Neil Gray's birds and other wildlife
Lusaka, 19 May 2011 Little did I expect that after returning to work from my Shoebill trip that I’d be back on the road within 3 days heading even further north to do some field assessments, both north-west of the Bangweulu swamps and north of Mutinondo. To do this means that I have completed road …
Lusaka, 04 Apr 2011 From my work base in Lusaka I decided to make use of two consecutive Sundays to take day trips to two of the three national parks closest to the capital, Blue Lagoon and Lochinvar. These are situated on opposites of the Kafue River, Blue Lagoon to the north and Lochinvar to …
Lusaka, 14 Feb 2011 Work now has me travelling for extended periods to Zambia again, where I am based in the capital, Lusaka. My colleagues and I decided to make use of a free weekend to visit the Victoria Falls. It was my 6th visit to the Falls but none of my colleagues had been …
Atlasville, 18 Jan 2011 Back in South Africa from our 2-week Christmas and New Year visit to our family in the UK, we took the opportunity to use the weekend part of our annual week at Ngwenya Lodge before I head to Zambia in a few days time. When we arrived at Ngwenya on …
Sutton, 01 Jan 2011 Unusually for me, I have so far only had one birding day during the 2 weeks my wife and I are spending with the family in the UK. So, after finishing off 2010 with that trip to the RSPB reserve at Dungeness, I decided to start off the New Year with …
Sutton, 29 Dec 2010 My final birding day of the year yesterday was at RSPB Dungeness near Lydd in Kent. This was my 4th visit to this reserve. A heavy sky and poor light did not bode well for too many photographs, yet the day turned out to be quite a memorable one. While the Firth, …
Atlasville, 18 Dec 2010 After a further trip to Zimbabwe and one each to Zambia and Mozambique since my last post, I have some time off and will be heading to London with my wife for Christmas and New Year with the family. Just time though to fit in a day of birding. When I …
Atlasville, 20 Nov 2010 Since returning from by birding trip to Kenya, work has seen me shuttling between Johannesburg and Lusaka, Harare and Bulawayo. On these trips I do not carry my birding camera and lens, nor do I have the time to fit in any birding. However, I do carry for work use my …
Atlasville, 30 Sep 2010 When I decided to take a birding trip to Kenya, from which I have just returned, I wanted to maximise the number of species seen, while hopefully having a high ratio of lifers in the final list. The trip was planned and all accommodation and transport bookings made by Moses …
Atlasville, 10 Jul 2010 Following the success of our trip to northern Botswana over the New Year period 2008-09, we decided that another such ‘safari’, the exact opposite of our usual Kruger Park self-drive, self-catered, ‘find the animals yourself’ holiday was definitely in order. With more work on the horizon it seemed an opportune …
