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Hi all

Well the Olympics opening ceremony is about to begin! It's fair to say there's a sense of nervous anticipation amongst the British. But also immense pride. Even at this early stage it's clear to see that the people of London, and much of the UK, have really pulled together to create a friendly, welcoming atmosphere. Whether you're watching on TV, or are lucky enough to be going to the Games, enjoy!

Yesterday's results:

1. No. 2, Two cheetahs at Nossob on 21 points
2. No. 10, Because it is a special sighting on 15 points
3. No. 1, Valli Moosa on 7 points
4. No. 7, Very misty Orpen on 5 points

No-one got the right combination

Please choose 3 pics today:

1. Duiker having a night-cap


2. Ellie family


3. Ellie herd visit Orpen


4. Kudus share the Addo waterhole with ellies


5. Beautiful kudu bull


6. Oryx and springboks during the night

YFS fans



We have had lots of Elephants visiting Orpen today, and Mr. Handsome made an early stop at Nossob.



This is the result of the Daily vote:

1. No. 5. Beautiful kudu bull =22 points
2. No. 6. Oryx and springboks during the night =10 points
3. No. 3. Ellie herd visit Orpen=6 points



Heksie and Esto both had the matching combination



You may choose 3 from the following Daily pictures :


1 Dusty Nossob


2 Nice Giraffes


3 Partial Elephant


4 Mr. Handsome


5 Ringo is back


6 Thirsty Hyenas


7 Big herd of Elephant


8 Nice group of Gemsbok


9 Zebras




Have a very nice Sunday

Hi all

I hope that everyone has enjoyed the Olympics thus far, on a day when Team GB grabbed its first medals - no golds yet though. Although I suppose as one BBC pundit put it, "We're still doing better than Germany"!

Yesterday's results:

1. No. 4, Mr. Handsome on 11 points
2. No. 5, Ringo is back on 7 points
3. No. 6, Thirsty hyenas on 5 points

Congratulations to Heksie and Schtick who both claimed Gold by guessing this combination!

Please choose 3 daily pics:

1. Wildebeest melee



2. Duiker by day



3. Good size buffalo herd



4. Addo hare



5. Skulking hyaena



6. Oryx gathering



7. Hyaena with mirror image


8. Orpen ellie all alone


Please choose 5 from a great weekly selection:

1. A bokkie



2. Beautiful kudu bull



3. Because it is a special sighting



4. Elegant ellies



5. Elephant close up



6. Leopard sating its thirst



7. Lion leaving Orpen



8. Mr. Handsome



9. Orpen ellie in elegant pose



10. Oryx and springboks during the night



11. Ringo is back



12. Symmetric oryx pair



13. Tawny eagle



14. Two cheetahs at Nossob

Hello everyone!

This Monday has produced a lot of cam activity - albeit mostly generic game. I've compiled quite a lengthy shortlist, so please enjoy

Yesterday's results:

Daily -

1. No. 7, Hyena with mirror image on 8 points
2. No. 6, Oryx gathering on 6 points
3. No. 1, Wildebeest melee on 6 points

Weekly -

1. No. 6, Leopard sating its thirst on 17 points
2. No. 14, Two cheetahs at Nossob on 15 points
3. No. 2, Beautiful kudu bull on 12 points
4. No. 7, Lion leaving Orpen on 11 points
5. No. 13, Tawny eagle on 7 points

No-one got either combination

Please choose 5 pics today:

1. A lot of hyena activity - perhaps a kill?


2. Orpen BBJ does its pancake impression


3. Wildebeest scrummage


4. It's that bloody hyena again


5. Dancing ellie


6. Duiker gleaming in the spotlight


7. Lonely Addo ellie


8. Cute calves amongst their herd


9. As soon as one arrives, the other leaves


10. All in favour of donating to the mobile webcam project, raise your trunks!


11. Kudu bull chewing the cud


12. Orpen kudus


13. BBJ sharing Nossob with an oryx


14. Blurry SSJ


15. Two gemsbok


16. Juvenile kudu ewe


17. Zebra and wildebeest at a WORKING Satara!!!

YFS fans



Holiday time on the cams and we must have had a kill near Satara….seeing a Hyena with blood on its face.

Nice new Avatar Tom...



This is the result of the Daily vote:

1. No. 2. Orpen BBJ does its pancake impression=10 points
2. No. 10. All in favour of donating to the mobile webcam project, raise your trunks!=7 points
3. No. 9. As soon as one arrives, the other leaves=5 points
4. No. 1. A lot of hyena activity - perhaps a kill?=5 points
5. No. 8. Cute calves amongst their herd=5 points



No one had the matching combination



You may choose 3 from the following Daily pictures :


1 Young male Lion


2 Lot’s of Springbok


3 Cape Buffalo back at Addo


4 Early morning Sunshine


5 Hyenas and BBJ sharing the Satara Waterhole


6 Duiker is back


7 Blue Wildebeest


8 A big group of Guinea Fowls


9 Cape Buffalo




Have a very nice Wednesday

Hi all!

Today the UK has enjoyed a gold medal day 2 to be precise, and even though we can't compete with the likes of China, we're still very proud To make things even better, today we have our July Monthly Selection!!!

Yesterday's results:

1. No. 5, Hyenas and BBJ sharing the Satara waterhole on 13 points
2. No. 4, Early morning sunshine on 6 points
3. No. 1, Young male fake!!! lion on 6 points

Unsurprisingly, no-one got this selection right.

Please choose 3 daily pics:

1. Feathery friend


2. Buffalo wants a staring competiton with the cam


3. Generic game


4. Giraffe in the bush


5. King of the Kalahari


6. Kudus seem to have settled in near Nossob


7. Landing owl


8. Return of Felix/Felicity!


9. Utopic Addo sky


And please choose 5 monthly pics:

1. Beautiful kudu bull


2. Brown hyena at Nossob


3. "I like you, do you like me too?"


4. Leopard at Orpen again


5. Leopard returns to Orpen


6. Leopard sating its thirst


7. Lioness eyeing up a gemsbok


8. Mr. Handsome looking very nice


9. Ringo drinking


10. Spot the spots


11.Two cheetahs at Nossob

YFS fans



Today was quiet on the cams but lots of action going on at the Olympics with medals for lots of countries



This is the result of the Daily vote:

1. No. 5. King of the Kalahari=14 points
2. No. 8. Return of Felix/Felicity!=10 points
3. No. 2. Buffalo wants a staring competiton with the cam=2 points


Heksie had the matching combination



This is the result of the Monthly vote:

1. No. 11. Two cheetahs at Nossob=22 points
2. No. 5. Leopard returns to Orpen=19 points
3. No. 2. As soon as one arrives, the other leaves=12 points
4. No. 3. "I like you, do you like me too?"=8 points
5. No. 1. Beautiful kudu bull=8 points


No one had the matching combination



You may choose 3 from the following Daily pictures :


1 Hyena on patrol


2 Big herd of Elephants


3 A Hare


4 AWC becoming a regular visitor again


5 Honey Badger


6 Cape Buffalo


7 A nice BBJ


8 Cute Baby Monkey


9 Big Ellie




Have a very nice Friday

Hi all!

I'm entertaining tonight, so just a quick post from me....

Yesterday's results:

1. No. 5, Honey badger! on 18 points
2. No. 4, AWC becomes a regular visitor again on 14 points
3. No. 2, Big herd of elephants on 5 points

Congrats to picnic and melrockson - you got the right combination!

Please choose 3 pics today:

1. Battle-scarred buffs


2. Satara hyena ventures close to the cam


3. Duiker by dawn


4. Twisty trunk


5. Ellies flapping their ears at a fellow "Big Five" member


6. Honey badger duo


7. Orpen hyena padding around


8. Oryx having a drink

YFS fans



Don’t forget to vote for the Annual 2010/2011 selection.



This is the result of the Daily vote:

1. No. 5. Ellies flapping their ears at a fellow "Big Five" member=7 points
2. No. 6. Honey badger duo=7 points
3. No. 2. Satara hyena ventures close to the cam=5 points


No one had the matching combination


You may choose 3 from the following Daily pictures :


1 Big group of Kudu Ewes


2 Late Hyena visit


3 Nice Elephant family


4 Lot’s of stripes


5 Ringo visits Satara again


6 A lot of Warthogs


7 A BBJ and a AWC come for a drink


8 Kibo watching the Elephants


9 Big group of hyenas




Have a very nice Sunday

dear YFS fans



Today we will also have our Weekly vote.



This is the result of the Daily vote:

1. No. 5. Ringo visits Satara again =8 points
2. No. 7. A BBJ and a AWC come for a drink =7 points
3. No. 2. Late Hyena visit =1 point


Tom124 had the matching combination



You may choose 3 from the following Daily pictures :


1 Ringo visits Satara more often now


2 Nice Young Elephant


3 Kudu Ewe


4 Wonderful Gemsbok


5 BBJ hearing something


6 AWC on a mission


7 Kibo is back


8 Good looking Black Backed Jackal




You may choose 5 from the following Weekly pictures :


1 Hyena with mirror image


2 Oryx gathering


3 Orpen BBJ does its pancake impression


4 All in favour of donating to the mobile webcam project, raise your trunks!


5 As soon as one arrives, the other leaves


6 Hyenas and BBJ sharing the Satara waterhole


7 Early morning sunshine


8 King of the Kalahari


9 Return of Felix/Felicity!


10 Honey badger!


11 AWC becomes a regular visitor


12 Ellies flapping their ears at a fellow "Big Five" member


13 Honey badger duo


14 Ringo visits Satara again


15 A BBJ and a AWC come for a drink




Thank you all so much for voting , Have a wonderful Monday.

Hi all!

Sorry about the tardiness of this post. We had a thunderstorm this afternoon and power was only just restored. And, of course, I immediately rushed to post the second preliminary round of YFS 2010-11! Don't forget to vote their also!

Yesterday's results:

Daily -

1. No. 6, AWC on a mission with 11 points
2. No. 1, Ringo visits Satara more often now on 8 points
3. No. 2, Nice young elephant on 3 points

Weekly:

1. No. 8, King of the Kalahari on 16 points
2. No. 14, Ringo visits Satara again on 11 points
3. No. 15, A BBJ and an AWC come for a drink on 10 points
4. No. 11, AWC becomes a regular visitor on 8 points
5. No. 13, Honey badger duo on 5 points

No-one got the weekly selection right, but I got the daily selection right (pure luck, I can assure you!)

Please choose 3 pics today:

1. Buffalo ruminating


2. Drinking giraffe


3. Half a giraffe


4. Nocturnal zebras


5. Picturesque Kruger dawn


6. Ringo makes a quick move from Satara to Orpen


7. Squirrel


8. SSJ showing off its side-stripe

YFS fans



It has been a very very quiet today but…..Don’t forget to vote for the Second and Final round of the Annual 2010/2011 selection



This is the result of the Daily vote:

1. No. 6. Ringo makes a quick move from Satara to Orpen=12 points
2. No. 4. Nocturnal zebras=9 points
3. No. 5. Picturesque Kruger dawn=4 points


No one had the matching combination




You may choose 3 from the following Daily pictures :


1 African Wild Cat caught on cam


2 Hyena couple


3 Springbok seeing something


4 Massive herd of Cape Buffalo


5 Stripes at Satara


6 Wildebeest standing in the water


7 Heron has caught something


8 Kudu Ewes


9 Honey Badger makes a quick appearance




Have a very nice Wednesday

Hi all

I hope everyone is well.

Please don't forget to vote in the second and final preliminary annual round of YFS!!

Yesterday's results:

1. No. 9, Honey badger makes quick appearance on 13 points
2. No. 1, African Wild Cat caught on cam on 9 points
3. No. 4, Massiver herd of cape buffalo on 8 points

Tom124 had the matching combination

Please choose 3 pics today:

1. BBJ hanging around


2. Wildebeest herd


3. Daggha boys


4. Danie ought to be getting a commission from Canon!


5. Orpen ellie pair


6. Satara sighting of an unusual variety


7. Zebras perusing

YFS fans



Another day at the cams with hardly any action, maybe we will be lucky this weekend.



This is the result of the Daily vote:

1. No. 1. BBJ hanging around=11 points
2. No. 3. Daggha boys=8 points
3. No. 5. Orpen ellie pair=6 points


Schtick had the matching combination


You may choose 3 from the following Daily pictures :


1 Dust storm at Nossob


2 Collard Elephant at Orpen


3 Kudus


4 Spot the Squirrel


5 Three Cape Buffalo


6 Jackal clan returns


7 Well fed Spottie


8 Hectic at the Waterhole



Have a very nice Friday

Hi all!

In addition to today's daily sightings, please visit the annual YFS thread for 2010-11. Oh boy, what a selection there is over there....

Yesterday's results:

1. No. 1, Dust storm at Nossob on 13 points
2. No. 2, Collared elephant at Orpen on 7 points
3. No. 8, Hectic at the waterhole on 5 points

Sadly, no-one got the correct combination...

Please choose 3 pics from a decent selection:

1. Brian in the dark



2. Elephant duo



3. Hippo on a late night wander



4. Kudu ewes



5. Leopard as the sun begins to rise



6. Magnificent male kudu in the early hours



7. Oryx as the light begins to fade



8. Starling replaces Kibo



9. Horses in pyjamas