Melanistic Serval Kitten in the Serengeti

Melanistic Serval Kitten in the Serengeti

Last week I was at Namiri Plains in the Serengeti. I was aware that over the last couple of years, a rare melanistic serval cat had been seen quite regularly near to camp. When I arrived, however, I was disappointed to learn that it had not been seen for a couple of months. But, I had not come to the Serengeti looking for black cats; my aim was to photograph lions for my next book project and so I resolved to focus all my attention on that instead. The lions of Namiri did not disappoint and thoughts of mini black panthers soon left my mind.

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Niassa, Mozambique

Niassa, Mozambique

I recently joined an expedition to Niassa Reserve in Northern Mozambique. I was part of a small team of conservationists and media producers. We were tasked with shooting material for “Niassa Wilderness”, a newly formed not-for-profit trust working to protect this remote wild place.

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Giant Panda Tracking

Giant Panda Tracking Earlier this year I spent eight days tracking Giant Pandas in the Qinling Mountains of Central China. This is one of the few remaining places where Giant Pandas exist in the wild. Due to habitat loss and human encroachment, pandas have been pushed into extremely...

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Komodo Dragons

Komodo Dragons I recently spent three days traveling around the Indonesian islands of Komodo and Rinca, photographing the legendary Komodo dragons. Preparation for the trip commenced several weeks earlier, as I attempted to devise an effective and safe way of getting wide-angle,...

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Great Migration

Great Migration The annual wildebeest migration is well known as one of Africa’s most impressive spectacles. Over 1.5 million wildebeest migrate between the Serengeti in Tanzania and the Masai Mara in Kenya, making this the largest mass-movement of land mammals anywhere on Earth. In...

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