There have been numerous small flocks of Bee-eaters passing over Jubail in recent weeks most of them European Bee-eaters. Recently a few Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters have been seen including some birds that have spent time perched on the ground or any other perches they could find. I found two birds sitting on a potentially not so […]
Ticotico ocráceo (Ochre-breasted Foliage Gleaner) Anabacerthia lichtensteini
Durante la jornada del pasado 20 de Julio (la última vez que fuimos al Complejo Don Rodolfo) con Nico, Lucho y Willy nos quedamos con Nico en el sendero de la entrada después que el resto de los amigos se fueron a preparar el almuerzo. Después de establecer un punto de escucha aproximadamente a 200 […]
Buff Breasted Sandpiper
Buff Breasted Sandpiper must rank as be one of my favourite birds, and Davidstow airfield in Cornwall is probably one of the most reliable sites in the country to catch up with one during September. Three birds have been present this autumn and I managed a few nice photos of one on a sunny evening […]
Sunderland Point
I recently had a couple of visits to Sunderland Point on the Lune Estuary. This is a remote and beautiful part of Lancashire and requires an amount of planning before any visit. It is a finger of land surrounded on one side by the estuary of the River Lune and on the other by part […]
Serengeti lion gallery
I was privileged to be able to visit the Western Corridor of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania in mid-September 2017 with CNP Safaris. We were based at the Grumeti Tented Camp. “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all the while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To […]
Results of the Best Photo of the Week Ended 14 Oct 2017
We are delighted to announce the results of our latest photo competition. Bob Shepardson wins First Prize for his brilliant capture “Kruger Family Road Block”. Paamul Jack is awarded Second Prize for his outstanding image “A Spark of Intelligence”. Third Prize is is shared between Sherry Shepardson with “African Wild Dog” and Antonis Tsaknakis with […]
Pennington Marsh – 5th October
It was a beautiful October day and after dropping Tobias at school I was going to spent the day at Pennington Marsh until it was time to pick him up at 15:30. After a coffee at the corner of Lower Pennington Lane I walked along the fun length of the Ancient Highway. It took me […]
Mother and cubs at play in Tadoba
The Tigress popularly known as Choti Tara,who we talked about in our last post on Tadoba National Park, led her cubs off the tracks into the grasslands adjacent to the tracks. Our driver almost immediately realised that we might be in for a spectacle and he drove ahead and positioned the jeep at a perfect […]