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Day Job: Some defence Photog: Aviation & Wildlife: (Wild never captive) Worked on Red Kite reintroduction project Travel: Mostly Kruger Eswatini & Benelux #Canon #R5 #R6II #AfricanWildlife No politics on S.Media UK: Oxon ๐ฉ๐š๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ

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How cool is this bird! Look at those 'lashes'!

The Southern Ground #Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) Seen in #Kruger SA.

#birds #birdsofAfrica #wildlife #avian #BirdsofBlueSky #birdphotography

23.10.2025 18:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Some #aviation content for a change!
#avgeek #military #aircraft #fastjet #Typhoon

22.10.2025 06:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very kind, thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š

08.10.2025 10:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#Heron hitching a ride on hippo at sunset!

Always wonderful to watch the relationship between these two, when the heron uses the hippo to move from one side of the dam to the other.

#kruger #birds #hippo #birdphotography #africawildlife #birdsofAfrica #nature

08.10.2025 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Another photo of the awesome sighting of the female Saddle-billed Stork
#birds #stork #birdsofAfrica #AfricanWildlife #birdphotography #nature #wildlife

05.10.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A road descends in looping switchbacks from a high Tibetan pass toward the Himalayan range, and Mount Everest, in the distance. The brown plains contrast with the snow-capped range on the โ€˜roof of the worldโ€™.

A road descends in looping switchbacks from a high Tibetan pass toward the Himalayan range, and Mount Everest, in the distance. The brown plains contrast with the snow-capped range on the โ€˜roof of the worldโ€™.

#TheRoad to #Everest crosses several high passes in #Tibet, switchbacking laboriously up and down each side. At the Gawu La pass, Everest, with its north-east ridge, is just visible (center horizon with the โ€˜traditionalโ€™ plume from the summit).

#BlueSkyArtShow #photography #landscape

27.09.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜‚

27.09.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank youi Leslie ๐Ÿ˜Š Fantastic birds, I always enjoy seeing them on my visits there.

27.09.2025 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very kind, thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š

27.09.2025 12:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A young Saddle-back Stork in #Kruger, SA. See them often, but this was the first time I saw one crossing the road!

#birds #birdsofAfrica #birdphotography #AfricanWildlife

27.09.2025 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

That stork was there for about half an hour, just mooching around, not far from the dirt track I was driving on. My sightings have always been of them either just standing like this, or walking real slow!

27.09.2025 06:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What a beaut! A female Saddle-back Stork in #Kruger, SA.

#birds #birdsofAfrica #birdphotography #AfricanWildlife

25.09.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 122    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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That stare! The formidable Martial Eagle in #Kruger SA. It was eating on some type of reptile in the midday sun.

#raptors #birdsofprey #eagles #birds #birdphotography #birdsofafrica #wildlife

15.09.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The colourful Orange-breasted Bushshrike #bird in #kruger

#birdsofAfrica #Birdphotography #wildlife #nature #birdwatching #Africanwildlife

14.09.2025 07:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All good.....

26.08.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Will. Hope all good with you.

25.08.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Getting lost in all these legs!

Red billed #oxpecker in #Kruger, with lots of #impala
#birdphotography #birds #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #birdsofAfrica

25.08.2025 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really like overcase light when photographing wildlife.

13.08.2025 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Close up of the awesome Secretary #Bird

Fantastic to see these birds, especially when occasionally seeing a pair together.
#birdsofAfrica #AfricanWildlife #birdphotography #BirdsofBlueSky #wildlifephotography #nature

12.08.2025 06:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Another repost of a favourite sighting, just prior to heavy thunderstorms, there were birds of all species going crazy, feeding on the insects that had appeared all around. #Kruger, in SA.

#TawnyEagle #raptor #birdofprey #birdsofAfrica #birdphotography #wildlife #birds #wildlifephotography

07.08.2025 12:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ok, the light was rubbish for this pic, but I always wanted to capture a roller tossing its dinner in the air!

European #roller in the midday sun in #Kruger SA.
#birds #birdsofAfrica #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #birdphotography #nature

06.08.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Dave, much appreciated!

05.08.2025 11:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One of my favourite sightings. Female Saddle-billed #Stork preening.

#birds #kruger #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #birdsofAfrica #wildlife #nature

05.08.2025 07:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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African Openbill stork, seen in #Kruger, SA.

#birds #AfricanWildlife #BirdsofAfrica #birdphotography #nature

01.08.2025 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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An interesting looking #bird!

The wonderful African Harrier Hawk aka #Gymnogene

#birdsofAfrica #raptors #birdsofprey #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #AfricanWildlife

31.07.2025 07:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A wet Chacma #baboon after the rains, early one morning. I love the way he is sitting.

#africanwildlife #wildlife #primate #wildlifephotography #nature

26.07.2025 18:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was just talking about Bambi the other day!! No way can I watch it, never seen it, and won't watch it now!

25.07.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Isn't it just! So beautiful aren't they

25.07.2025 10:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A repost of one of my favourite sightings of the Fish Eagle

#FishEagle #raptor #birds #birdsofAfrica #birdsofprey #birdphotography #wildlifephotography

24.07.2025 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Perfection! A beautifully designed young #Impala

#kruger #wildlifeofAfrica #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #animals

24.07.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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