<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 19:31:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@timspawls/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Summer arrives in Norfolk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Forgive me folks. Its been a long old time since I last made a blog post. Back then this was steemit and I see many dramas have occurred in my absence. Norfolk has had a pretty cold and miserable spring,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/summer-arrives-in-norfolk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/summer-arrives-in-norfolk</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timspawls]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2021 20:31:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32EJw6nMctrTQ6kTQ3swaDmbMFt5QygKfoneJjsV9PNUcLV9sBBGF67ujtjX99W9T3RFGdoQ2VCZ61g9k7wEeUBU8fGgcHdRkevXezXG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In search of a Dugong in the Red Sea.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently got back to the UK from a great trip to Marsa Alam on Egypt's South Eastern Red sea coast. What took me to this part of the world are the pristine coral reefs and great diversity of marine life]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/in-search-of-a-dugong-in-the-red-sea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/in-search-of-a-dugong-in-the-red-sea</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timspawls]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2019 11:48:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WVC3PdUQ8b4M8t4ZaS65122ntzyqWiRfwekBEGzucK8urVmCkppyoxGst8K4WrisGqyZCAEtD14Q9c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A story or two about Baboons.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We came across this troop of Yellow baboons on our last day in Tsavo West. This Mother and her young baby where casually chilling on one of the park road signs and I was struck by how beautiful they looked]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/a-story-or-two-about-baboons</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/a-story-or-two-about-baboons</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timspawls]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 17:28:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9V3qCg3EqdLdEBdoDPjmUM87jFvXvgurvtwvjWx2LXbwEEv5ytJpakyf8eC8gGHAL2UUVp4fSHcsr6a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Butterfly hunting. A visit to the silver-studded blue colony at Buxton Heath.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Around eight years ago I did some of my university research project at Buxton heath just north of Norwich in the UK. At the time I recall seeing beautiful blue butterflies there but I didn’t have a good]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/butterfly-hunting-a-visit-to-the-silver-studded-blue-colony-at-buxton-heath</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/butterfly-hunting-a-visit-to-the-silver-studded-blue-colony-at-buxton-heath</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timspawls]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 21:31:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UoUhJyXNhE9NehFTHecbnpn7PPngwWNj5aFiXHEfVYZgpTnBtbKhtY3fT1A9uBqhGNYafssXphS3DY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birding in Kenya. Bee-eaters, Barbets, Kingfishers and Rollers!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another selection of bright and beautiful birds from my recent trip to Kenya. As I have mentioned before, Kenya is one of the best birding destinations in the world with 1100 bird species recorded within]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/birding-in-kenya-bee-eaters-barbets-kingfishers-and-rollers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/birding-in-kenya-bee-eaters-barbets-kingfishers-and-rollers</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timspawls]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:14:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9Uh4HfNtFqWmKx9EH77DkGG5yCieYbCFe4PiiTYcuBgpbKAXyCgRwrdkW3ymsUS1AF65jhrodYycirr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My entry for the 7 DAYS STEEMIT MACRO-PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE by @flamingirl]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks to @flamingirl for starting this challenge. There have been some epic Images submited and I'm very happy to see that steemit is acumulating a wealth of talented photographers! Im a bit late of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/macrophoto-challenge/@timspawls/my-entry-for-the-7-days-steemit-macro-photography-challenge-by-flamingirl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/macrophoto-challenge/@timspawls/my-entry-for-the-7-days-steemit-macro-photography-challenge-by-flamingirl</guid><category><![CDATA[macrophoto-challenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timspawls]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 21:24:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsLaUVnWj5v4rfuehQsoVtukrb5zwdXbo5aA1Ad39Ag3xeAuevHAruyFf4Jmzcm95YuXnocYjj99UpyneiAZLYLGzcGW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antelope sightings in Kenya!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amongst the game parks of east Africa antelope always seem to be ever present companions. 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I had come across some pictures online the other day of dingy and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/butterfly-hunting-at-foulden-common</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/butterfly-hunting-at-foulden-common</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timspawls]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 23:47:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WbcKu77AQnyQFZwRuuijy7vagwPre68q35ZB368STT2F28US8Hk7h7DL9NZykXYb1jvD4gbnVDSNgv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kenyan Mantids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mantises are one of the fascinating groups of insects I'm always on the look out for in the tropics. They are superb little hunters who are nearly all specialist ambush predators although some have been]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/kenyan-mantids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/kenyan-mantids</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timspawls]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 16:14:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2dt2weVuA8N7Ghk782WGKs4g8bDv9b3mvJ3yad8NtPJ3FviUp2Ewq5NTQokUfWcnPGG7HVSvFwgtBzoCGfC4uZ4A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being back amongst elephants!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elephants are one of my favourite animals on this planet. 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There must have been around twenty or thirty of them living]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/the-resident-vulturine-guineafowl-of-satao</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/the-resident-vulturine-guineafowl-of-satao</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timspawls]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2018 20:16:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVg7QTkPsPrrNQnS9iCzkxTbaEzSUcpWhJHdJx3xnVQjRBd83hgFgqS8FzfZPNDva3XgBAmKLrSK68AS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Velvet Ant from Tsavo, Kenya]]></title><description><![CDATA[This fascinating little creature is a Velvet Ant (a flightless wasp in the family Mutillidae). I found her in Tsavo East wondering around the grass in a very busy manner in the mid afternoon . I saw another]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/a-velvet-ant-from-tsavo-kenya</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/a-velvet-ant-from-tsavo-kenya</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timspawls]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:51:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2NfXSKVPikwpK3QWgAGtD843icNWpoUqb6iijF3G2U4GU8Vs6oZPQBJtSKcpjxRhGzx8X2JyY2whvkGQiwVr3uAn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A day out to Fox Fritillary Meadow]]></title><description><![CDATA[I always enjoyed seeing these beautiful burgundy red, chequered flowers when I was young in my mother's garden. They felt like a sign that spring was in full swing and summer was just around the corner.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/a-day-out-to-fox-fritillary-meadow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/a-day-out-to-fox-fritillary-meadow</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timspawls]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2018 22:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc18GVREvvsnAjfLwLF5qHHFduNHKinqDjyG4fJTKNz7o8VRiAvXyeAGfGPLFqn2xRTqmcxBYCjDDyzPRLe7zbuyusty5bEJVDth9qwayi1aUxmZKRG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lions of Tsavo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi folks. Just got back from an excellent two week trip to Kenya. I travelled with my father and cousin and we had some great adventures! I took loads of photos which I am very happy with and I am really]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/the-lions-of-tsavo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@timspawls/the-lions-of-tsavo</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timspawls]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 22:21:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2fvocyBTA8jUgiKbRZ4ihMUKWKQVbsbZuZTS881Dtbcq118gXTtkZDyQPMevu7nXAEMyFoEWmfex4qpzvxqup64n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travelling to Kenya (again)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi folks, I'm currently sat in Heathrow airport about to fly to Kenya for a couple of weeks. You may not see many posts from me whilst I'm away but I'm sure by the time I'm back I will have some excellent]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@timspawls/travelling-to-kenya-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@timspawls/travelling-to-kenya-again</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[timspawls]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 08:55:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVdjdwHcZqigDBuFoiurfti6urVcuwrUE3GJMPAVLJkNdfAr7hT4xTDDDybHqAu42X7BVasmAj8hBWDk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morning sunshine on Katcha clearing in the Harenna forest, Ethiopia]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lovely view to wake up to in the mornings while I stayed here at the Bale Mountains Eco Lodge. 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