Last week's practical

Yo..

So, last Thursday (8 July), our class had a prac at Cape Point. The aim of the prac was to look at the different vegetation types and associated wildlife. We were able to distinguish the zones where vegetation type changed, the milkwood forests on the coast and the disturbed areas (sites previously used for farming and military balistics target practice - bet you never knew that Cape Point was a military station :P).

Animals spotted were several ostrich, a bontebok, several eland, a pied crow and a raptor of which we still can't decide the name..

We drove around for a bit, stopping here and there to do activites or to view the vegetation. We stopped at the Cape of Good Hope (most south-west point of the Cape) and then walked up to the Cape Point lighthouse, just for fun.

For tomorrow's prac, which, I'm guessing, will focus on the remaining Renosterveld in the Cape, we will be looking at Rondebosch Common and Signal Hill.

Oh, and from the 18th of August to the 14th of September we will be doing our FGASA (Field Guides Association of South Africa) Level 1 and EcoTraining and stuff. So, coolness :)

Okay, bye bye now,
Andrea