South Africa - Kruger - Tamboti tented camp to Sirheni bushveld camp

Jay Knight September 4, 2025

Just back from a 10 day family trip to Kruger National Park in South Africa. This trip I wanted to stay within the park at camps that I have never been to or stayed at before, to get a feel for all the different hidden ares of Kruger. So we decided to do 2 nights at Tamboti tented camp, 2 nights at Sirheni bush camp in the North, 2 nights at Letaba and a final 3 nights at Lower Sabie

Japan - The quest to see the world's biggest owl - Blakiston's Fishing Owl

Jay Knight May 12, 2025

Japan has been on my list of places to go for a very long time. What brought Japan to my attention from a birding point of view was the chance to see the biggest owl in the world, Blakiston’s Fishing owl, as well as one of the biggest eagles in the world, Steller’s sea eagle.

Wildlife Photography through the Lockdowns

Jay Knight January 25, 2025

This blog is really an account of what wildlife I saw during the lockdowns and through the seasons on a local level. It’s an older blog that I didn’t manage to post at the time but have since realised it has some decent images. Most of the stuff I post about is usually quite exotic and from far flung places so it’s about time I photographed and wrote about what I have on my doorstep around Manchester, UK.