What Makes a Good Wildlife Photograph?

Chris Taylor May 11, 2021 38

Before I begin, let me make it clear that I do not write this post as a professional photographer. In fact I’m quite far from it. I have had a …

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New Leopard Cubs

Guy Brunskill April 13, 2021 1 33

As I’m sure many of you read in Chris Taylor’s recent TWIP, he mentions the finding of not one but two new leopards dens. The Ximungwe and Nhlanguleni females have …

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The Week in Pictures #486

Guy Brunskill April 2, 2021 2 25

First up, the answer to yesterday’s Bird ID Challenge: The three birds in question were Amur Falcons. Almost all of them have departed now for their long migration back to …

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Does the Ximungwe Female Have Cubs?

Guy Brunskill March 2, 2021 1 38

We had not seen the Ximungwe female for well over a month. For a female who was seen very often on the reserve – in fact almost certainly our most …

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Crocodiles on the Move

Guy Brunskill February 1, 2021 20

An animal so often feared and such a master of concealment, and so incredibly adapted to its environment in so many ways… Leaving for game drive invariably takes you past …

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The Week in Pictures #477

James Tyrrell January 29, 2021 17

The fall-out of Cyclone Eloise is nowhere as bad as we thought it might be. Apart from some minor erosion to a few of the roads, we came out pretty …

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Virtual Safari: The Week in Video #44

James Tyrrell January 17, 2021 17

A spectacular sighting of the Mhangeni pride at a waterhole (that somehow got overlooked in the archives), plenty of elephants – as is becoming the norm, although we introduce some …

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Virtual Safari: The Week in Video #43

James Tyrrell January 10, 2021 22

We throw a few smaller creatures into the mix this week; a beautiful but seldom seen kingfisher, a family of tawny eagles and some wildebeest. Elephants, as has become common …

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The Week in Pictures #474

Guy Brunskill January 8, 2021 2 31

This week has been incredibly fruitful with a wide array of sightings, from the big to the small, the cute, the ugly and the outright beautiful. With the amount of …

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This Week in Pictures #473

Dean De La Rey January 1, 2021 23

“Like the seaweeds that cling to each other after each passing boat separates them, so too a family will come together with the passing of each crisis” Indonesian Proverb 2020 …

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Three Leopards in a Tree

Guy Brunskill December 22, 2020 24

For close to a month we had had no sign of the cub of the Makomsava female. Some had started losing hope that the cub was still alive, until Tayla …

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Virtual Safari: The Week in Video #39

James Tyrrell December 13, 2020 12

We take an amazing peek inside the nest of a hornbill to see the newly hatched chicks, and catch up with the Tsalala lioness and her daughter on a wildebeest …

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The Week in Pictures #470

James Tyrrell December 11, 2020 32

Although survival is always the name of the game in the wild, the vulnerability of the many newborns, hatchlings, fledglings, calves, lambs and whatever other diminutive animal is out there …

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Virtual Safari: The Week in Video #38

James Tyrrell December 6, 2020 13

A great week with many leopards, lions hunting buffalo and a myriad of smaller creatures that bring the bush to life in Summer. Enjoy this Week in Video…

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