Sand plover reflections - Getaway Magazine

Posted December 12, 2013

I took this photo of a sand plover wading in the shallows at Pringle Bay beach during low tide. Its partner was not far off and after a few minutes they flew away together.

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Kgalagadi, Schalk Burger

Algeria cottages – Cederberg, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Wolfberg Arch – Cederberg, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Wolfberg Arch and Cracks – Cederberg, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Algeria Campsite – Cederberg, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Dirt roads with a view – Cederberg, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Grass lit by sunshine in the Cederberg, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Maltese Cross – Cederberg, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Rock art in the Cederberg, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Yellow daisies in the Cederberg, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Frost on rock – Cederberg, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Noordhoek Beach in Table Mountain National Park - Cape Town, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Pin-cushion protea flower abstract in Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Horse riding on Noordhoek Beach in Table Mountain National Park - Cape Town, South Africa by Scott Ramsay.

Arum Lily in the Table Mountain National Park – Cape Town, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Penguins – Table Mountain National Park, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Protea Flower - Table Mountain National Park, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Slangkop Lighthouse in Table Mountain National Park - Cape Town, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Hout Bay from Table Mountain National Park by Scott Ramsay

Olifantsbos in Table Mountain National Park – Cape Town, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Diaz Cross in Table Mountain National Park – Cape Town, South Africa

Pin-cushion Protea flowers – Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Beach scene West Coast National Park, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Beach scene West Coast National Park, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Pin-cuishion protea flower abstract in Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Aloe abstract in the West Coast National Park, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Lichen on rocks – West Coast National Park, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Beach scene West Coast National Park, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Cape Gannet – West Coast National Park, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Cape Gannets – West Coast National Park, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Eland herd in the West Coast National Park, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

The cold waters of the Benguela current was the ocean shortes of the West Coast National Park, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Gannet colony – West Coast National Park, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Traditional wedding by Steve Hall

West Coast National Park, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Bird hide in the West Coast National Park by Scott Ramsay

Incwala regiments by Steve Hall

Traditional Swazi healer by Mark Lewis

Princesses at Reed Dance by Bob Forrester

Incwala ceremony by Steve Hall

Proud Swazi warrior by Steve Hall

Incwala ceremony by Steve Hall

Swazi maiden by Steve Hall

Butimba by Steve Hall

Ekhaya by Steve Hall

Incwala seniors by Steve Hall

Jackalberry Lodge, Thornybush Game Reserve by Tom Coetzee

Wolfberg Arch, Cederberg by Scott Ramsay

Nsangwini rockart by Bob Forrester

St Helena Island by Justin Fox

Malachite kingfisher, Mankwe Hide, Pilanesberg National Park by Stuart Bowie

Narina trogon, Swaziland by Justin Fox

Faces, Kafue National Park, Zambia by Riaan Beekman

Giant’s Playground, Namibia by James Campbell

Stone Town, Zanzibar by Marion Whitehead

Field of Dreams, Shongweni, KZN by Ben Myburgh

Preparing for the jol, Muizenburg by Michelle Clarke

Leopard cub, Sabi Sand Game Reserve, Mpumalanga by Mitchell Krog

Fishers, northwest coast of Zanzibar by Marion Whitehead

NamibRand Nature Reserve from above, Southern Namibia by by Jacynth Roode

Trees and stars, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana by Johann Mader

Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe by Karen Swanepoel

Waterbuck, Timbavati Nature Reserve, Limpopo by Chad Cocking

Balloon, Tala Reserve, Pietermaritzburg by Lynda Schindler

Looking up – Masai Mara by Ian Weatherburn

Chrissiesmeer, Mpumalanga by Evan Haussmann

Iconic Africa, Amboseli National Park, Kenya by Dean Polley

White lion, Timbavati Nature Reserve, Limpopo by Chad Cocking

Mogundulo Island, Mozambique by Justin Fox

African Wild Dog, Madikwe Game Reserve, North West by Francois van Heerden

Ballooning over Pilanesberg Game Reserve, North West Province by Evan Haussmann

Arathusa Safari Lodge, Sabi Sand by Brendon Cremer

Penguin, Boulders Beach, Cape Town by Jade Holing

Shingwedzi Rest Camp, Kruger National Park by Dr Johan Kloppers

Augrabies National Park, Northern Cape by Isak Pretorius

Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania by Alison Westwood

Great Zimbabwe by Alison Westwood

Coral by Allen Walker

Diver by Allen Walker

Trumpetfish by Mark van Coller

Butterflyfish by Andrew Kemp

Moray eel by Charlie Scalliet

Rock cod by Chad Olsen

Sassi by Fabio Marchesi

Snappers by Charlie Scalliet

Blenny by Charlie Scalliet

Our hands by Simon Metcalf

Goby by Bernard Groenewald

Green turtle by Frida Haraldsson

Hermit crab by Garth McQuade

Sea goldie and blue streak cleaner wrasse by Christine Kelbe

Crescent tail bigeyes by Anthony Laing

Anemone crab by Denise Stuart

Conservation by Dudley Kelbe

Stephen Earle - Cheetah Tree

Vicky Human - Mother and cub silhouette

Wynand Van Wyk - Dust Ballet

Pieter Saayman - Got Ya

Seyms Brugger - The Nibble

Stephen Earle - Baby Ostrich

Mark Dumbleton - Giants Milky Way

Mark Dumbleton - Makgadikgadi Drama

Mitchell Krog-Rush Hour

Morkel Erasmus - Kalahari Stalker

Loretta Steyn - Catch me if you can

Loretta Steyn - Twilight Bathtime

Marietjie Froneman - Malachite Magic

Lesley Rochat - Mighty Bait Ball

Lesley Rochat - Mystucak Jeko Forest

Lesley Rochat - Spectacular Feast

Jean Marx - Bullet

Jill Sneesby - Elephant

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Heinrich Human - Praying Mantis

James Campbell - Last Light on the Dunes

Basie Van Zyl - Soaked Sandgrouse

Brendon Cremer - Jackal Buzzard

Erlo Brown - Hard Life

Adrian de kock - Big Game Bounty

Andrew Schoeman - Dune Scape

Basie Van Zyl - Bee 1 Eater 0

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Percy Mitchell - Kalahari dust bowl

Mitchell Krog-At The Mercy Of Men

Mitchell Krog - Deadvlei Sunrise

Loretta Steyn - First light

Lee Slabber - Snoek

Geo Cloete - Black Tip Gridlock

Brendon Cremer - Leopard In The Darkness

Andrew Schoeman - The Swimmer

Andrew Aveley - Hidden Danger

Patterns

Whaleshark

Manta rays at a cleaning station

Manta catching some rays

Swooping manta

Big mouth

Dinner time

Frogfish

Lionfish galaxy

Spurwing gallop by Reiner Burk, Johannesburg

King of the castle by Jay van Rensburg, Johannesburg

Territorial battle by Louis Boezaart

Spotted eagle owl by Darryl Lemos, Durban

Malachite sunbird by David Morris, Grabouw

The art of flight by Stuart Bowie, Johannesburg

Angel wings by Isak Pretorius, Pretoria

Reflective space by Andrew Beck, Johannesburg

Hippos in the swirl by Dale Morris, Wilderness

Lesotho guys in the mountains by Wynand van der Merwe, Johannesburg

Watching by Ron Rijs, Port Elizabeth

The chase by Rya-Mari Muller, Meyerton

Masai migration by Leon Basson, Johannesburg.

Loneliness by Morkel Erasmus, Secunda

Addo landscape by Michelle Slater, Cape Town

Tree climbing lions by Lara Tranter, Johannesburg

Harsh Kalahari by Eugene Troskie, Graskop

Invisible by James Suter, Cape Town

Desert sprinters by Isak Pretorius, Pretoria

Sao Tome boy on stairs by Robyn Daly

Fisherwomen

Musician by David Rogers

Unfamiliar face by Ewald Sadie, Stellenbosch

Cathkin panorama by Daniel Sanderson, Durban

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First light at the Wolfberg Arch, central Cedarberg by Patrick Wagner

The castles of Gondor in the Ethiopian Highlands by Patrick Wagner

The massing of nearly two million flamingos at Lake Bogoria by Patrick Wagner

Herrero women clad in traditional Victorian-style dresses near Purros, Namiba by David Rogers

The Sudanic Friday mosque at Djenne, Mali by Justin Fox

Chapman's Peak Drive, Cape Peninsula by Justin Fox

Cosmos in the Lesotho highlands by Patrick Wagner

A Tanzanian fisherman holds up his moray eel catch by David Bristow

Alone in the gloaming

Early morning cheetah

Spider silhouette

African fish eagle

Giraffe sunset

Moonlit pan

Shoots of spring

Seascape by Francois Loubser, Pretoria

Dhow sunrise

Caught

Richtersveld stars

Kgalagadi drinkers by Kobus Saayman, Pretoria.

Landing by Brendon Cremer, Hoedspruit

Close up of flower-eyed mantid nymph

Open wide

Twee Rivieren campsite

Kgalagadi National Park

Grooming cheetahs

Focused at the waterhole by Andries Janse van Rensburg, Newcastle.

Late lunch by Andries Janse van Rensburg, Newcastle.

Caught

The itch by Brent Cornish

Pin-cushion Protea flowers – Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa by Scott Ramsay

Mitchell Krog-At The Mercy Of Men

Mitchell Krog - Deadvlei Sunrise

Lesley Rochat - Mighty Bait Ball

Trees and stars, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana by Johann Mader

James Campbell - Last Light on the Dunes

Iconic Africa, Amboseli National Park, Kenya by Dean Polley

Maize fields in the Northern Free State, South Africa by Cameron Ewart-Smith

Ballooning over Pilanesberg Game Reserve, North West Province by Evan Haussmann

Ground Squirel, Kgalgadi Transfrontier Park by Cameron Ewart-Smith

Chapmans Peak Drive – Cape Town, South Africa by Cameron Ewart-Smith

Mogundulo Island, Mozambique by Justin Fox

Andrew Schoeman - The Swimmer

Tip of Africa by Thinus Maritz, Paarl.

Salticid in red by Simon Joubert, Howick.

Bloubergstrand by Elmar Venter, Pretoria.

Is it edible? by Laura Dyer, Cape Town.

Oops in trouble by Mike Cary, Cape Town.

Three musketeers by Dean Polley, Pretoria

Masai enjoys the breeze by Melissa Wilkin

Playtime by Frits Hoogendijk, Pretoria.

Grey heron

Fern dweller

Eyes

Lone tree

Wildebeest

Monkey portrait

Jumping spider

Dead tree in the mist

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Affection by Laura Dyer, Cape Town

Dropped catch

Sun above snow capped mountains

Lechwe running across the sky

Catch it if you can

Kalahari lightning

Wildebeest migration

Leopard Sunset

Go-away sunset

Puff adder attack

Lunch Al Fresco

Feeling antsy

Bat eared fox

What's that?

Hippo charge

Sunrise cat

Camoflage perfection by Jolida van Heerden

Reflection

Lion love

Elephants on fire

Lift off

Galactic arch by Florian Breuer, Stellenbosch

The gentler side

Deadly innocent

Elephant sunset by Frits Hoogendijk, Pretoria

Shake it

Baboon sunset

Lioness and cubs by Greg du Toit, Pretoria

Watching hippo

Crocodile

Spit spray

Daytime aardvark

Long jump

Baboon tag

Tongue pulling

River crossing

Licking

Sand digging

Water walking

The jet spray

Youth rock balancing

Dead tree in the mist

Bangwuelu Swamps Dawn

Lions in the mist by Richard Kelly, Howick

Enjoying the warm sun

Herons in the mist

Misty morning lion by Frits Hoogendijk, Pretoria

Tsessebe in the mist

Crocodile feeding on elephant

Herd

Crimson wings

Flying flamingoes

Morning light

African rock python

Nudibranch

Death grip

Hommelby

Insy-winsy spider

Elephants in the dust

Cheetahs up a tree

Distinctive appearance

Majestic

Richtersveld night sky

Suprise

Sunset journey

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Specially Commended. Lookout for lions

Winner. Practice run

Commended. Dive robbers

Commended. Leaping Lemur

Runner-up. Learning to fight back

Web-footed gecko

Runner-up. Sunset over the land of Rhinos

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Lonely planet

Quiver trees by night

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Studio leopard

Eyeing it out

Ground agama

Just five more minutes

Curious twins

If only I had a warthog

Male amethyst sunbird

You're next

Serenity

Antithesis

Welcome back

Playing lions

Close encounter with a Hawksbill turtle

Hello dad

Kgalagadi drinkers by Kobus Saayman, Pretoria.

Look left, and right

Cub and tree by Jacques de Klerk, Johannesburg

Autumn lane

Lion and buffalo

White buffaloes

Cormorant pose

Night cap

Lion sepia

Playful siblings

After the feast

Cheetah landscape

Cheetah chase

The silent scream

Butterfly

Leopard vs porcupine

Pest control

Lion in the night

Busy bee by Wynand van der Merwe, Johannesburg

Mozzie

Bee-utiful by Nobby Clarke, Empangeni.

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Salticid in red by Simon Joubert, Howick.

One second

Lucky number 2

Tiny baby

Chamelion shedding

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Tightrope walker

Who’s watching who?

Anemone fish

Blue bottle by Dale Morris, Wilderness

Bubble blower by Charlene Bacchioni, Johannesburg

Up close and personal by Charlene Bacchioni, Johannesburg.

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En garde Monsieur!

If only I had a warthog

Ground agama

Domestic Dispute

Flamingo painting

Ant life

The patient warthog

Golden Silk Spider

Got ya

Langebaan lagoon

I see you

Taking a break