Red-eyed Reef Crab (Eriphia smithii)

Red-eyed Reef Crab (Eriphia smithii)

The marine life around Socotra is rich and diverse, but I am focusing on the flora and fauna on land. However, I had a short window of opportunity during low…


Jordhumle (Bombus)

Jordhumle (Bombus)

En Jordhumle (Bombus) henter mat fra en aksveronika (Veronica spicata). Når gressløken blomstret og farget store deler av Fyrsteilene lilla i begynnelsen av…


Jordhumle (Bombus)

Jordhumle (Bombus)

En Jordhumle (Bombus) henter mat fra en aksveronika (Veronica spicata). Humlene på Fyrsteilene har mange plantearter å velge mellom fra våren til sensommeren,…


Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)

Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)

Namibia's Walvis Bay area is rich in wildlife, reliant on the abundance of marine life found in the cold and nutrient rich Atlantic waters, governed by the…


Himalayan Pika (Ochotona roylei)

Himalayan Pika (Ochotona roylei)

This little cutie was in full swing eating the delicious primula flowers and other species now in bloom, but I just missed it having a mountful of flowers.…


Himalayan Pika (Ochotona roylei)

Himalayan Pika (Ochotona roylei)

This little cutie was in full swing eating the delicious primula flowers and other species now in bloom, and here it had a very short break on an outcrop to…


Pika (Ochotona)

Pika (Ochotona)

This is one of several pikas I encountered roaming around a small area of grassy ground, and it was in and out of this burrow as if playing hide and seek with…


Pika (Ochotona)

Pika (Ochotona)

I got up very early this morning to get to this location before sunrise to capture the snow capped mountains amongst the flowering rhododendrons, and I was…


Little egret (Egretta garzetta)

Little egret (Egretta garzetta)

This is the second of just 3 bird species I encountered at this lagoon in the Shuab valley on the west coast of Socotra. Here a little egret (Egretta garzetta)…


Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus)

Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus)

The oxbow lake at Amazon Research and Conservation Center, deep in the Peruvian Amazon, was almost still as I watched this capped heron (Pilherodius pileatus)…