At the end of last month I visited the Pilling and Cockerham area of Lancashire. This area is visited in the winter months by large flocks of pink footed geese and whooper swans. There are rich pickings to be had in the fields with left over remains of potato and other vegetable crops. This winter […]
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Serengeti hooves
The annual migration of wildebeest and other grazing herbivores across the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem is one of the greatest spectacles in the natural world. The Serengeti is well known for its vast herds of wildebeest and zebra which migrate in a clockwise route from Ndutu in the south around February and March up along the western […]
Tigers sun bathing in Tadoba
As my safari vehicle drove into Tadoba National Park for one last time on this trip, I couldn’t help but replay in my mind, all the fantastic sightings that Matt and I had been blessed with, over the days that we had been here. Matt’s first Tiger sighting happened in the Junone buffer zone. We […]
Winter visitors – Jubail
Whilst birding Jubail recently I have come across a number of winter visitors to the region. Common Kestrel is an uncommon passage migrant but numbers build up in the winter months when they can be seen in various locations. Isabelline Wheatear numbers also increase as winter wears on and they can be seen along the […]
Fiofío Silbón (White-crested Elaenia) Elaenia albiceps
Vamos a reactivar un poco la carga de especies y de archibos que se obtuvieron durante las pasadas vacaciones de verano por los integrantes del grupo porque ya está finalizando el año 20017 y se me van a juntar las especies con las que se puedan obtener durante este verano. Hoy les presento al Fiofío […]
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters – Jubail
This autumn there have been large numbers of Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters passing over Jubail as well as many other areas of the Eastern Province. The species is a common passage migrant through the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia with good numbers of birds passing in the spring as well as the autumn. Numbers are commoner in […]
Bailarín naranja (Band-tailed manakin) Pipra fasciicauda
Durante el pasado mes de Julio Luis viajó al Brasil unos días, estuvo en el estado de Mato grosso (Pantanal Norte) y en la primer etapa de su viaje se instaló en la Ciudad de Cuiabá. Allí pudo conocer el Parque nacional da Chapada dos Guimarães, este parque se localiza en el municipio de Chapada […]
Serengeti raptors
Mid-September in the Serengeti is early spring. This is too early for most of the raptor migrants, so we saw mainly residents. Migrants such as Steppe Eagles had not yet arrived. The raptors in the Serengeti at this time of the year were Tawny and Bateleur Eagles, Martial Eagles, Long Crested Eagles, an array of […]