Our workshop leader isn’t sharing the information that someone has been sitting in these very hides in the Bulgarian mountains for several days before us and has seen absolutely nothing apart from an eagle for five minutes. At least not yet. I think we’d all find that a little disappointing. …
As we sit in the hide at dawn in the Rhodope Mountains, marvelling at the enormous Griffon Vultures which have just arrived, …
We’ve spent a day in a minibus travelling east from Lake Kerkini in Greece to the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria. In the …
It’s a gorgeous sunset. The sun is setting over Lake Kerkini and I have several thousand more images on my new memory …
The Dalmatian Pelicans of Lake Kerkini are certainly photogenic. So is the Lake and the surrounding landscape. Perhaps the most important thing …
I’ve tried long exposures to get blurred photographs of birds before. I love the technique if it works. Just look how epic …
Pelicans love fish. They’re very fish-motivated. They’re also quite fish-competitive. These three Dalmatian Pelicans are in a fish-battle for fish-supremacy. Only one …
For my trip to Greece to photograph the Dalmatian Pelicans of Lake Kerkini I did what you should never do as a …
I’ve just spent a week in Greece and Bulgaria in a group of six people taking photographs of the wildlife there. I’ve …
This Common Guillemot is curious about the boat we’re on as we go past it in Lyme Bay. It’s ready to dive …
There’s a Great Northern Diver in Brixham harbour. It’s been floating and preening for a while now and I’ve been waiting for …
Along the Nile and through North Africa and beyond, the Blue Lotus flowers above the water, its roots deep in anoxic mud. …
Black-Tailed Godwits are wonderful birds. Here are some in flight over the River Exe. Black-Tailed Godwits are often confused with Bar-Tailed Godwits …
There’s a Common Guillemot, Uria aalge, flying past. There’s a colony perched on a rock in Torbay and they fly regularly across the …
Take a look at this Avocet flying by. Have you seen the state of its toes? Covered in brown mud? That, however, …
There’s a Great Northern Diver in Brixham harbour. I climb down the slippery stone steps to sea-level and perch as low as …
Devonian Red Sandstone – it’s red, it’s stone made out of desert sand, and it’s found in Devon, as well as elsewhere. …
It’s not just how fast you can fly – sometimes it’s how fast you can stop. Here’s a Shag putting on the …
It was a thrill to have a distant view of a Red-Throated Diver flying fast and low over the sea in Torbay …
What a thrill to see a Peregrine Falcon flying over the cliffs in Torbay. Especially in such beautiful weather. Peregrine Falcons are …
The Bar-Tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica, is a large migratory wader. Calling them migratory is one of the world’s greatest understatements. One of …
There’s something comical and slightly zany about Red-Breasted Mergansers. Just look at that feathered crest: There are a few birds on the …
Isn’t this female Teal a stunner? The iridescent green colour of the speculum on the wing feathers is breathtaking in this sunshine. …
Here’s a big beautiful Eurasian Curlew flying past our cruise boat on the River Exe. Whenever I hear the word Eurasian in …
I find Avocets so exotic I’m still partially resisting the idea that they actually exist in my life. Just look at how …
We had a wonderful time at the weekend on a Stuart Line Cruises guided birdwatching cruise out of Exmouth. The firm are …
Which species is next? We are. If we can’t maintain a healthy natural world, with all its ancient complexity, we are likely …
All wildlife needs is land and to be left alone. Human impact on the planet is devastating the number of species and …
What hope do we have of wolves and bears being reintroduced when beavers prove so controversial? Britain has no wilderness or nature …
Extinction Advent calendar – Day 21. The Grey Whale has been with us for 30 million years. We killed the last British …