How I made the most out of birding during COVID-19 by Chris Griffin, Somerset UK Spring was in the air; chiffchaffs just starting to chiff and chaff, the snowdrops appearing on woodland floors, the swallows and house martins just arriving from their distant wintering grounds in Africa. Yet birdwatchers around […]
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In preparation for the busier months as a Wildlife Guide on the Isle of Mull, I purchased a new pair of Leica Trinovid HD binoculars. As all wildlife tourism is down during this pandemic, I would like to share some of my wildlife encounters during my daily exercise in local […]
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The Lower Zambezi is the most beautiful place on Earth. I’d also go so far as to say that Zambia has the top three most beautiful locations on this planet – The South Luangwa National Park, The Victoria Falls and The Lower Zambezi National Park, but for me the LZ […]
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Thanks to the most successful raptor reintroduction project in the world, the Red Kite has become a familiar bird for many of us. I live in Suffolk, where these handsome birds have yet to establish themselves, though they are sure to do so soon, as the number of breeding pairs […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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FIRST LIGHT is a global partnership project by Belmond and Leica to create early morning nature experiences and explore nature in the first hours of a day. Floating slowly down the river Rhône, Leica photographer Tibo Dhermy shows us the extraordinary beauty of waking at first light, as viewed from […]
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Recently I was presenting a two-part documentary about the decline of grassland bird species for ARD and Arte. As well as filming in Europe, I also visited the USA to interview and enjoy some birding with the bestselling US author, Jonathan Franzen, who has written The Corrections, Freedom, Purity and […]
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FIRST LIGHT is a partnership project by Belmond and Leica Sport Optics to create early morning nature experiences. At Belmond Eagle Island Lodge, situated on the Okavango Delta in Botswana, biologist and Leica photographer Marc Stickler documented life in the African bush at daybreak. by Marc Stickler Photography is my […]
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