Whilst in Abha I went to the Raydah Escarpment a designated nature reserve run by the Saudi Wildlife Authority (SWA). This is a well-vegetated section of escarpment dropping down steeply from the top near the ranger’s station to a small village and a large wadi at the bottom. Most of the endemics occur in the […]
Category: Wildlife
Leopards of Luangwa…
The Luangwa River valley is perhaps one of the finest places for sightings of the vulnerable African Leopard (Panthera pardus). South Luangwa, Zambia with Chamalandu Camp.
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 09 Jul 2016
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Paamul Jack wins First Prize for his brilliant capture “Yucatan Baby Crocodile – Mostly Submerged”. KD Acharya wins Second Prize for his outstanding composition “I Want You”. Third Prize goes to Dave Waddell for his excellent photo entitled “The Golden Hour – 5 […]
Birds along Palm Jungle track in Royal National Park
After weeks of rainy weather the sun has finally come out in Sydney and to celebrate I headed out to Royal National Park to hike along the coastline and to do a bit of birdwatching along the way. I took a train to Otford and the birdwatching started before I even got to the park. […]
Mississippi Kites and Lake Apopka Wildlife Drive
The best season to observe Swallow-tailed and Mississippi Kites in Florida is Summer when many have migrated from their Wintering grounds in South America to breed. Tom Obrock and I made a drive on Independence Day to observe a large number of Mississippi Kites that had been reported in Belleview, Marion County. We were not […]
Alaska – 2nd June (Day 6)
We were up at 06:30 for a complete change in the routine from the last few days spent on St Paul, the day was to be spent driving south to Seward from Anchorage a journey of 126 miles with a few stops en-route and some birding in Seward on arrival. First stop was a supermarket […]
Birding Either Mangroves – Either
Either Mangrove is a potentially very important natural mangrove lagoon west of Sabya in the southwest of the Kingdom on the Red Sea coast. It holds one of the only known populations of ‘Mangrove White-eye’ a little known white-eye that may be part of the Abyssinian White-eye complex or possibly an unknown species? It is […]
