Pel’s Fishing Owl
Selected accounts of some of my quests to photograph specific species of wildlife around the world. More general summaries of some of the trips involved can be found in the trip reports.
Pel’s Fishing Owl
The Pel’s Fishing Owl is a bird I didn’t expect to be seeing during my time in South Africa. They live in dense forest, like most owls they’re nocturnal, and…
British Reptiles
There are only six native species of reptile in the UK – three snakes (Adder, Grass Snake and Smooth Snake) and three lizards (Common Lizard, Sand Lizard and Slow-worm). It’s…
Cats
There are certain families of animal that I’ll always make an extra effort to see. As far as mammals are concerned, all of them hold my interest, but there are…
Blue Whale
The Blue Whale is the sort of creature that captures the imagination of every child. I remember having a book when I was young that illustrated the size of a…
Pennant-winged Nightjar
I already have an ‘in search of…’ page dedicated to nightjars and their allies, so it would have made sense to include this as an addendum to that page. The…
African Wild Dog
There were many different species that I planned to see in South Africa. Seeing some of them was virtually a certainty without even trying. Some required a bit of research,…
Scottish Wildcat
The Scottish Wildcat is clinging on to existence. Current estimates vary but suggest there are as few as 35-400 pure individuals left, making it quite possibly the rarest mammal on…
Nightjars & their allies
The concept of having a ‘favourite bird’ is a strange one, but if pushed, I would have to say that the Nightjar, or any number of its allies around the…
Wild Boar
Wild Boar were once widespread throughout the country, but became extinct in the wild some time during the 13th century. Hunting was responsible for their eventual demise. In more recent…