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Sailing Loch Ness

The journey on their sailboat “Maverick too” took Johannes and Cati Erdmann from Germany across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and then through the Bahamas to the north of the USA – always with the Leica Geovid on board. Two years grew into five years. Instead of returning to everyday […]
A Birder’s Paradise – on vacation in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe (“stone houses” in the Shona language), the former Southern Rhodesia (Africa’s breadbasket), is a landlocked country in southern Africa. It is best known for its capital Harare and the spectacular Victoria Falls.
Manuel Schweizer entlarvt die Täuschung des Steinschmätzers

Der Mittelmeersteinschmätzer, eine Vogelart, welche im Balkan und im Raum Asien lebt, hat vermutlich über Jahrzehnte hinweg Ornithologen aus aller Welt getäuscht. Meinte man bisher, dass die Vögel aus den verschiedenen Regionen mit ähnlichem Aussehen zur gleichen Art gehören, sucht man nun konkret nach Beweisen, dass dem nicht so ist. […]

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14. January 2020

Sailing Loch Ness

The journey on their sailboat “Maverick too” took Johannes and Cati Erdmann from Germany across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and then through the Bahamas to the north of the USA – always with the Leica Geovid on board. Two years grew into five years. Instead of returning to everyday […]
9. January 2020

A Birder’s Paradise – on vacation in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe (“stone houses” in the Shona language), the former Southern Rhodesia (Africa’s breadbasket), is a landlocked country in southern Africa. It is best known for its capital Harare and the spectacular Victoria Falls. It is rarely visited as a vacation destination, partly because the country is economically isolated and critical […]

15. November 2019

Leica Trinovid: “We are proud of this proof of quality”

The new Trinovid binoculars from Leica pay tribute to the iconic glass of the 1960s: Shapely, slim and elegant in a classic binocular design featuring black leather, they are a statement and a timeless accessory. The Trinovid HD family of binoculars first went into series production in 1958. The name […]
14. October 2019

Small details – when good optics really matter

A hot summer is here again, in Southern Sicily and all around the Mediterranean Sea. It seems that even moving a leg or a hand would be hard and seat drips into my eyes and blur the view. But in Linosa, or any other European island, as well as along […]
27. September 2019

Little story of a battle won – Bonelli’s Eagle is back in Sicily

There are some stories that have a happy end. Given the modern times we live in, it’s hard to believe and you may think that only the kids’ fairy tales could end so well. However, I have a real story that after many years of real fight could now be […]