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Pied Kingfishers in Botswana
Guess who’s doing all the talking? Ornithologists and bird-watchers alike, will know the answer to this in a flash. Here we have a couple of Pied Kingfishers, sitting alongside the banks of the River...
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Kruger Park Part I – In and Around Berg en Dal
The Kruger National Park is the Daddy of all game parks in South Africa. I have visited several times in the 14 years I have lived in South Africa, and I have always had the most fantastic game...
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Kruger Park Part II – Hunting for Big Cats: It’s Like Fishing
The people who like to visit game parks can usually be pigeon-holed into two categories. Those who like to meander and take their time; stop, wait and enjoy the scenery, and those who rush around...
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Kruger Park Part IV – Mopani Rest Camp and Surroundings
Good grief! I have just realised that I returned from the Kruger Park trip nearly 3 weeks ago, and here I am STILL not finished blogging about it! – Such a slacker So, we have finally made it up to...
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Homeward Bound
Every evening, in the summer months at least, flocks of Sacred Ibis fly overhead to their nesting place somewhere west of us. I was content to just photograph the spectacular sunset when a few birds...
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Ear-Cleaning Service: Rhinoceros with Redbilled Oxpecker
It is in blogs as it is in real life; I can’t seem to hang around in cities too long without hankering to be in and around nature If you recognise this photo from The Unwitting Traveller, this post...
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Sardine Fever
This week we have been spending some quality family time on the east coast of South Africa, just south of Durban in a seaside resort by the name of Margate. Whilst the rest of South Africa is in the...
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Gannets in the Surf
More action from the great Sardine Run! There are apparently huge numbers of fish further offshore – the best “run” documented for some years now. There’s a bit of a cold front passing through and...
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Nectar Hunter – [White-breasted Sunbird]
Cinnyris talatala or Nectarinia talatala Being completely happy with photographing the Coral Tree alone, I was more than pleasantly surprised and pleased when this little White-breasted Sunbird popped...
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Sitting Pretty
Same little chap as the previous post. Same Coral Tree as before. Still busy flitting about – but he did sit long enough to get snapped again Loskop Dam – August, 2011
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Uncovering The Pinnacles at the Nambung National Park
Located 245km north of Perth, The Pinnacles Desert was the first planned stop on our quick trip up north. We had landed at Perth International just after lunch-time, and naively thought that we would...
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Rainbow Lorikeet
Subspecies T. h. moluccanus Just how gorgeous are these birds!? Released accidentally from the University of Western Australia in the 1960s – these parrots are now considered a pest in Perth I guess...
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Raw Earth: Iceland Shows its True Colours
It is only the beginning of Day 4 of our trip to Iceland, and EPIC makes a comeback in a big way. There is no doubt as to why this adjective is reinstated as the word of choice, for we had a pretty...
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Tsitsikamma National Park – Nature’s Valley
I’m taking a short break from posting about Iceland; an interlude, if you will. During the past couple of weeks, I have been getting to grips with my photos: I have been cataloguing like crazy. It...
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Tsitsikamma National Park – Storms River
Tsitsikamma, so named by the ancient Khoi San people, means “the place of abundant or sparkling water”. There could not be a more apt name for such a wonderful area. The national park was proclaimed...
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Jökulsárlon: Glacier Lagoon
Finally, as we reached the southern coast, with Vatnajökull lurking above us, we got to experience ice in Iceland. Sculptures of all shapes and sizes litter this vast lake before tumbling out to the...
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Puffin Fantastic!
Six million of these irresistibly cute birds make Iceland’s islands and coastal cliffs their home every summer for the breeding season. We visited the colonies that are found on the cliffs both at Vik...
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Edinburgh Zoo
Wildlife photography: It’s something that I’ve long had an interest in and grab every single opportunity that comes my way to dabble in it. Despite having numerous opportunities to spot wildlife in...
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