The Luangwa Valley offers unrivaled wildlife viewing in an unspoilt natural environment. With diverse game in abundance, much of which is neither vehicle nor camera shy, the National Park and the surrounding area offer wonderful photographic opportunities. I have put together three photographic safaris in [...]
.....not quite as inspiring as African wildlife! I spent some time in the UK recently, at home in Dorset, and tried a couple of times to photograph some of the local inhabitants. A combination of poor light, almost continuous rain and nervous animals led to [...]
.....can actually look attractive and interesting when there's a nice green environment around them. Here a female Red-backed Shrike and a Southern Grey-headed Sparrow use exposed perches to advertise their territorial presence.
I've been waiting years to see one of these. Most of the other guides have seen them, although only very rarely, and I was finally lucky last night when I found one crossing the road from a lagoon where it had been drinking. Amazingly, it [...]
I was out driving in the park last night at that time of day when everything looks golden! I came across this warthog who was feeding on the short, fresh grass near a small lagoon. Instead of running away when I drove up, he approached [...]
I watched this young leopard for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon. She was very relaxed up in the tree but when the temperature dropped, she decided to come down. Having fed not long before, she had a very full stomach so made a bit [...]
All small antelope are overlooked because they are plentiful, spend most of their time feeding and don't kill anyone else! But they're very smart creatures (particularly the females) and will often be the first to alert others to danger approaching. I watched this female and [...]
We have a large number of visiting migrant birds during the rainy months when the insect life is at its peak, and provides the best source of food. Woodland Kingfishers come all the way from Senegal in West Africa to spend 5 months breeding and [...]
Spectacled Weavers are one of many species in the Ploceus genus, which are generally yellow in colour and build beautiful woven nests out of fresh grass. This female Spectacled Weaver is inspecting the nest which the male is constructing. When she's happy with it, she'll [...]
It's not often that you find leopards together since they're generally solitary creatures. The only exceptions are when a pair come together to mate, or a mother is rearing cubs. In fast fading light, I found this mother and male cub feeding together on the [...]
