Nightjars in the Forest of Dean
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Butterflies, Birds & Lockdown
Right now I should be in southern Spain searching for Iberian Lynx. However, like roughly a third of the entire world’s population, I’m stuck at home in a mandatory lockdown….
Big cats & COVID-19
This Lion has been added to the wildlife gallery today. It was photographed as I was driving south against a deadline, in order to reach Skukuza to catch a connecting…
Plants and Fungi
For all the years that I’ve been watching wildlife, I’ve deliberately paid little attention to all the other forms of life out there. My focus has always been squarely in…
Warblers and Goatsuckers
With only a couple of months to go until the Nightjars return and the work begins again on surveying them, I’ve been going through some photos from last season. Most…
Painted Wolves & Bustards
Two new images from South Africa today. The Black-bellied Bustard was found in central Kruger. It was the breeding season while I was there but I didn’t get to see…
1000!!!
This photo is the 1000th addition to the gallery. I chose a species that is very special to me, and one that I went to great lengths to see. You…
Monkeys, Woodpeckers and Hawkers
Three new additions to the wildlife gallery – The Central American Squirrel Monkey was on the edge of Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica, right near the coast. This species…
Sloth Bear
One addition to the gallery today. This Sloth Bear emerged from the jungle just as the light was starting to fade. It’s a species I didn’t feel too optimistic about…
Boar & Bee-eaters
This European Bee-eater was hunting from this perch on the roadside near Tshokwane, South Africa, so this image was opportunistically photographed from the car window. The Wild Boar piglets were…