10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

Logging roads have opened up vast areas to commercial hunting, leading to industrial-scale poaching and a more than 60 per cent drop in the region’s Forest Elephant population in less than a decade. Mammals include Western Lowland Gorilla, Forest Elephant and Forest Buffalo, and eleven diurnal primates.

Central African Republic 302

Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gorillas 302

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

About a month before departure my clients asked me if we were going to the same sites in Ghana as the offerings of another, rather upmarket, birding tour company. Here local hunters had known about the colony and for generations had been harvesting the birds by simply picking the adults off their nests during the breeding season.

Ghana 199

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 199

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Viewer discretion is advised, particularly if you look at the paper in the company of Ashy Tailorbird chicks. The Blue-throated Bee-eater is much smaller than its relative, and easier to see as it likes to hunt from open wires rather than inside the forest.

Woodpeckers 223

Woodpeckers Birds Eggs India 223