This photo was taken on a fantastic evening in the Masai Mara on my August trip. It had been overcast all day and we were lucky to have a brief few minutes of sun as we wound our way back to the camp. It gap in the cloud lined up perfectly with the lone tree. The…
Most of my life I have been a fan of the Cheetah, it is has a much tougher lot than the Lion or Leopard. It doesn’t have the company and protection of a large pride or a dominant male, it cannot climb trees to escape any threats. It is destined to hunt in the heat of the African sun and…
By the 19thof December 2011, 443 rhinos had already been killed in South Africa compared to the 333 poached in 2010. As you can see in the above chart, the number has been increasing since 2008 and based on this current trend, we could have a disastrous 2012. We are clearly losing the battle against poaching and the South African…
It wasn’t until I was reading a Mammal’s of Africa reference book 5 years ago that I learnt that there were different sub species of waterbuck in Africa. I promised myself that I would have to get to see the Northern sub species sometime in my life and I had that opportunity on my recent…
The wildebeest and zebra migration that occurs annually in Kenya is truly one of the planet’s most wonderful of spectacles. The sheer number of bodies that cross the Mara River is an event that should be on all nature and wildlife enthusiasts’ bucket list. I got the chance to photograph my first migration when…
