Golden Jackals use their levator labii superioris muscle to snarl. The name means ‘raiser of the upper lip’. This Jackal’s top lip is raised like a stage curtain to show the actors waiting on the stage – a set of teeth which could leave a deadly bite in an instant. …
The Golden Jackal family which has arrived on our mountain outcrop seems to consist of an adult pair and a youngster. I …
Our workshop leader isn’t sharing the information that someone has been sitting in these very hides in the Bulgarian mountains for several …
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 …