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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 9h

A bird we saw for our first time in the North York Moors was the siskin. This colourful bird could be seen on the feeders, on top of the house and in the garden.
#siskin #birds #ukwildlife #uknature

Siskin perched and looking over at the camera

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 1d

Although we post most of our photos in a vertical format, we actually take a lot of our photos in landscape and crop them for social media. Here’s one that couldn’t be cropped in that way
#lion #safari #africa #wildlife

Lion close up, licking his lips through the grass

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 2d

The fork-tailed or common drongo is a bird that can be found across the African continent. It’s one of the birds we saw daily around our accommodation in Sabi Sands.

Portrait photo of a fork tailed drongo perched on a branch

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 2d

Wow!!!!

World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 4d

World Animal Day is about taking action for wildlife rights and welfare. Unfortunately, animals face a number of threats, including being exploited for human entertainment, medical testing, and having their habitats destroyed. Today is for their rights and standing up for them #wildlife #animals

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 4d

No way!

World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 5d

We had a few sightings of Common Dwarf Mongooses around our lodge and a couple more times on safari. They’re the smallest carnivore in Africa, and despite their size, they hunt some pretty impressive prey, including Black Mamba snakes.
#wildlife #mongoose #africa

Two common dwarf mongoose sat along the rocks in the sun

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 6d

Common whitethroats spends their summers in the UK and winters in Africa, and just like them we prefer warm winters too.
#whitethroat #bird #ukbirds #uknature

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 7d

One of our favourite encounters on safari was with the baby hyenas, they were very cute!
#hyena #wildlife #africa

Spotted hyena sat down on the grass in the road

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 8d

As we’ve been busy looking for apartments in Thailand, we haven’t yet seen much wildlife but hopefully that will change soon. In the meantime, here’s a close up of a European shag from our time in the Farne Islands. #birds #uknature #ukwildlife

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 9d

This year we have been spoilt with some amazing wildlife encounters. One of our favourites involved hiding in fields for hours hoping to spot the barn owl and we couldn’t have asked for a much better encounter.
#owl #birds #ukwildlife #barnowl

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 10d

On our many safaris in South Africa, we only ended up seeing these double-banded sandgrouse once and very briefly. Although it wasn’t the best encounter it was nice to see these birds and we particularly like their eyes.
#birds #africa

Double-banded sandgrouse walking on the sand

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 11d

Although we are a bit disappointed not to see autumn this year, we at least have these pictures which feel a bit like autumn to us. However, we have now arrived in Thailand and looking forward to the wildlife we can find here! #wildlife #ukwildlife #squirrels

Red squirrel standing up on old autumn leaves

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 12d

One of our top tips for deciding where you should stay during your safari in Africa, is to stay by a waterhole. For us, it was also the best opportunity to see different birds that we didn’t see on safari, like this African jacana.
#birds #safari #africa

African jacana in the grass in the waterhole

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 13d

When we would go walking in the New Forest we often saw nuthatches in the woods. In the North York Moors however, the nuthatches would come to us and spend a lot of time in the garden.
#birds #ukwildlife #wildlife #uknature

Eurasian nuthatch perched on a birdhouse

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 14d

On our safari drives, we saw the blue wildebeest a few times but mainly in the distance. Until we had this encounter on our last full day in Sabi Sands. We loved how our guide described the blue wildebeest, ‘stripes like a zebra, shape like a hyena and tall like a horse.’
#safari #africa #wildlife

Portrait of a blue wildebeest in a sunny field

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 15d

We’ve been trying to figure out what these birds are doing and have asked around to see if anyone knows what’s going on here. We think they are pair bonding which is part of their courtship process. If anyone else has any ideas, then please let us know!

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 15d

Back in May we spent sometime in Newcastle, where we were trying to take photos of the house martins flying. Amongst all of our photos we’ve tried to take of them, we managed to capture these moments.
#housemartin #ukwildlife #birds #uknature

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 16d

World rhino day. Rhinos are found throughout Africa and Asia and all five of these species face the same threats. Poaching and habitat loss. Rhinos are facing a serious threat of extinction. More than ever they need our help.
#rhino #wildlife

Rhino with its horn walking through sand and weeds

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 17d

Golden hour glow on this zebra in South Africa
#zebra #wildlife #safari #goldenhour

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 18d

Another animal that we saw in South Africa was the nyala. This beautiful antelope is native to Southern Africa. We saw it on safari a few times, but our best encounter was when it decided to have a sit outside of my Nan’s cabin!
#nyala #wildlife #safari

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 19d

Short eared owl for #flyday in Dorset

Short eared owl flying and looking at the camera

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World Wildlife Travel @wildlifetravel.bsky.social · 19d

Good morning from us and this penguin!
#penguin #birds #wildlife

African penguin standing on the beach with fins out

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