A female Leopard climbs a tree to reach safety. In Kenya’s Maasai Mara we came upon this female Leopard known as Sankuet. She was being very wary and constantly looking at a tree which held her kill. The reason for this wariness was the presence of some lions nearby:...
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...
Browsing Giraffes on a hillside with nice cloud formations. The clouds had been building up during the afternoon in Kenya’s Maasai Mara. A small journey of giraffes was browsing on some very low bushes on a hillside and stood out nicely with the striking clouds in the...
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...
Ivory Gulls on the pack ice. When a Polar Bear makes a kill one can be almost certain that before long Ivory Gulls will arrive on the scene. Once the bear has had its fill the birds will scavenge on what scraps are left. Sometimes they will even try and sneak onto the...
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...
Guanacos in Chile's Patagonia. During our visit to Chile’s Patagonia and Torres del Paine we often encountered large herds of Guanacos in beautiful locations. This was great to see but also very encouraging for us as the main target of this visit was to see Pumas....
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...
Polar Bear dragging and caching a Harp Seal. We could see the trail of blood some distance away as we sailed along the edge of the pack ice north of Svalbard. Then from behind a block of ice we could see the polar bear with its Harp seal kill. Why was this Polar Bear...
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...
Polar Bear rolling in the ice. As we sailed slowly along the ice edge north of Svalbard we came across this polar bear wandering peacefully across the pack ice. Suddenly it began to roll around in the ice. Its fur was rather dirty suggesting it had been feeding...
A polar bear swims amongst the ice floes. Sailing along the ice edge north of Svalbard we came across this male polar bear. He watched as we approached and he was totally relaxed. Eventually he slid into the water backwards and swam parallel to us for quite awhile. En...
Polar bear on a sperm whale carcas. We heard the news that a sperm whale carcass had been trapped in the pack ice north of Svalbard. We spent a long time searching for the carcass and this was made difficult by persistent fog. Finally the fog lifted and in the...