Twiddling My Thumbs While the Bush Got On With It | Virtual Safari #336
This week it felt like the bush had its own sense of humour. And I was on the receiving end of most of it, but of course this is just …
This week it felt like the bush had its own sense of humour. And I was on the receiving end of most of it, but of course this is just …
“The animal shall not be measured by man.” — Henry Beston. There are leopards you see. And then there are leopards you know. The Mashaba Female was the second kind. …
We found them. After six weeks of following this story, the search, the suckle marks, the morning I left her at 150 metres knowing exactly what I was walking away …
Here we are again. Another week down and another week of action packed sightings across the reserve. The days are noticeably getting longer now as we gradually move away from …
She hasn’t been seen in over three weeks. For an animal that stood out the way she did, impossible to miss in a dazzle, a flash of pale white against …
This film was never supposed to exist. We were deep in the making of our centenary documentary series, which at that point was going to be four parts. Somewhere in …
There are few moments in the bush more humbling than staring directly at a leopard and not seeing it. It happens more often than you might think. A tracker points …
This week started with an update on a story a lot of you have been following closely. Then things got interesting in a way I wasn’t expecting. The Mhangeni Pride …
If you have read any of my other blogs, you will know I enjoy leaning towards the more scientific topics, and this one is no different. It normally starts with …
Two photographers, one week, one combined selection, which means this edition is a little heavier than usual. Bryce and I have pooled what we’ve each been out there capturing, and …
I thought it’s time for another edition of looking through my photographic archives (in a similar vein to previous blogs I wrote in October last year and February this year). …
We followed the Shingi Male into the last of the light the evening before. He was kind of moving with purpose, a somewhat deliberate walk as though he was looking …
One of the biggest differences between male and female leopards is the way they use space. While females establish their territories around food, water and safe places to raise cubs, …
There are certain leopards that become so ingrained in a landscape that it is difficult to imagine that area without them. For years, the Three Rivers Female was one of …
There is a moment, somewhere in the opening minutes of this film, where you realise you are watching something that took decades to make. Not in the editing suite. Not …