The Carmine Bee-eaters have arrived in huge numbers and are beginning to excavate holes in the river banks. Some have more work to do than others as some will take holes occupied previously by white-fronted Bee-eaters which have now finished nesting. There is a fair [...]

We're lucky to run night drives here - not many parks in Africa will allow vehicles to move around after dark. We use the chance to search for nocturnal creatures which are harder or impossible to see during daylight hours. Large Spotted Genets are one [...]

We know many of the leopards in our surrounding area, and we often refer to them by the name of the area in which they live. One male leopard has no need of such descriptions since he's very distinctive - he's huge (I once briefly [...]

Kittlitz Plovers are small waterbirds that feed on insects in the sand and mud at the edge of waterways. I was crossing some sand the other day, and I found this one fiercely defending his area against a larger White-Crowned Plover. Eventually the larger bird [...]

Often photographers use black and white in situations where the light is poor and colours won't be rendered correctly. I've used this technique in the past and found it very effective in low-light conditions. But the best black and white photos should probably be taken [...]

A while back, I wrote about a female leopard who was bringing up a couple of young cubs nearby. We've been watching them grow up over the last 6 months and have enjoyed watching them playing together and learning the skills they'll need later on. [...]

We found these Vervet monkeys playing on a sunny branch early in the morning after a cold night. Their play became more and more active as they warmed up in the golden sunlight.

.....like a Luangwa Sunset.

As I was driving my guests through some thick bush a few days ago, the huge shape of a Martial Eagle flew up from beside the road and landed in the tree opposite. We looked at it for a while and I suggested that it [...]

As the lagoons dry up and water becomes more scarce, antelope come to drink in the shallower channels left by the movements of hippos. In this case, I liked the way the channel draws the viewer's eye into the image and towards the group of [...]