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Experience the real moment Whether we are on holiday or traveling locally near home, everywhere we go we always have our cameras close to hand.

As I'm sure you will agree, we have managed to capture, through a lens, nature at its very best!

New galleries for 2018- In India amazing pictures of Tigers and their cubs and in the USA at Monterey Bay Whale watching and Alaska to see Brown Bears followed by San Juan Island to see Orcas.

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Sea otter

San Juan Island, USA 2018

Two different pods of Orcas the Residents and the Transients. We saw breaching and fin and tail slapping as they played around.

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Sea otter

Alaska - Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks and Preserves 2018

Bears feeding on salmon, Bald eagles and wolves

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Sea otter

Monterey Bay, California, USA 2018

Whales, dolphins, seals and sea otters and then a few birds!

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Arrowhead

India - Ranthambore April 2018 - Tiger - Arrowhead

Arrowhead was not at her best having lost her cubs.

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Krishna

India - Ranthambore April 2018 - Tigers - Krishna and cubs

Very elusive but we did get some great views.

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Leila and family

India - Ranthambore April 2018- Tigers - Leila, cub and mate T74

Leila has one cub and it was lovely to see the whole family together even if they were having a mud bath!!

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T39 cub

India - Ranthambore April 2018 - Tigers T39 and her cubs

Her cubs are now big and learning to fend for themselves

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Sloth Bear

India - Ranthambore April 2018 - Sloth Bear and Jungle Cat

A sloth bear plays in the water and a brief glimpse of jungle cat

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Hoopoe

India - Ranthambore April 2018 - Birds, mammals, insects etc

A random selection of the other wildlife

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Humpback whale

USA - Monterey Bay, California June 2017

Our first visit turned out to be amazing - saw so much more than we expected.

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T8's cubs

India - Ranthambore April 2017 - Tigers T8 with her 2 cubs and her mate T34

Mum and 2 tiny cubs appeared from over the brow of the hill and walked next to us to the water, had a drink, and then moved on with the male looking on.

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T60 and cubs

India - Ranthambore April 2017 - Tigers T60 and her 3 big cubs

Amazing photo opportunities with this family all together and the cubs on their own.

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T57

India - Ranthambore April 2017 - T57 (male)

A magnificent male tiger walkoing towards you down the road is an awesome sight.

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Noor

India - Ranthambore April 2017 - Noor (T39) hunting sambar deer...... What a splash!!

Noor goes hunting sambar deer and gets out of her depth in more ways than one!!

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Noor and cubs

India - Ranthambore April 2017 - Noor (T39) and her 3 cubs play and eat.

We spent many happy hours watching this family.

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Leila and cub

India - Ranthambore April 2017 - Leila and her cub

A very brief viewing of Leila and her cub

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Arrowhead

India - Ranthambore April 2017 - Arrowhead - now all grown up

Apert from a distant glimpse of Lightning Arrowhead was the only cub from Krishna that we saw.

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Leopard

India - Ranthambore April 2017 - Leopards

Of course there other cats so we were very lucky to catch a leopard with a fresh kill as well as a couple of other sightings

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T8 and cubs

India - Ranthambore April 2017 - Tigers with cubs!!!

Amazing photo opportunities with all the cubs from little ones one a few weeks old to the bigger ones of just over a year. This is just a taster gallery there will be more to follow!

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Pacman

India - Ranthambore April 2016 - Tiger Krishna's 3 cubs - Lightning and Arrowhead (females) and Pacman (male)

Now over 2 year's old the cubs are almost independent and are getting better at hunting and fending for themselves

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Leila

India - Ranthambore April 2016 - Tiger Leila (T41)

This beautiful female tiger set off on an opportunistic hunt of Sambar deer in the water nearby.


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Kingfisher

India - Ranthambore April 2016 - Birds

Just a few of the myriad of birds in Ranthambore National Park.


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Sambar deer

India - Ranthambore April 2016 -Animals

A small selection of the other animals in the park including leopard, sloth bear and jungle cat.


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Male elephant

India - Jim Corbett National Park April 2016 - Elephants

In the forest and on the plains lots of elephants.


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Bee eater

India - Jim Corbett National Park April 2016 - Birds

A few of the bird species to be seen in the park. One of the most photogenic - bee eater.


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Langur

India - Jim Corbett National Park April 2016 - Animals

Just a few of the other animals in the park.


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T19 and 2 cubs

India - Ranthambore 2015 - Tiger T19 Krishna and her remaining 3 cub

Now 14 months old the cubs are nearly as big as their mother and are learning to hunt and fend for themselves.


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T28 Star

India - Ranthambore 2015 - More tigers

We were very lucky and got to see several other tigers - some close up!



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T28 Star

India - Ranthambore 2015 - Leopards, Sloth Bears and other animals

What amazing sights - male and female leopard together and mother sloth bear with 2 cubs.


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T28 and T19

India - Ranthambore 2015 - Birds

Just a small selection of the birds of Ranthambore



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T28 and T19

India - Ranthambore 2014 - Tiger T19 shows her 4 cubs

4 hours of blistering heat paid off with amazing views of the cubs.



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Tiger T19

India - Ranthambore 2014 - Tiger T19 and cubs

T19 feeds her 4 cubs and then goes off hunting



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Tiger T19

India - Ranthambore 2014 - Tiger T19 Makes a Kill

T19 kills a spotted deer.



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Tiger T19's cub

India - Ranthambore 2014 - Tiger T19 brings her cubs to the water

This time T19 and her cubs are much closer and give us a good view.

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Tiger

India - Ranthambore 2014 Encounter with Sultan 1 (AM drive)

Over 2 hours spent with this magnificent male tiger.



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Tiger

India - Ranthambore 2014 Encounter with Sultan 2 (PM drive)

And when you think you have had the most magical of encounters - it gets even better in the afternoon.


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Keoladeo

India - Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary - Keoladeo 2014

What an amazing place!



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Tiger

India - Tigers in Bandhavgarh National Park 2014

Sometimes you get lucky!!



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Sloth Bear

India - Bandhavgarh National Park 2014

Just a selection of some of the wildlife in the park - including sloth bear, barking deer and nightjar.


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Flying squirrel

India - Pench National Park 2013

Fleeting glimpses of tigers but lots of other wildlife including a flying squirrel shown here - and yes we did watch it 'fly'.

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Peacock

India - Kanha National Park - 2013

A 4 month old tiger cub away from it's mother breaks cover for a run to safety and lots of peacocks!!! A rare sighting of the Indian desert fox too.

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eagle on a kill

India - Bandhavgarh National Park - 2013

The park with the most dense tiger population but also lots of other interesting wildlife.

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tiger cub

India - Tigers in Bandhavgarh - 2013

At last tigers - up close and personal. What an amazing morning drive!
A big thank you to our Exodus guide.

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Polar Bear

The Arctic - Polar Bear Jumps

The most amazing polar bears. This series of pictures is just a fraction of the pictures of our encounters with polar bears.

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Polar Bear

The Arctic - Polar Bears 1

We were priviledged to see many polar bears and cubs and this is just a small selection of the thousands of pictures we took of them

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Polar Bear

The Arctic - Polar Bear Slide, Glaciers and Ice Fields

What a sight! A Polar Bear walking across a glacier, sliding and playing! Then lots of bears on the ice fields - what an incredible 48 hours!!

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Polar Bear

The Arctic - Artic Foxes

Smaller than our foxes these charming creatures were a delight to watch.

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Polar Bear

India - Ranthambore National Park

There is a wealth of wildlife in the park and this gallery shows just a few of the species that can be seen in addition to tigers and sloth bears.
Why not stay at The Ranthambore Regency for your safari into the park. Here you will receive a wonderful welcome and will be well looked after.

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Polar Bear

India - Tigers in Ranthambore National Park

These magnificent animals are on the endangered list and it was a priviledge to be able to see one ambling along the path in this beautiful park.

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Polar Bear

India - Sloth Bears in Ranthambore National Park

These sloth bears are extremely rare but we were lucky enough to have a brief glimpse of them (at quite a distance as you can see)

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