Trip reports from our recent holidays to the Isles of Scilly, Mull, Iceland and Victoria Falls & Botswana are all now available to download from our website.
Among the highlights of our Iceland holiday was this lovely Arctic Fox, caught in the act of snaffling a goose egg (photo by Andy Jones, Iceland Naturalist), as well as the usual exciting ducks (Harlequin and Barrow's Goldeneye) and some wonderful cetacean sightings (Humpback and Minke Whales, Orca and White-beaked Dolphins).
We hope to return to Iceland in 2014.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
American Birder
A short interlude, while I collect my thoughts!
American birder from Daniel Roca on Vimeo. Don't really know what that's all about, but it does make you want to visit Arizona!
American birder from Daniel Roca on Vimeo. Don't really know what that's all about, but it does make you want to visit Arizona!
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Botswana 2012
Just coming back down to earth after ten days in southern Africa: wonderful places, wonderful people, great group and outstanding wildlife... I didn't take much video, but here's some, for what it's worth...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Zambia: Zambezi, Victoria Falls and Mosi oa Tunga National Park
The end of our first real day in Africa... and what a day and a half it's been already!
Not quite up to processing it all at the moment (mainly because I'm knackered and falling asleep!), but in the meantime, some visuals... starting with the view from the plane window as we came in to land at Livingstone, with the Zambezi sprawling across the dry bush and, just visible above the wing, on the left of the picture, roaring over the cliff at Victoria Falls: Mosi oa Tunga, the smoke that thunders.
From the top: bull Elephant; Giraffe; Victoria Falls, from the Zambian side; Hippo, a common sight during our evening "cruise" up the Zambezi; male White Rhino, an amazing experience, walking through the dry bush and right up to a group of four rhinos... jaw dropping; Little Bee-eater; Bushbuck, a shy-ish animal, although last night a male trotted across the lawn at our hotel!; African Finfoot, another denizen of the hotel garden, a fantastic, and fantastically weird, bird; Waterbuck, our first 'big game' as we arrived at the hotel yesterday.
Not quite up to processing it all at the moment (mainly because I'm knackered and falling asleep!), but in the meantime, some visuals... starting with the view from the plane window as we came in to land at Livingstone, with the Zambezi sprawling across the dry bush and, just visible above the wing, on the left of the picture, roaring over the cliff at Victoria Falls: Mosi oa Tunga, the smoke that thunders.
From the top: bull Elephant; Giraffe; Victoria Falls, from the Zambian side; Hippo, a common sight during our evening "cruise" up the Zambezi; male White Rhino, an amazing experience, walking through the dry bush and right up to a group of four rhinos... jaw dropping; Little Bee-eater; Bushbuck, a shy-ish animal, although last night a male trotted across the lawn at our hotel!; African Finfoot, another denizen of the hotel garden, a fantastic, and fantastically weird, bird; Waterbuck, our first 'big game' as we arrived at the hotel yesterday.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Wildlife Travel news
Trip reports from our June visits to the Aragonese Pyrenees and to Lake Neusiedl and the White Carpathians (where the above photo of a newly-emerged Apollo was taken last week) are now available to download from our website, along with those from many other Wildlife Travel trips.
We already have confirmed departures for 2013, to Tasmania in January and to Costa Rica in February, as well as taking bookings for our April return to Galapagos. Further details of our 2013 holiday programme will be finalised over the next month or two: check our website for details, or get in touch if there is any particular destination you would like information about.
Meanwhile, I must go back to my packing... next stop, Botswana!
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
The White Carpathians: 13th June 2012
So today was our day to get wet. Properly wet� Under dark skies, we headed around to the other side of the mountains to Porazky nature reserve. We braved the weather and walked a Martin-mile up the hill, initially along a very muddy track and then through the flowery (but very wet) meadows where one or two brave Tree Pipits sang and some damp Roe Deer watched us bemusedly: I thought it was mid day sun that was the weather for mad Englishmen?
Once at the reserve proper, we quickly found the target, the tall creamy yellow spikes of Giant Lousewort Pedicularis exaltata at its only site in central Europe: otherwise, this internationally rare species is only found at a single site in north east Poland and a handful in each of Romania, Ukraine and Belarus.
In the afternoon, we saw a LOT of water falling from the sky, and a gorgeous Fire Salamander... and did our best to dry our boots before tomorrow's train journey home.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The White Carpathians, 12th June 2012
It's been a busy few days in the White Carpathians, (mostly) successfully dodging the rain showers and digging out a surprising haul of butterflies (of which much more later) and wild flowers.
Today was spent at two large grassland reserves on the Czech side of the range, where a highlight (for me, at least!) was seeing three rather spectacular species of cow-wheat. Any Melampyrum is always something special to see, but to have three such showy species all growing virtually alongside each other on the same site was something pretty cool.
Today was spent at two large grassland reserves on the Czech side of the range, where a highlight (for me, at least!) was seeing three rather spectacular species of cow-wheat. Any Melampyrum is always something special to see, but to have three such showy species all growing virtually alongside each other on the same site was something pretty cool.
Field Cow-Wheat Melampyrum arvense
Crested Cow-wheat Melampyrum cristatum
Wood Cow-wheat Melampyrum nemorosum
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