El pasado 8 de Julio cuando fuimos con Willy a Ituzaingó unos días después que Lucho fotografió a la Monjita coronada en el Camping El Mirador mientras recorríamos el camino de entrada al camping observamos a una bandada de Federales volando sobre un pirizal a unos 100 metros del camino. Luego de revisar un poco […]
Glossy Ibis and Cattle Egrets
Two visits to Walmsley sanctuary at Wadebridge to see the recent arrival of both Glossy Ibis and Cattle Egrets. Fourteen Ibis have been seen here (I saw seven of them) and it looks like the Cattle Egrets have bred here or nearby as two juvenile birds have been observed along with seven adults. Who knows […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 16 Sep 2017
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Alan Jonker wins First Prize for his brilliant capture “Buffalo at Night”. Dave Richards is awarded Second Prize for his outstanding image “Lesser Flamingos”. Winner of the Third Prize is Sherry Shepardson with “Someone’s Coming”. See detailed results below: (click on thumbnails for […]
Grouse Shooting
Recently I made a couple of trips into Bowland looking for some opportunities to photograph Red Grouse in amongst the purple heather. It didn’t quite work out as there was much activity from grouse shooters with guns and dogs. The large estates in Bowland are very busy at this time of the year with shooting […]
Mashatu grazers and browsers
This is a fourth post from our recent trip to Mashatu Nature Reserve in south-eastern Botswana in mid-August 2017. In winter in Mashatu the grass dries and thins out. This forces grazers to become browsers but nature is bountiful. As one source of food disappears another more localised source appears. An adult Kudu bull with […]
Tiger cubs suckling in wild Tadoba
Watching Choti Tara (Tigress) with her two cubs blissfully sitting in the open, in Tadoba National Park was an amazing sighting. But we were not prepared for what happened next. One of the cubs walked over to Choti Tara and we watched her shower her affection on him. After a few moments of affection, the […]
Pioró (Chestnut-headed Tanager) Thlypopsis pyrrhocoma
El pasado 20 de Julio durante la última visita hecha al Complejo Don Rodolfo con Nico, Willy, y Lucho el Pioró no nos defraudó. Al igual que en anteriores registros de esta especie para este lugar volvimos a fotografiarlo en su habitual sector de tacuaras detrás de la cabaña principal del complejo. Tuvieron que pasar […]
Sooty Gulls – Jizan Fish Market
As I am very interested in gulls, we stopped at the fish market in Jizan where we knew from past experience that photography was possible. We only managed to get there late one evening and again in the early afternoon but saw plenty of gulls at both times. Many wait around on the ground for […]