Every year thousands of wildebeest moving to the Ndutu-Plains in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania to give birth of their calves. In the Ndutu-Plains they find best conditions, because the grass there has special minerals that are important in the first weeks for rearing the calves. Within 3 to 4 weeks up to 500000 […]
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Photographers threatening the already-maligned slender loris
Caught in a beam of torchlight, the eyes of the slender loris reflect back a striking glow. In an effort to better understand these shy, nocturnal primates, a team of researchers set out to the Western Ghats of India. The resulting paper: Moolah, Misfortune or Spinsterhood? The Plight of the Slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus) in […]
Stolen snack
Otro caso de lucha por el alimento, en esta ocasión un grupo de biguás (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) se estaba disputando la presa obtenida por uno de ellos hasta que la prescencia de esta Garza mora (Ardea cocoi) terminó con el pleito. Simplemente les arrebató el premio y se dedicó al consumir el banquete mientras los biguás […]
Mind Numbing Beauty – Yellowstone 2013
I’m sat here looking out the window at the wet falling snow aching to be back in the beauty of Yellowstone in all its cold proper snow glory. I never thought id struggle to write this post Yellowstone Trip bog but it is the most amazing spell binding place that I’ve ever visited, even possibly […]
Shooting Wildlife Composites
Have you ever found yourself so close to a subject to cant fit it in? Or find yourself with a fantastic scene before you having left your wide-angle lens at home and all you have is your long telephoto lens? Or further more have your wide-angle lens with you but the subject would just be […]
Ten ways to rise for nature
Here is 10 ways to contribute to your native wildlife… – Enthuse others – Make aneffort to encourage other people to take an interest or increase their interest in the natural world.Whetheryou are watching peregrines in the lake district with fell walkers passing by or you are watching a kingfisher on a rivertributaryin an urban […]
Uhuru…
The summit peak of Tanzania’s Mt Kilimanjaro is named: Uhuru, Swahili for “Freedom”. Let it be a proud source of inspiration for all of the sanctuaries, parks and wildlife areas it overlooks in both Tanzania and Kenya, to keep its wildlife in safety and freedom for the generations to come. Chyulu Hills, Kenya, near the […]