Cloaked in Gold - A drying pool surrounded by tall grass, turned golden in the glow of dawn, and a Saddle-billed Stork quietly pacing in the shallows (Ruaha, Tanzania).
Guineafowl Running Late - Sitting in a hide in Kenya, I noticed guineafowls walking past me on their way to the waterhole. The last one was clearly late and in a great hurry (ol Donyo, Chyulu Hills).
Hammerkop Rock - A Hammerkop sits on its favourite rock, beside a drying river pool in Tanzania's Ruaha National Park. The golden rays of the afternoon sun reflecting off the sand, the branches of a nearby bush casting inky shadows.
Pink Precision - Like pink arrows, a mixed flock of flamingos (containing both of Africa's two species and a few juveniles) pass over a swamp as they head south over Kenya's Great Rift valley.
A Dash of Pink - A small flock of Greater Flamingos pass over the scorched earth below (Kenya's Suguta Valley).
Flaming Arrows - A trio of greater flamingos and a pair of lesser (bottom of frame) pass over a wetland in the otherwise desolate Suguta Valley of Kenya's northern rift valley.
Jongo Kingfisher - Living in a remote bush camp in Tanzania's Ruaha National Park, we got to know the wildlife in and around camp. Woodi (depicted here) was a firm favourite as was Simon the snake and Kingo the elephant.
Ngorongoro Ostrich - It was a rainy day in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater when this obliging ostrich allowed me to get quite close, rendering the background a pleasing green and blue hue.
A Stork's Pool - A female Saddle-billed stork fishes in the last light of day, her yellow eye illuminated by the sun, water drops sliding off her gigantic beak (Mana Pools, Zimbabwe).
The Early Bird - These delightful little Three-banded Plovers are synonymous with waterholes in Africa. Here the early bird truly did get the worm (Mashatu, Botswana).
Pelican Duo - A misty morning with a pelican duo, seated on an island of grass in the lake and flamingos in the background (Kenya's Lake Nakuru).
Saddle-bill Pool - In the backwaters of Zimbabwe's Mana Pools a Saddle-billed Stork trawls her pool.
Spoonbill Dawn - A spoonbill lifts its head while foraging and my camera records the beads of falling water (Kafue, Zambia).
Bird Shower - On the great plains of Kenya's Masai Mara, a secretarybird enjoys a shower.
A Spoonbill's Catch - As the Lufupa River in Zambia's Kafue National Park dries each year, pools form and spoonbills fish.
Spoonbill Drops - This spoonbill in Zambia's Kafue National Park had just swallowed its aquatic prey, the water drops still suspended in midair.
Pelican Dream - Lying on the lake's shore, a pair of pelicans floated past. A further two, in the background, complete the dreamy scene (Kenya's Lake Nakuru).
Bold Bustard - A Kori Bustard, the heaviest flying bird in the world, displays proudly in a field of wild flowers (Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania).
Stork Impressions - The Great Rift Valley is synonymous with many famous lakes and Lake Nakuru in Kenya, is one such lake. Here you see a pelican and two feeding flamingoes, with an out of focus stork in the foreground - on a steamy morning in the tropics.
Bustard Bliss - A Kori Bustard forages for insects in the middle of a field of wild flowers on the floor of the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. Photographed on my Ngorongoro Crater and Serengeti safari.
Flying Ostrich - Who said an Ostrich cannot fly? Actually they cannot fly in the conventional sense and they don't even possess a preening gland; there is no need to keep their feathers in good nick (Amboseli, Kenya).
Bee Eater - On the banks of the Zambezi River in Zambia, a colony of White-fronted Bee-eaters were busy catching bees. Positioning on the water in a boat, and shooting with the forest as a backdrop, the scene took on a surreal beauty.
Bush Parrot - One of my favourite visitors to the waterhole are these little bush parrots. They are fast flyers and getting this photo was much tougher than I thought it would be, but oh so worth it, to capture this beautiful bird (Meyer's Parrot, Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana).
Beautiful Sunbird - Sitting in the water waiting for the lions, this little sunbird hopped down a fallen over branch, to quench its thirst (South Rift, Kenya).
Woodland Kingfisher - A dazzle of blue, these kingfishers migrate and arrive in Southern Africa for the summer. A kingfisher that eats no fish and whose trill call always brings back fond memories of bushveld summers.
Helmeted Guineafowl - Guineafowl are as much a part of Africa as lion and zebra are. They are comical, wonderful, colourful, and crazy! Here I focused on the head and composed so that I had a guineafowl shadow in the background (Mashatu, Botswana).
Fabulous and Flamboyant - A Lesser Flamingo steps out of the water, raising crimson wings and readying itself for take-off. The last rays of the day illuminate the fiery red secondary feathers and a blazing orange eye. Photographed on my very special Lake Bagoria flamingo photo safari (mobile camp set up and booked on request).
Buoyant Flamboyance - One collective noun (there are a few) for flamingoes is a 'flamboyance'. My subjects were paddling along buoyantly and hence they were a buoyant flamboyance! Photographed on one of my Northern Kenya 'Pink Africa' photo safaris.
Gliding Eagle - This is a photograph I dreamt of getting for many years. And many thousands of frames later, I finally got 'the shot' of a gliding Verreaux's Eagle (also known as the Black Eagle). Seen here soaring over the wild bush in Botswana's hinterland.
Pelican Mist - On the shore of Kenya's Lake Nakuru, a flock of pelicans preen in the mist. When I see one flying in from the back, I know that I am about to take one of my favourite photographs of all time.
Only one left in the large size but still available in medium