Tag: Swarovski Optik

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 ...

Always one for a dramatic bird of prey, Mike Unwin casts his binoculars in the direction of this great ...

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 ...

OK, so the common eland (Taurotragus oryx) is just an antelope. But it’s a biggie. With bulls standing some ...

Swarovski Optik is part of the family run Swarovski Corporation located in the Austrian Tyrol. For nearly 70 years ...

Sometimes, watching African wildlife leaves you conflicted. My first sighting of a freckled nightjar is a case in point. As ...

Binoculars and telescopes can hugely enhance your safari experience as they make focusing on faraway animals easier. But which ...

Crash, slither, splash! You’re pursuing an elusive bush shrike through a riverine thicket when an unholy commotion in the undergrowth ...

I remember the occasion as though it were yesterday: May 1997, a night drive in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal and an ...

Ask a first-time birder to Africa what tops their fantasy feathers list, and chances are the outlandish shoebill will be ...