Gorilla Guards in Virunga
I’ve been rifling through the Team Leader’s photo file again, and trying not to wish I had taken these shots. As I said in an earlier post about the Congo, Graham went on an Africa overland trip a long...
View ArticleThree bees, two bees, one bee, gone bees?
There have been worrying reports this week that wild bumble bees are now catching deadly diseases from domesticated honey bees. Numbers are declining across Europe, North America, South America and...
View ArticlePanthera leo: top predator, or would that be us? Happy Earth Day!
“The earth is the mother of all that moves, and is the common bond between the generations that have been, are , and are to come.” Kikuyu ethic Happy Earth Day Frizz’s tagged ‘P’ challenge...
View Articleliving textures: ageing with dignity
Today, 10 August 2014, is World Lion Day, and I’m posting this photo of a rather threadbare old lion. He might look world-weary lying here in the Mara oat grass, but he still conveys a sense of the...
View ArticleInternational Cheetah Day
Three cheers for the cheetah. We need to protect their habitat if we want to keep them. Take a look at the Cheetah Conservation Fund site if you would like to help. This organisation, based in Namibia,...
View ArticleMischief in the Mara
These photos were taken in the Maasai Mara during a game drive. For more scenes of mischief visit Ailsa’s travel challenge at Where’s My Backpack And now for a treat, and even more mischievous...
View ArticleElephant tribe versus Man tribe: and how the bees are helping
We’ve been watching a very heartening series on BBC i-Player The Secret Life of Elephants. It followed the magnificent conservation work being carried out by Save The Elephants, a charity that operates...
View ArticleAll Friends At Nairobi’s Elephant Orphanage
When it comes to the survival of orphaned elephant infants, loving friendship is the only thing that works. Baby elephants need continuous loving, tactile affection as much as they need food. Without...
View ArticleChilling Out Cheetah Style And Some Timely Wildlife Good News
Much of the wildlife news from Africa – as per mainstream media – is almost invariably negative. Of course I don’t argue at all with the need to focus public attention on the poaching of rhino horn and...
View ArticleMonochrome Rhino
Cee’s Black & White Challenge: horns Related: Rhinos: strong but oh so vulnerable
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Kindness To Rhinos
Read any huntin’ shootin’ travellers’ accounts from Kenya’s colonial days and you’ll have rhinos charging from every bush. A single day’s trek through the wilderness could yield half a dozen such...
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