One species has popped up with surprising regularity on most, if not all, our recent visits to South Africa. It’s probably not one that would immediately fly into your mind. The spotted eagle owl. Saucer-eyed, barrel-bodied, cryptically-coloured with a finely-barred...

The jackal is resting in the shade of our vehicle. We can’t see him unless we lean out of the windows. When we do, we see he’s still lying prone, resting his head on his paws with his muzzle facing...

Suricates enjoying a game of boules. The notion might just about be credible on TV back home as part of that long-running ad campaign for a UK price comparison website featuring a clan of movie-loving meerkats. Two-for-one tickets for a...

A distant silhouette on the far ridge. The distinctive outline of a cat, walking. Heading north. It’s not yet light. Instinctively we both feel it could be a leopard. We’re cautious in calling it though. It’s ‘far, far’, very small...

Tattooed with bruises from off-roading. Eyes sore from peering into the bush (and through our camera viewfinders). Cold in the mornings, hot in the afternoons. Sun drilling down on just one side of our faces. Grit crunching between our teeth....

Q: What’s more scary than a two and a half metre predatory crocodile patrolling silently through the water with its great big, grape green eyes on the lookout for dinner? A: A two and a half metre predatory crocodile patrolling...

It seems there’s an obsession with action in wildlife photography these days – understandable perhaps given the dynamism of a well-executed example, coupled with the technical ability of today’s top-end digital cameras to seriously increase the overall hit rate. But...

It’s the quiver tree’s distinctive shape that makes it so photogenic. It’s one of the most striking natural symbols of Namibia, a nation with no shortage of such icons.  These strange, spiky plants aren’t trees at all, but a type...

The wind takes a deep sigh and enters the house through the broken windows. It deposits a dusting of sand in the parlour then wafts out the open front door like a phantom… This is how the Namib desert is...

The rugged plains that line the eastern fringes of the Namib desert are a photographer’s paradise – especially when this hauntingly beautiful landscape is bathed in amber light providing just the right backdrop for our subjects – providing we can...