30 Wood Preservative

  • Yes Wood Wood Preservative 30 is a suede finish, penetrating, oil-based wax preservative with excellent insecticidal, water repellent and UV resistant properties.

    • UV and all weather resistant

    • Excellent penetration

    • Nourishes exterior wood

    • Insect and water repellent

    • Protects against fungal attack

    • Lead content, less than 90 ppm

  • This product will cover approximately 13 - 18 m² / litre per coat. Surface porosity, profile, application tools and technique will affect practical spreading rate.

  • Apply by brush, super fine roller or spray. May be sprayed after dilution with mineral turpentine as recommended. Apply 2 to 3 coats to achieve the desired finish.

  • Clean all tools (brushes, rollers and spray equipment) while wet with mineral turpentine or Grade A lacquer thinners after use.

  • 1 L & 5 L

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Knysna Woodpecker

The Knysna Woodpecker is closely related to the Golden-tailed Woodpecker and is very similar to that species in appearance. The underparts though are heavily blotched, not streaked, and the upperbody is only lightly spotted. Particular care must be taken relevant to juvenile Golden-tailed Woodpeckers, which have spotted underparts. Apparently out-of-range records of Knysna Woodpeckers in southern KwaZulu-Natal are typically misidentified juvenile Golden-tailed Woodpeckers.

The Knysna Woodpecker is endemic to South Africa and has a fairly restricted distribution largely along the coastal plain from close to Hermanus in the Western Cape to Oribi Gorge in southern KwaZulu-Natal. In the latter region its range meets but apparently does not overlap with that of the Golden-tailed Woodpecker. The majority of the range is in the Eastern Cape where the species is most abundant and where it extends inland almost as much as 200 km in places, for example approaching both Graaff-Reinet and Queenstown. There is some evidence that it once occurred further north along the KwaZulu-Natal coast, with records from Ifafa and Illovo, but has retreated in the face of habitat destruction largely associated with sugar-cane farming.

The call of this woodpecker is very similar to that of the Golden-tailed Woodpecker but is higher pitched. Its habitat choice is also similar, extending from true forest to more open woodland and thicket. Like many other woodpeckers, it frequently joins avian multi-species foraging ‘parties’.

Bird illustrations are from Sasol Birds of Southern Africa published by Struik Nature. Illustrations © by Norman Arlott are used with kind permission of the Arlott family.
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Status and biology

EAR-THRETENED by virtue of small range. Locally common, endemic resident in forest, riparian woodland, euphorbia scrub, milkwood thickets and alien acacias and eucalypts; sometimes moves into shrublands to forage. Easily overlooked if not calling.