‘Getaway’ magazine feature
The African Journey Collection of retro poster-prints gets some super coverage in the December edition of GETAWAY – the South Africa outdoor magazine.
The African Journey Collection of retro poster-prints gets some super coverage in the December edition of GETAWAY – the South Africa outdoor magazine.
New addition to poster range
Over the years, I have created hundreds of small watercolour illustrations of birds and other wildlife. Sometime last year, I had the idea to bring
Over the past few years I have created hundreds of watercolour illustrations of African birds. Many of these – as well as dozens of newly
For those of us who find birds compelling, fascinating, worth chasing, or taking a photograph of, the first contact we have is invariably with a
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin (well, not the bird exactly, but its perch), Zeekoeivlei, Cape Town Picture the scene. A disorientated man somehow boards the wrong aeroplane and
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis, Vermont, S.W. Cape, South Africa. Of all birds, the nightjars are perhaps the least noticed. Being both nocturnal and cryptically plumaged,
Wander along the southern Cape coast at this time of year and you’ll quickly become alert to the pungent, summertime scent of the Milkwood tree.
Like other plovers, the White-fronted Plover (Charadrius marginatus) does not build a nest but lays its camouflaged eggs directly into a shallow scrape – above the high-tide
Grey-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala). Kichwa Tembo, Maasai Mara, Kenya. © Duncan Butchart, 2012 Much has been written about why people watch birds. It all began
Our garden avifauna in Nelspruit is pretty good to say the least. Since moving here in 1993, we’ve recorded 101 bird species at ‘Turaco Wood’
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex, Lake Albert, Uganda The Land Rover bounced its way down into the Albertine Rift Valley, with the Ruwenzori mountains shrouded in mist
Green Twinspots (Mandingoa nitidula), female on left; male on right. Turaco Wood, Nelspruit, South Africa I pulled our bedroom curtains open and looked out onto
African Wood-Owl (Strix woodfordii) with Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)
Grey-headed Bushshrike (Malaconotus blanchoti), Nelspruit, South Africa A series of strange, mechanical noises coming from the tree canopy outside my window had me out of my