Earlier in the day we had watched – from a distance – a pair of adult Kruper’s taking insects to feed youngsters in a nesthole in a rotten pine; …
Most nights were wonderfully peaceful save for the jerboas, little long-tailed rodents with big ears, scurrying around the outside of my tent, presumably searching for bits of discarded food …
It was Rob Cooke who spotted them and wandered up to me, a perplexed expression on his face. I’m not sure about this,’ he said in his quiet, unassuming …
Originally Keoladeo became famous because of its ducks. A large plaque in the centre of the Park commemorates key events in the Park’s history including: 1938: A shooting party …
Many of Britain’s breeding swifts and maybe some of our swallows pass over this floodplain en route to and from southern Africa too. After all, when it is flooded …
Our Malian adventure had started in Bamako, Mali’s bustling, sometimes steamy capital, from where we travelled by road in a minibus to Segou. On the way we passed women …
A Cruise With a Difference From a distance they looked like giant bumblebees. And in this part of Africa, I thought perhaps they could be. But as our boat …
On the Icelandic mainland, escaped mink (once reared for their fur) now living wild are a major problem for many ground-nesting birds, not just eiders. The Icelandic Government supports …