A lovely female Leopard called Sankuet. We found this lovely female Leopard early one morning in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Her name is Sankuet and she has a six month old male cub although the whereabouts of the cub was not known. After a spell of grooming she got up, had...
Lion pride feasts on a Wildebeest carcass. The news that the Lions of the Breakaway Enesikiria pride had taken down two Wildebeest reached us late in the morning in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. When we arrived on the scene theLions had been very busy and had bloodied faces...
Female leopard wanders through the long grass on a windy afternoon. The wind had picked up during the afternoon in Kenya’s Maasai Mara when we spotted this leopard (known as Akira) walking through the windswept long grass. She was on the alert for prey. There was...
Female leopard explores her territory, As the afternoon was drawing to a close in Kenya’s Maasai Mara, we came across this female Leopard (known as Akira) in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy. We were able to follow her for quite some time and the light gradually...
A young male Jaguar explores the river at sunrise. As the sun rose over the Corixo Negro river in Brazil’s Northern Pantanal it generated the most spectacular sparkling and flashes on the surface of the river. It was most fortunate that at this very moment a young...
Female Puma near Torres del Paine. High up on a windy plateaux in Chile’s Patagonia this female Puma was enjoying feasting on a Guanaco. What made this special was having the snowy mountains of Torres del Paine in the background. A spectacular setting. The Puma, also...
Puma on a Guanaco carcass in Chile’s Patagonia. We had been following this female Puma in on a plateaux in Chile’s Patagonia for quite some time and it was windy and cold. We had seen her try and fail to take a Guanaco. Suddenly she set off and ended up on an old and...
Jaguar calling her cub in the southern Pantanal. At a waterhole in the Caiman Ecological Reserve in the southern Pantanal we found this three year old jaguar swimming along the edge of the waterhole. She was clearly lactating and had a four month old cub, although the...
Puma on a snowy hillside in Patagonia. It was a cold day in Chile’s Patagonia with light snow being blown by a stiff breeze when we found this Puma on a hillside. After a grooming session, a stretch and yawn this lovely big cat set off walking amidst the Mata Negra or...
Jaguar along the river bank in the northern Pantanal. We found this female jaguar walking along the bank of the Cuiabá River in the northern Pantanal. She was obviously lactating and was known to have three cubs but their whereabouts was unknown. She was in hunting...
A Puma explores her territory in a snow-covered Patagonia. It was a cold and windy day and there was still plenty of snow on the ground in Chile’s Patagonia when we found this gorgeous female Puma. As she wandered around she sniffed at many grassy tussocks and bushes...
Jaguar plays with stick in a waterhole. We found a jaguar and one of her 18 month old male cubs in a tree next to a waterhole at Caiman Ecological Refuge. The whereabouts of her second male cub was not known. As we tried to get into a position to see the mother and...
Four tiny lion cubs join their mother on the sandy river bank. Lying on the sandy river bed was a lioness with two of her cubs in Mala Mala, South Africa. One of the cubs tried to suckle but was pushed away by a very large paw! We knew she had four cubs and we...
Leopard with her two cubs play on the river bank - gorgeous big cats! In the Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa we found this Leopard (the Piccadilly female) with her two, five month old cubs. They had had a traumatic time the evening before as they had experienced...
Four tiny lion cubs join their mother on the sandy river bank. Lying on the sandy river bed was a lioness with two of her cubs in Mala Mala, South Africa. One of the cubs tried to suckle but was pushed away by a very large paw! We knew she had four cubs and we...
Leopard and one of her cubs play on the river bank - lovely interaction. In the Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa we found this Leopard (the Piccadilly female) with her two, five month old cubs. One cub was resting nearby whilst the second cub could not resist...
Leopard and her very young cubs play in the long grass. The light was lovely in the Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa when we found this family of leopards in some long grass. This was the Piccadilly female and her two, five month old cubs. It was hilarious to see...
Black-maned lion of Tswalu, South Africa. We spent a considerable amount in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve in South Africa looking for these lions. Some expert tracking by our guides finally delivered. This magnificent male was with two females in a rather impressive...
Sunset lions in Kenya's Maasai Mara. We had spent quite some time with the enormous breakaway Ilkisiausiau pride of Lions in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. They had been on the move constantly but as the day drew to a close and the sun was setting they had a rest. The light...
Four tiny Lion cubs try to keep up with the rest of the pride. In Kenya’s Maasai Mara We had spent quite some time with the enormous breakaway Ilkisiausiau pride of Lions. The pride had been on the move but now they were resting and four tiny cubs were taking full...