Steve Williamson Wildlife Photography

On my travels around Portugal earlier this year I managed to get to photograph this guy as he came in calling loudly overhead – the Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus). He is the smallest member of the European eagle family and with a first glimpse could easily be confused with a hawk or kite. These eagles visit southern Europe from Africa in the spring and summer, with s...

Today’s Friday Flashback is from 28th September 2018 and is entitled ‘Sleeping in the Rain‘. Junior, doing what he seemed to like doing best – sleeping!

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Here’s another shot of the mother and calf black rhinos that I came across in Tanzania a couple of years back now, see also Black Rhinoceros. I never knew or really thought about it until our guide told us at the time, but did you know these are ungulates – ye...

Today’s Friday Flashback is from 10th August 2018 and is entitled ‘The Next Generation‘. No, not the Star Trek spin-off tv series but a special pair of yearling grizzly bear cubs and a post full of memorable links.

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Following on from the 2022 post ‘Some BC Finches’ I thought I’d feature a few colourful European finches seen on my travels whilst in Portugal. First up we have the Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) a different set of colours to its North American namesake, but eq...