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The Wildlife Lens

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Have fun, Find wildlife. Grow skills. Connect with people who get it. A warm community for naturalists and photographers who'd rather be out there.

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14 contributions to Camping Wilderness Skool
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Both are useful, but for me a fixed blade is more robust.
Trail Terrain Call
Pick one terrain that teaches the most: A) Woods B) Mountains C) River country D) Swamp And tell us why. Where the Map Ends, The WILD begins!! Stay Rugged.
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woods, light changes fast, sound is distorted, movement is hidden until close, trails vanish, orientation without a compass can be difficult, geography is subtle, no visual clues!
🪵🌙 Evening Check-In
Fire's low. Day's done. Simple question before you settle in 👇 You're planning your next trip. One thing has to go — you can't take it all. What gets left behind? A) The comfort item 🛏️ B) The extra food 🍳 C) The backup gear 🎒 D) The technology 📱 Drop your letter + one line. What's the hardest thing to leave at the truck? Where the Map Ends, The WILD begins!! Stay Rugged.
🪵🌙 Evening Check-In
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@Rodney Thompson Outdoor Skills I find that essentials and even backup is important in the wild. Its okay if you have a short ride to a supermarket, but backup is usually there because if something goes wrong then its hard to fix without it. Most comfort items can be left behind as it often be lived without.
Camping with Hippos
Our days in St Lucia, tucked inside the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, felt like stepping into a living aviary where every bird seemed impossibly rare. One wild night a storm rolled through and left us a bit damp, though the tent held firm and its built‑in mosquito net did its job. I somehow slept through the whole thing, while Fiona found the thunder far less charming. The monkeys did try and wreck the tent by trampolining on it, but it managed to survive somehow. Hippos filled every pool and lake around the camp, and at night they wandered casually down the main street alongside warthogs as we ate at a restaurant. We took a boat trip to watch hippos and Nile crocodiles up close, but the birds were my favourite—new species like the Green Malkoha, Palm‑nut Vulture and Trumpeter Hornbill in their natural world. And in perfect St Lucia fashion, Fiona bought an enormous sugar‑cone ice cream that melted faster than she could eat it in the humid heat, which felt especially fitting given we were staying at the Sugar Loaf campsite
Camping with Hippos
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@Rodney Thompson Outdoor Skills Nile crocodiles are not quite like alligators... they are terrifying. I think when we have a lifetime of adventures and loads of stories to tell, adventures like this stay alive in our minds for a long time.
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We Couldn't Get Through. So We Camped Right There.62 minutes on the Satilla River in winter. Downed trees, cold water, cold dark portage, fat lighter fire, steak on a sandbar. What's your call when the plan hits wood out there? Where the Map Ends, The WILD begins!! Stay Rugged.
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Over 56 years photographing all wildlife. 1000+ bird species. Teaching at The Wildlife Lens. Explore wildlife with me!

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