I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now…. …Rows and flows of angels’ hair And ice-cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I’ve looked at clouds that way…. [...]

Known by farmers as a pest. Known by conservationists as pioneers. Known by photographers as one of the most exquisite and animated of water-birds in the world… Known in Afrikaans [...]

CROCODILES April 2019 Reptilian…old-world…sinister…dangerous…lazy…deadly… How do you describe the feeling of an encounter with one of Earths last living dinosaurs? Tell you what: let me give you [...]

AFRICAN FIN FOOT March 2019 The African Finfoot Floating down the Mokolo river on Kaingo’s boat is serene. You sit back, take a sip of Gin and [...]

LITTLE HUNTER 13 September 2018 It sits, perched on a twig. Observing. Waiting. In a flash of colour, it shoots off towards the pond, darting towards its [...]

YELLOW PANSY 20 September 2018 I spent fifteen minutes on my belly, in the sand, with a mopani bee committed to get up my right nostril to [...]

CATTLE EGRET 27 September 2018 Poised for flight. The Cattle Egret. This insectivore is a common sight at Kaingo. They are found in flocks, flying in a [...]

HAMERKOP 04 October 2018 It waits. Patiently scanning the frothing water for the tell- tale silver flash of a fish or a frog to come just into [...]

ELEPHANTS AND MENTORSHIP 11 October 2018 “Daddy, why is the big one bullying the small one”? We are looking at two elephant bulls. Tusks locked in a [...]

BLACK STORK BREEDING 25 October 2018 It was riding the spring wind like an eagle. Long red legs prominent beyond the white of the underside. “Cigüeña negra”. [...]