Bird of the Year 2016

Bird of the Year 2016

Another great year for birding has flown by, presenting our tour leaders with the difficult task of selecting their top bird out of hundreds and thousands of specials seen in 2016. The rest of us however have the pleasure of reading the yearโ€™s highlights from our leaders as recorded in their own...

A Morning in a Kalahari Leopardโ€™s Life

A Morning in a Kalahari Leopardโ€™s Life

Leeudril is a waterhole situated along the dry Nossob river north of Twee Rivieren in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. This 15,000 sq mi Kalahari desert reserve straddles the South African and Botswana border regions and was created when two national parks were merged โ€“ these being South Africaโ€™s Kalahari...

The Hummingbirds of Folha Seca

The Hummingbirds of Folha Seca

Tucked away inside a rare remnant patch of Brazilโ€™s critically threatened Atlantic rainforests is a slice of paradise called Folha Seca (meaning โ€œdry leafโ€). Here Mr Jonas Dabronzo, as kind and intelligent a gentleman as you would ever wish to meet, owns a secluded home that has become a Mecca for...

Snow Leopard hunt

Snow Leopard hunt

It was our third day in high elevation Hemis National Park, we had awakened before dawn and chugged down a mug of life-giving coffee before ascending a few hundred yards to a knoll above our tented camp in the Rhumbak Valley. Our group watching the first Snow Leopard from a knoll above our camp in...

South Africaโ€™s Endemic Birds

South Africaโ€™s Endemic Birds

My home country of South Africa can only be described as a birding paradise! Although in raw numbers (around 850 species recorded to date) it doesnโ€™t compete with tropical countries to the north or on other continents (especially South America), South Africa makes up for this in several ways: โ€ข the highest...

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