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Top 10 Tips For Improving Your Bird Photography

Category: Photography

Bird photography is an exciting photographic pursuit. There is...

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Kirstenbosch and the Orange-breasted Sunbird

Category: Birding

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in Cape Town is a...

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Experiencing and photographing one of the worlds most intense wildlife photographic spectacles

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I am often asked which my favourite wildlife photographic...

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Western Cape Birding - Cape Peninsula to De Hoop

Category: Western Cape Birding

There has always been much debate over whether the...

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Western Cape Birding - Pelagic

Category: Western Cape Birding

The small group of people, clad in weather proof...

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Western Cape Birding - Strandfontein Sewage Works

Category: Western Cape Birding

Baden-Powel drive is one of the many roads that...

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Brandvlei

Category: Niewoudville

The arid gravel plains between Brandvlei and Loeriesfontein in the Northern Cape may appear barren of life at first...

Papkuilsfontein Farm

Category: Niewoudville

Papkuilsfontein Farm is situated about 25 km south of Nieuwoudtville. It borders the Namakwaland, Hantam Karoo, Bokkeveld, Boesmanland and...

Mokala National Park

Category: Kalahari

The 28 100 ha Mokala National Park lies at the interface of two biomes, namely the Savanna Biome and...

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Sakhamuzi Mhlongo

Category: Field Guide Specialist

Sakhamuzi is a passionate birding guide who is also working for WESSA. He takes the educating of the youth...

Bheki Mbonambi

Category: Field Guide Specialist

Bheki is a successful birding guide who also runs voluntary education programmes for schools in the Lake Sibaya area....

Dalfrenzo Laing

Category: Field Guide Generalist

Dalfrenzo is the site guide for the De Hoop Collections at De Hoop Nature Reserve and Marine Protected Area....

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Sundays River Estuary

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De Mond Nature Reserve

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Ten Tips For Photographing in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park

Reviewed by Rodolphe

"Thank you Arne for this very helpful and interesting introduction..."

Lure of the Kgalagadi

Reviewed by Richard Robinson

"At this moment, only dreams, but it is on my..."

Limpopo Birding - Punda Maria

Reviewed by Chad Wright

"Loved it Peter, I've been wanting to head up that..."

Color to Attract!

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Biodiversity and Agriculture of the Overberg

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"These are such great pictures Peter - thank you. Hopefully..."

Conservation Photography Showcase

Dwesa marine protected area by wildlife and conservation photographer Peter Chadwick.

Marine Parks Photographic Survey of South African Marine Protected Areas

South Africa has a network of 21 marine protected areas (MPAs) around our coastline. Collectively they protect a wide range of marine habitat types and biodiversity. ...

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Conservation Photography - Changing the world one photograph at a time

Photographs have the power to change the world by altering the perceptions and understanding of the viewer. Conservation photography can bridge language barriers, be easily understood and can create...

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African Penguins As The Sentinels To The State Of Our Oceans

Close your eyes and imagine a soccer stadium densely packed to capacity with rows upon rows of fans and the eruption of noise, just as a goal by the...

African penguins by wildlife and conservation photographer Peter Chadwick.

South African Seabirds & the Guano Islands

The guano islands off South Africa are situated along the western and southern coastlines. The islands provide important breeding and nesting sites for many threatened seabirds.

Blue crane and sheep by wildlife and conservation photographer Peter Chadwick

Biodiversity and Agriculture of the Overberg

The Overberg region of the Western Cape in South Africa is one of the countries important agricultural areas and during spring and summer, is covered in vast green swathes...

Southern right whale by wildlife and conservation photographer Peter Chadwick

De Hoop Nature Reserve & Marine Protected Area

The De Hoop Nature Reserve and Marine Protected Area is without a doubt, one of the flagship reserves of the Cape Floral Kingdom and the Fynbos. Its habitats cover...

Orange winged pytilia by wildlife and conservation photographer Peter Chadwick.

Birding Mozambique

Birdlife South Africa, with funding from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, initiated a project in southern Africa with a focus on Mozambique to develop the area as a birding...

Our Incredible Birdlife

Through the years, my focus of attention has always been drawn to the incredible diversity of birds and I never cease to be amazed by their variety and interesting...