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,

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

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

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

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

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

Amongst the game parks of east Africa antelope always seem to be ever present companions. They are one of those families of mammals that seem to have exploited just about every available habitat available

Today I though I would venture a little further afield to get my nature fix so I decided I would go and hunt down some rare butterflies. I had come across some pictures online the other day of dingy and

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

Elephants are one of my favourite animals on this planet. My first memory as a child is of watching elephants in Zimbabwe and throughout my life I have felt a deep connection to these beautiful and graceful

These days I find myself often going out to wild places with a particular mission in mind. Today, my mission was to track down a relatively elusive butterfly- the Green Hairstreak. A few years ago I went

Many years ago I witnessed a strange and powerful tropical storm here in Tsavo. It was on a bright and baking hot day with clear blue skies while me and my father were driving from the Galana River back

Kenya is one of the best birding destinations in the world - with over 1100 bird species found! Back in 1994 teams from world birdwatch recorded 797 species in one day with one team seeing 342 species!

I photographed this Hyena wandering around in the daytime near the Voi River. It seemed very relaxed and I captured this great moment as it sniffed the air. Looks like it has a smile on its face too! Hyenas

During our recent stay in Tsavo East at Satao Camp we had the great pleasure of seeing these beautiful, yet strange looking birds every day. There must have been around twenty or thirty of them living

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

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.

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

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

A lovely view to wake up to in the mornings while I stayed here at the Bale Mountains Eco Lodge. We were always up early in the forest mainly because as soon as it was light our 'neighbours' Thick-billed