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Seeing is believing: Mike Unwin cherishes the fly-by of his high-speed fisher friend “Chip-chip, chip-chip.” A high-pitched, yapping call...
Mike Unwin is an award-winning wildlife and travel journalist, who writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph, The Times, Travel Africa, BBC Wildlife and many others. An author of popular natural history books, his 35 published titles include The Bradt Guide to Southern African Wildlife (Bradt), The Enigma of the Owl (Yale) and The Encyclopaedia of Birds (Bloomsbury). Voted 'UK Travel Writer of the Year' (British Guild of Travel Writers 2013) and 'Nature Travel Writer of the Year' (BBC Wildlife, 2000), he is also a widely published photographer and regular public speaker – especially on the subject of Africa, his greatest passion and home for eight years.
Seeing is believing: Mike Unwin cherishes the fly-by of his high-speed fisher friend “Chip-chip, chip-chip.” A high-pitched, yapping call...
Seeing is believing: Mike Unwin falls for the tempting twitter of the greater honeyguide It’s early morning in Kafue...
Seeing is believing: Mike Unwin takes a closer look at the African wildcat Shhh! There’s a predator approaching the...
Seeing is believing: Mike Unwin pursues the African finfoot What is it about the African finfoot that gets birders...
Seeing is believing: Mike Unwin admires the collective spirit of the banded mongoose Pandemonium on the savannah. A martial...
Confessions of a safari addict, by Mike Unwin “There it is! Just look at its little ears,” said the...
Always one for a dramatic bird of prey, Mike Unwin casts his binoculars in the direction of this great...
It’s early evening in a rural Swazi village. A brown bird cruises low overhead in buoyant, unhurried flight. At...
Trot, trot, trot. Stop, sniff, spray. Trot, trot, trot… There’s no mistaking a foraging jackal. Restless and relentless, it...
Tan-tan-tara! It seems fitting that a trumpet fanfare should herald the arrival of this most regal-looking bird. To be...
1 Mountain gorillas This enormous ape is a high-altitude race of the eastern gorilla. Just over 1000 remain in...
‘Seriously?’ This – or similar – is the standard response when guides inform guests that a rock hyrax’s closest relative...
Why do seasoned safari-goers return to the continent time and again, despite the myriad other global wildlife hotspots jostling...
A giraffe stands stock still. Tall and statuesque, its long neck and limbs are completely motionless. And yet somehow...
Wow! Look at that! Goooorgeous! If there’s one bird guaranteed to get even the most bird-blind of safari-goers reaching...
Despite Uganda’s relatively small size, its unique position means a rich portfolio of habitats and thus a profusion of...
OK, so the common eland (Taurotragus oryx) is just an antelope. But it’s a biggie. With bulls standing some...
Devotees of death; connoisseurs of carnage: vultures are surely the most confirmed carnivores of the bird world. With eyesight...
Walking on water is not as hard as you might imagine, as long as you have the right feet for...
Sometimes, watching African wildlife leaves you conflicted. My first sighting of a freckled nightjar is a case in point. As...
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