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A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of Seychelles by Chris Mason-Parker

10,000 Birds

“M had told Bond he was sending him to the Seychelles. ” Indeed, there is one distinctly birding connection to this country: a famous birder Ian Fleming, the author of James Bond, visited the Seychelles in 1958 looking for inspiration for his then-latest collection of stories, For Your Eyes Only. .'”

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The Cattle Egret Expansion

10,000 Birds

The Cattle Egret is native to Africa, where it is a familiar sight among herds of large mammals. They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. Cattle Egret has been introduced by humans to Hawaii and the Seychelles.

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