World Image Issue 48 September 2017

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National and Regional Management 

Gordon Longmead - England - CEO 

Peter Hogel - Uganda - Deputy CEO 

Scott Hurd - Namibia 

Tom Coetzee - South Africa 

Paul Welch—Australia 

Steve Cook - USA 

Robert Murray - Scotland 

Tina Andreasson - Sweden and Mexico 

Jack Glisson - Kentucky USA 

Alan Griffiths, England 

In This Issue: 

3 Goldfinch and Willow Tit - Pictures Scott Latham, England 

4 Spot Tutorial, Shooting the Rain isn't easy! Scott Hurd, Namibia 

6 People of Uganda, Gordon Longmead, England 

10 Australia, Gippsland Victoria with Geoff Bowers, England 

14 Arkansas with Louise Bradt, USA 

16 Sailors Welcome, Sailors Warning with Alan Griffiths, England 

18 Birds of a Colour, Peter Hogel, Uganda 

19 Nicola Jane Crawford, England 

20 British Icons, Gordon Longmead, England 

24 The River Nile … Peter Hogel, Uganda 

28 Just People ... No, Not Just People, Gordon Longmead, England 

32 Wildlife of America - Ducks and Drakes by Larry Hitchins, USA 

33 A Study in Nature - Jay, Pictures by Scott Latham, England 

34 Brooks Medieval Faire 2017 with Bob Breakell, Canada 

36 South Africa with Tony Sparkes 

42 Peter Hogel in Uganda 

46 Flowers in My Lens, Gordon Longmead, England 

50 The Ruin of Ayot St Lawrence 

52 Wildlife of America - On The Pond , Larry Hitchins, USA 

© Please remember that all articles and images published in this magazine are copyright protected 

Cover picture - Ugandan Sunset by Peter Hogel 



Shooting the Rain isn't easy! 

My Namibian friends will think I'm deliberately teasing them by sharing this at the driest time of the year, 

so I'd better start with an apology. You could always practice with a sprinkler. English friends will 

understand, they know any time of the year can suddenly turn into the rainy season. 

1. Cameras hate rain - so beware! Shoot in the dry. 

2. Shutter speed is important. Too slow and the drops all merge together, too fast and all you get are little 

dots. Each storm is different and each shot is an experiment. A tripod might prove useful. 

3. Aperture needs thought. Do you want to focus on some of the rain or all of it. 

4. Usually the light will be low so use the ISO to give you the settings you need. 

5. Back-lighting helps make the drops stand out. 

6. Reflections and drops hitting puddles makes rain look more realistic. 

Have fun! I'd love to see your good ones. 

Scott Hurd, Namibia 


Cape Glossy Starling - not a rare bird but to get it feeding in such a position with the sun heightening the 

colours was magical. The fact that the eye matched so well was a bonus. 

Scott Hurd, Namibia 

Photography - so 

important in so many 

professions around the 

globe. Here we were 

working with anti 

poaching units, 

teaching them to use 

cameras in very low 

light situations. 

The two photos 

demonstrate the use of 

flash to fill in the 

details against the 

sunset, something the 

APUs see as a luxury. 






Sale Common Wetland Lakes and Reserve, and on 90 Mile Be 




Camouflage at it's best...would like to see what you see 

in the one specific image 

Tom Coetzee 


Sometimes I take a couple of hours off to just sit and enjoy the glorious 

sunshine we have here in Arkansas and get treated to lots of bird 

activity, including Robins, Turkey Vultures & a Juvenile Red-Tail 

Hawk 

I don't often try and get milky way shots, but last night was an 

opportunity too good to miss. Even with the light pollution from the 

neighbours and the tree closest to me which is right by the deck I was 

shooting from, it was still amazing. 











And there she is, The River Nile floating from the 

source in Jinjja all the way up to Alexandria in 

Egypt stretching almost 7000Km. 

First runner up are, no big surprise there, hippos 

with literally thousands of hippos, they are 

guaranteed to be found yawning to show who’s in 

charge, their little tails working it like propellers to 

spread their dung, marking territory… lets not get 

too close. 

Our part of the Nile goes straight through Murchison 

NP, and we start our journey down stream and our 

goal is the impressive Murchison falls. 

On a smaller private boat we have our privacy and 

can quietly get closer to the animals along the way 

whilst sipping a glass of cool white wine or why not 

have a Nile (beer) on the Nile, and some delicious 

snacks along the way. 

Slowly making our way up the Nile with a nice 

breeze cooling us down we pass an abundant of 

wildlife, crocodiles sunbathing on the shore. 


Families of elephants coming down to drink and 

cool of in the water, buffaloes and waterbuck… 

We see foam building up on the surface of the water 

and the current is picking up, we are getting closer 

to the falls, we are passing the landmark where the 

famous writer Ernest Hemingway crashed in a 

plane, surviving and sometime later crashing again, 

surviving again, the black and white Colobus 

monkeys sitting in the canopies, and there she is, 

Murchison falls. 

The birdlife here is amazing the small but oh so 

colourful kingfishers, bee-eaters fishing herons and 

fish eagles there is no end to it… 


The Nile squeezed in to a narrow passage and 

falling down in a turbulent mass of water, we stay 

for a while, amazed over the force of the tumbling 

falls. 

This is where we jump of the boat to hike up to the 

top of the falls to get a second view and to stand, 

just at the rim with the white water furious passing 

by below, Watching, from a safe place. 

Peter Hogel, Eden Adventures, Uganda 





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The Cat Survival Trust was registered as a charity in 

1976. The Trust's on-site objective is to promote 

education regarding the conservation of wild cats and 

their habitat by housing an array of species in natural 

enclosures. 

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Pink Eared Ducks 

Silver Woodduck Pair 

Marbled Duck or Marbled Teal 

Fulvous Whistling Duck 

Mallard Hen 

White Winged Wood Duck this is one of our 

endangered duck specie is in heavy decline with only a 

few scattered left. 



Some of the knights that participated in the jousting at the Brooks 

Medieval Faire 2017. This is a sanctioned event for points in 

international standings I understand. 



A different photographic genera for me with this macro shot 

of the Eastern Dotted Border Butterfly (Mylothris agathina). 

Captured in the late afternoon in South Africa's Kruger 

National Park. 

This butterfly normally found in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, 

Botswana and Southern and Eastern South Africa. 

Fact: One of the major visual differences between butterfies 

and moths are the ''antenna'' You will see here this butterfly 

has ''clubbed'' antenna on the end where moths often have 

comb-like or feathery antennae, or un-clubbed 


The Small Orange Acraea (Acraea alalonga) I think, a long-winged Orange Acraea which is restricted to 

North Eastern South Africa. 

Fact: Currently their are two other species of Orange AcraeaAcraea anacreon (large orange acraea), found in 

eastern and southern Africa, Acraea eponina (small orange acraea), widespread in tropical Africa and 

adjacent areas 

Captured this little chap the common Dwarf 

Mongoose (Helogale parvula) on an 

afternoon game drive in South Africa's 

Kruger National Park. It was part of several 

Dwarf Mongoose that were scampering in 

and over an old termite mound. 

Fact: Dwarf mongooses are territorial, with 

each group using an area of approximately 30 

-60 hectares (depending on the type of 

habitat). They sleep at night in disused 

termite mounds 


While in the upper reaches of South Africa's 

Western Cape, in the Bontebok National Park 

which runs parallel with the 'Langeberg' 

Mountains I was lucky enough to cath this male 

Malachite Sunbird (Nectarina famosa) sampling 

some of the many winter Aloe's currently 

blooming all over the country. This large sunbird 

is found in hilly fynbos (amongst Protea as well 

as Aloes) cool montane and coastal scrub and up 

to 2,800m in South Africa. 

A male Eastern Golden Weaver (Ploceus 

subaureus) admires his work after 

building his nest between two bull-rushes. 

Bonamanzi Game Reserve - KwaZulu- 

Natal - South Africa 

Fact: The Malachite Sunbird in the Middle East 

and South-East Asia is also known as the 'Green 

Sugarbird' 

One of my favourite places in South Africa is the Kgalagadi 

Transfrontier Park for another epic trip know doubt. 

Besides the larger mammals, their are many smaller ones 

which make the park their home. Here a Brants's Whistling 

Rat (Parotomys brantsii) enjoying another snack in the soft, 

warm, golden light of late afternoon. 


This juvenile Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk 

(Melierax canorus) I photographed it earlier in the 

year in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in the 

Northern Cape, South Africa. The adult however 

has grey upper parts with a white rump. The 

central tail feathers are black tipped with white and 

the outer feathers are barred grey and white. 

Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk females usually 

mate with a single male. However, a female and 

two males may form a trio under certain 

conditions. 

Fact: South Africa has 2 species of Chanting 

Goshawk - Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk 

(Melierax canorus) and the Dark Chanting- 

Goshawk (Melierax metabates) 

Southern Africa has many species of Hornbill (10) 

but our most common and photogenic by far is the 

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus 

leucomelas). I was fascinated by this Hornbill's 

feet when I took this shot in South Africa's Kruger 

National Park, not noticing it before it reminded me 

of human babies foot/sole as it was scratching 

itself. 

Fact: Once mated female Hornbill's will seal 

themselves inside the nest (tree hollow) by 

blocking the entry with a wall made from her 

droppings and food remains. The male will help by 

bringing mud for her to work with. The only 

opening left is a vertical slit from the top to the 

bottom. The male passes food to her through this 

slit with his beak. Her droppings and food remains 

are also squeezed out through this slit. 

The female will also shed all of her flight and tail 

feathers simultaneously and regrow them during 

the time she is sealed in the nest with the chicks. 


While scouting Muzi 'pan' (body of 

Natal, I was fortunate enough 

Flamingos (Phoenicopterus minor) 

fairly low flight. 

Breeding in Africa, with their mai 

amongst the caustic waters of Lake 

South Africa, is situated at Kamf 

p o l l u t i o n a n d t h e e n c 

Despite being the most numerous s 

as near-threatened due to its de 

number of breeding sites, 

This rather pensive looking male Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) was 

staring with some intent as he peered from behind a none existent bush... It 

was a little bit of a stand off with neither of us moving a muscle while I took a 

few shots of him. 

Kudu Fact: Their are two species of Kudu in Sub-Saharan Africa the Greater 

Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) of Eastern and Southern Africa and the 

Lesser Kudu, Tragelaphus imberbis found solely in Eastern Africa ans is near 

threatened. 

One of Africa's most dangerous 

(Hippopotamus amphibius) This hip 

along the St Lucia estuary - KwaZul 


It was a waiting game for me to photograph this young male Kalahari Lion 

(Panthera leo bleyenberghi) at a watering hole in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier 

Park on a recent trip. 

Many hours waiting for lions to come and drink at the waterhole finally paid off 

when this young male (I heard him long before I saw him) walked out of the 

bush, drank in front of me and walked off again. It was all over in a matter of 

minutes.... 

- South Africa 

Fact: Wiki advises subspecies of lions, provided by Haas et al. (2005), suggests 

that lions in the Kalahari Region are of two subspecies: Panthera leo krugeri 

and Panthera leo bleyenberghi. 


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Leopard in ishasha. 

Life in the wild is not always easy, battle for 

territory, food, water and females (not 

necessarily in that order)... This fellow was 

seemingly doing OK, in spite of a severely 

ripped off nose and teeth... 

Giant Kingfisher showing its true col 


Karate learned the side kick from the ancestors of the Giraffe 

It rains in Uganda as well. 

Elephant making a stand, "go away"... And we did... 




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Ayot St Lawrence is a small village and civil parish in 

Hertfordshire, about three miles from Welwyn. The 

villages main claim to fame is that it was the home of 

George Bernard Shaw, who resided at what is now 

known as Shaw's Corner, from 1906 until his death in 

1950.The current village has two churches, the new one 

is in a Palladian style which looks more like a folly than 

a church, and appears totally out of place in the beautiful 

Hertfordshire countryside that surrounds it. 


The old one, the subject of this presentation, is located in the 

centre of the village, was partially demolished in 1775, 

because it was obstructing the view from Sir Lionel Lyde's 

new home. So much for the gentries respect of religion and 

architecture. 

But in rural areas this was the normal behaviour of the gentry. 

They owned the land and everyone on it. Laugh at a ‘ladies’ 

hat and you were flogged, pick up a stick from the side of the 

road, or fruit from a roadside bush, and you were charged 

with theft. The gentry owned the land so if you transgressed 

as an agricultural worker, which most of the population were 

(and in tied houses), you were out of a job and home. 

So when Sir Lionel decided to construct a new home, rather 

than position it differently, he did so in such a way that the 

church had to go. It is interesting to note that only part of the 

church was removed, the most obvious obstruction, the tower, 

still remains. 

The Norman nature of the church is still evident in the arches 

and layout of the remains, although the tower has become 

dangerous and unstable with time. 

The fact that the structure was never fully demolished 

suggests that his lordships objection was not the obstruction 

of the view from his home, but that he did not want the 

parishioners walking past in such proximity every Sunday 

morning. 

I suspect that Sir Lionel may also have had a falling out with 

the then incumbent of the church, or perhaps the church itself. 

Either way the partial demolition has left us with a good 

location for photography that should endure for a while longer 

at least. GLL 


Eurasian Teal 

King Rail 

Pintail Drake 


Red Billed Pintail 

Clapper Rail on the Run 

Ringed Teal 



Kuyimba means 'to sing' in the Zambian Chinyanja language 

and this site is a celebration of the sights and sounds of 

southern Africa. Join us to experience it for yourself. 

Derek & Sarah Solomon 

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