Wonders of the Monsoon - Deluge #GifGallery
In episode 2 of 'Wonders of the Monsoon' we bring you...The planets biggest animal taking a dive...A young elephant playing with it's food...Monkeys splashing... A snakebird in training... ...and a...
View ArticleBudgie Tornado - Wonders of The Monsoon
Budgie Tornado - as featured in 'The Drought', episode 3 of Wonders of The Monsoon.It had been an extremely hot dry season and I hoped to find one of the outbacks greatest, and most unpredictable,...
View ArticleMagical moon halo over Medirigiriya Vatadage, Sri Lanka
We had arranged to spend the night at Medirigiriya Vatadage, to capture timelapses of the stars passing overhead. It was a beautiful night made even more magical by a perfect moon halo. Here are a few...
View ArticleWonders of The Monsoon 'The Drought' gif gallery
Episode 3 Wonders of the Monsoon 'The Drought'We bring you...The world's biggest wild leopard roaring...Testosterone fuelled black buck duelling...80,000 budgies flocking...Baby Elephant...
View ArticlePigs on a beach - Bornean bearded pigs with a taste for seafood.
Just before starting work on 'Wonders of The Monsoon' my wife and I visited Bako National Park in Borneo on our honeymoon. The sun was setting, the tide was out and we were having a BBQ on the beach....
View ArticleHow the cute Indian desert foxes were filmed #WondersofTheMonsoon
For Wonders of The Monsoon we were the first BBC wildlife series to feature the incredibly cute Indian Desert Fox as seen in episode 3 'The Drought'. But to film this adorable sequence meant that...
View Article8 reasons NOT to miss Wonders of The Monsoon episode 4
8 Reasons NOT to miss Wonders of The Monsoon on Sunday...8pm BBC2 www.bbc.co.uk/monsoon1. Giant pitcher plant enticing a mountain shrew... 2. Lip-Smacking Black Macaques3. Mega Volcanic Eruptions4....
View ArticleGiant Shrew Vs Monster Pitcher Plant
For episode 4 of Wonders of The Monsoon we wanted to film the peculiar relationship between a giant mountain shrew and one of the worlds biggest pitcher plants on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu,...
View ArticleA unique view of a corpse flower being pollinated #Rafflessia #Borneo
Vines are incredibly efficient at hoovering up nutrients from the impoverished rain-washed soil of Borneo. They can grow incredibly fast, climbing the large trees to reach high where they can use the...
View ArticleSaving the Orangutan - dedicated to the inspiring people at the coalface of...
As featured in 'Wonders of The Monsoon' BBC2 8pm, Sunday 2nd November 2014Words and facts in this post are quoted from 'To catch an orangutan' read the complete story here. Any opinions expressed or...
View ArticleThe Last Guató - Canoe People of the Pantanal
The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, spreading almost 200,000 square kilometres across Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. To me, this is the best place to see wildlife in South America, and it...
View ArticleElectrifying! Catching the spectacular storms of Northern Australia
For the recent BBC2 series ‘Wonders of the Monsoon' we needed to film the power of the weather and how it influences wildlife, people and landscape. As you'd expect, it's an incredibly difficult...
View ArticlePutting my camera down for life's most precious moment
Exactly two weeks ago I did something very unusual. I put my camera down. I decided to see something with my own eyes and experience one of life's most precious moments without the need to focus and...
View ArticleHow to build a Dinosaur - a T-rex decal for your house.
How to build a Dinosaur... find a blank wall, buy a wall decal and slowly apply. The perfect addition to any hallway!Applying the finishing touches!However, it's not as easy as it looks, this T-rex is...
View ArticleKandimalal - The Wolfe Creek Meteor Crater, Western Australia
Whilst travelling in Australia recently I had the chance in to visit Wolfe Creek Crater in Western Australia. I've known about this spectacular impact scar for years, having read about it in a 'Wonders...
View ArticleMeat-eating monster crab of Christmas Island
For the BBC Two series 'Wonders of the Monsoon' the team recorded extraordinary new behaviour of the worlds largest crab - the robber crab, hunting amongst the millions of migrating land crabs on...
View ArticleBird of Paradise in Qatar - David Attenborough gets upstaged!
David Attenborough might be a master of words but getting them out can be a challenge when you're repeatedly upstaged by an excited Greater Bird of Paradise.Attenborough's Paradise Birds - Thurs 29th...
View ArticleGiant otter and the plastic bottle on #WorldWetlandsDay #Brazil
On World Wetlands Day spare a thought for the Giant Otter of the PantanalFebruary 2nd each year is World Wetlands Day. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2nd...
View ArticleAlaska, Earth's Frozen Kingdom... but don't worry, there's no singing...
Tonight BBC2 8pmAlaska is huge - by far the biggest US state, and still one of the wildest places on earth. It has deep forests and vast mountain ranges, and a third of it sits above the Arctic Circle....
View ArticleSuper Cute Animals - Adorable Snoring Hummingbird
Sunday 15th February 6pm BBC One Here's just a tiny bit of cute to get you all squishy - a snoring hummingbird. Warning some viewers heads might explode. Cameraman and presenter Gordon Buchanan with...
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