This website reveals 4 very bio diverse islands. However, in my travels worldwide to experience and hopefully capture the fast disappearing wildlife, I have chosen a portfolio of photographs which I hope will show the colours and diversity of the World’s most stunning life and landscapes across the differing biomes of the globe. The images have been arranged randomly. Please enjoy!
Sunflower at dusk, Khao Yai, Thailand.
Waterfall in early April, Myvatn district, Northern Iceland.
Unreal midday light in Summer, close to 50 C, Gebraoun village, Ubari Lakes, Sahara Desert ,Southern Libya.
“Red”. Well after sunset, Dalit Bay estuary, in the South China Sea. Borneo, Malaysia.
Icon of the Simien Mountains , Ethiopia: the Gelada Baboon. The fangs of which are reputed to be bigger than a lion? A Darwinian conundrum as they are vegetarian.
Turquoise Jade Vine , Strongylodon Macrobotrys, Funchal, Madeira,, North Atlantic.
Masked Trogon ,male. Rain storm, ,Bellavista, Cloud forest, Tandayapa ,Ecuador, South America.
Sunset reflection, swamp near “Wolfsschantz”, Masuria, Poland.
The very rare Walia Ibex, approximately 600 survive at about 4000m. Simien Mountains, Northern Ethiopia.
Wild exotic flowers, Sete Cidades, Sao Miguel, Azores, North Atlantic.
Indian Roller, Baghvan Pench, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Poisonous Red Eyed Tree Frog, nocturnal shot, Tarrcoles Swamp, Costa Rica.
Human in the vastness of the desert. View from the top of the World’s tallest sand dune, 1000ft plus. Overlooking Dead Vlei , Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft, Desert, Namibia.
Cote d’Or, "The slopes of Gold", Autumn Chardonnay leaves at sundown. Corton Charlemagne, Hill of Corton, Burgundy, France.
Cuban Iguana, Cayo Ensenachos, Cuba.
A spectacular Long-Crested eagle looking out over the Ishasha plain, Uganda.
Daffodyl , Narcissus 'Geranium', Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom.
Taureg at sunset, near Acacus, Sahara Desert, Southern Libya.
Proboscis monkey male. Mangrove tree branch in the swamps off Bandar Seri Begawan, Sultanate of Brunei.
Hadeda Ibis, Kisangane, Botswana, Southern Africa.
Dragon Fly, Cayo Ensenachos, Cuba.
Stone Moai, Easter Island, South Pacific.
Peregrine Falcon. Al Maha Conservancy, Al Ain District, United Arab Emirates.
The Blue Nile Falls at Tis Abay 30 km south East of Lake Tana, North Western Ethiopia.
Resplendent Quetzal. The most famous of all trogon species. Possibly the most spectacular of the ‘Big 5’ Neotropical birds. Cerro Muerte, Costa Rica.
Chimneys at Lac Abbe, Danikil Desert, Western Djibouti.
Orongo, 400m above the cobalt blue Pacific and the Motu Islands, Looking south across the Pacific Ocean. Easter Island, South Pacific.
Glass frog, at night. About 1cm and immature, Cerro Muerte, Costa Rica.
Back to the future? About a 60Kg Elephant skull. It is very possible that this is how humans will remember extinct elephants by 2040. South Luangwa, Zambia.
Valley of the Moon before sundown. Atacama Desert, Chile.
Hippopotamus amongst water hyacinth , oxbow lake off the Luangwa River. South Luangwa, Zambia.
Boat-Billed Heron. Tarrcoles River. Pacific Coast, Costa Rica.
Silver Back Gorilla and female. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Uganda.
Scarlet McCaws in a Balsa Tree. Pacific Coast, Costa Rica.
The Arabian Oryx / Al Maha / Al Wedihi ,were hunted for sport, almost to extinction. Various small populations are found in the Azrak wetland reserve,100km east of Amman, Jordan, in a remote reserve in southern Oman, near Yemen, and in private Sheikh collections in the Middle East. 70 endangered Arabian Oryx were introduced from an American sanctuary in 2003 , There were some 300 oryx in 2010. Al Maha Conservancy, Al Ain district , United Arab Emirates.
Victoria Nile cascading over Murchison Falls on its way West to Lake Albert. Uganda.
Dead tree, Deadvlei at Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft, Desert, Namibia.
Shoebill Stork /Belaeniceps Rex/ King Whale-Head /Abu Markub/Father of the shoe: " Perhaps the most eagerly sought of all African birds",Sinclair and Ryan,2nd edit 2010. Standing over 120 cms. Mabamba Swamp, on Lake Victoria, Uganda.
"Cloud Break", off Tavarua Island, Fiji. One of the Top 10 waves in the world , often on the Pro Surfing circuit. At sunrise.
Immature Black chested snake eagle. Foret du Day, Northern Djibouti.
Lotus flowers, Bangkok, Thailand.
Otter amongst Laminaria seeweed, Whiteness, Shetland Isles, Northern Scotland.
Flowering Joshua Tree, (Yucca brevifolia), Mojave Desert, Southern California, U.S.A.
Sea Snake and the South Pacific. Sometimes one sees amazing sites when one’s camera is not at hand! This detail is from a Blackberry in full sun! Tavarua Island, Fiji.
The Ring of Brodgar, Approximately 2000 B.C. Orkney Islands, Northern Scotland.
Bearded Barbet. Mandina Bolon, The Gambia.
Baby Orangutan, near Dalit Bay ,Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.
Driveway ,Sydmonton Court Estate , Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Masai Warrior, Dorobo Hill top, Masai Mara, Kenya.
Lama, at above 4000m on Licancabur extinct volcano, Atacama Desert, Chile.
The elusive Fiji Goshawk, juvenile, on Tavarua Island, Fiji. Any guesses on who eats the fruit bats?
Pinot Noir, Romanee-Conti vineyard. Romanee-Conti, Cotes de Nuits, Burgundy, France.
Chardonnay, Corton Charlemagne, Hill of Corton. Cote d’Or, Burgundy, France.
Green Violet-Ear Hummingbird, Central Costa Rica.
Hard coral washed up on a volcanic beach on Ghoubbet Bay, sunset off the Gulf of Tadjoura. Djibouti.
Lizard (Allison's Anole), on a coconut, Cayo Ensenachos, Cuba.
Guinea Baboon at sunrise, Mandina Bolon, The Gambia, West Africa.
Heart shaped Tavarua Island, Fiji.
Barrel Cactus, Joshua Tree, Mojave Desert, Southern California, U.S.A.
Volaceous Trogon male. Rio Tarrcoles swamp, Pacific Coast, Costa Rica.
l’Eland de Derby, Saloum, Senegal. West Africa.
Canna, Rapa Nui / Easter Island. South Pacific.
The Standing Stones of Stenness, Approx. 3000 B.C. Orkney Islands, Northern Scotland.
Barbary Macaque, Rock of Gibraltar. Gibraltar.
Male Oriental Pied Hornbill, Pangkor Laut private island, in the Strait of Malaka, Malaysia.
5 sub adult Dromedary camels. 120km north of Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Great Mormon butterfly. Ninh Van Bay, Vietnam.
Bactrain Camel, native of the Mongolian Gobi Desert. Thumama, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.