A Leopard and her cub are reunited. The previous evening we had spent some time with a leopard and her cub as they rested in a tree in the Mara North Conservancy, Maasai Mara. They had both come down from the tree as the light was fading and headed off to hunt. Early...
Zebra herd at sunset. It had been a hot, dry and very dusty day in Amboseli, Kenya. Our evening game drive was coming to an end and we were heading back to camp. The wind had picked up. In the distance we could see a large dust cloud and as we got closer it was...
Magnificent male leopard arrives for a drink. The waterhole at Lentorre in Kenya’s Southern Rift Valley is a good place to watch creatures of the night come to drink. We had several very nice encounters but one of the highlights was when a male leopard came for a...
Male Leopard cub on a Thompson's Gazelle kill in a tree. We could hear the Vervet Monkeys alarm calling quite some distance away. This usually signals the presence of their arch enemy - the Leopard. We soon discovered what the commotion was all about. High up in a...
A new life begins as a wildebeest gives birth. An amazing event to witness. We spotted this female Wildebeest giving birth one morning in the Naboisho Conservancy, Maasai Mara. The calf was born and shook itself several times spraying amniotic fluid around. Within a...
A super tusker elephant called One Ton. On the Mbirikani ranch in the Chyulu Hills of Kenya one can find some of the super tusker elephants. On our visit there we spent quite some time with a super tusker elephant called One Ton. He would emerge from the undergrowth...
Lions chase and take down a zebra. We had been following the Enkoyanai pride of lions for some time in the early morning light of the Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Maasai Mara. They were clearly on the lookout for potential prey. First they spotted a giraffe and then a...
Lioness and hyenas fight over an impala carcass. We had witnessed a female Cheetah take down a male Impala. This made a magnificent meal for her and her almost mature male cub. We watched as they had their fill and then wandered off to rest. Within a matter of seconds...
Leopard and her cub in a tree. In the Mara North Conservancy of Kenya’s Maasai Mara, we had been watching a leopard and her cub deep in the undergrowth. They were very hard to see. As the heat of the day built we decided to leave them and return in the evening. This...
Craig - A super tusker elephant from Amboseli. Let me introduce you to Craig! Craig is a super tusker elephant and was born in 1972 in the Amboseli ecosystem, so was 52 years old when we saw him. He is alleged to have the largest tusks of any living Elephant and is...
Genets visit a waterhole at night. Small-spotted Genets were frequent visitors to the waterhole at Lentorre in Kenya’s Southern Rift Valley. They would emerge in an instant from the depth of night and drink as quickly as possible. They were always alert to the...
Warthogs enjoy a waterhole. Warthogs always enjoy a wallow and those around Kavinga Safari Lodge, Mana Pools were no exception. Each day family groups would go down to the waterhole from their arid habitat and enjoy a long drink and a wallow in the cooling waters....
Monitor Lizard on the bank of the Mara River. We were surrounded by thousands of Wildebeest as they milled around trying to build up enough courage to begin the hazardous crossing of the Mara River in the northern Serengeti. As we waited a Monitor Lizard emerged from...
Elephant herd crosses the Mara River. Further downstream in the Mara River, tens of thousands of Wildebeest were crossing the river in scenes of chaos and panic. At this point on the river however, a herd of elephants was making a crossing sedately and enjoying a very...
Leopard with a Zebra foal kill in a tree. The day was drawing to a close and the storm clouds were gathering and the wind was picking up in Lamai in the northern Serengeti. The sky looked most impressive! It was time to think about returning to camp. But something in...
Thousands of Cape Turtle Doves at a waterhole. Early every morning at the waterhole at Kavinga Safari Lodge, Mana Pools, Zimbabwe huge numbers of Cape Turtle Doves would arrive to get a drink. First they would circle around above the water in their thousands causing...
Lions enjoying a drink at a waterhole. It was dark when this lioness was drinking at the waterhole at Kavinga Safari Lodge, Mana Pools, Zimbabwe. She was then joined by a second lioness and they enjoyed a drink together. As a male lion arrived one of the females beat...
A crash of white rhino on the move. In the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya’s Laikipia County we came across this group of White Rhino (collective noun: a crash) as they moved across the plain. They were clearly on a mission. What incredible animals. The Ol Pejeta...
Lion pride heads for a drink. We had been watching this pride of lions in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, near to Ndutu Safari Lodge, Tanzania for a few days. They were not in good shape. There was little prey for them and they were all very thin. The cubs in...
Large flocks of Lilian's Lovebirds. Large flocks of Lilian’s Lovebirds came down to drink at the waterhole in Mana Pools, Zimbabwe. These are beautiful small green parrots with a red bill, white eye ring and an orangey-red face. Their screechy chattering can be heard...