimetres long and did not at all look like he would when he is full grown and has a blue head; what we know as a Bloukop Koggelmander in Afrikaans.
Full write up and pictures in the next Batis.