Sasol Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey & Warwick Tarboton
Bound in plastic-reinforced paper, this is the guide that sets the standard for guides.  It features an advanced and imporved system of field identification and includes details of  birding clubs and societies. Many of the illustrations have been cleared of the irritating foliage […]

 
Smither’s Mammals of Southern Africa: A Field Guide by Peter Apps
 The ultimate cubby-hole companion - and you’ll want to carry it in your backpack, too. And have it on your guest house library. And - bonus! - it includes the whales, dolphins and seals you’re likely to see off our coast.
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How To Identify Trees In Southern Africa by Braam Van Wyk & Piet van Wyk
Southern Africa has about 1800 different species of trees - and hundreds of introduced species, too (and when I was young and studying horticulture, you’d have thought our boss expected us to know every one of ‘em). Identifying them (the trees, […]