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An Unhelpful Guide to The Rockaways & New York

Welcome to my guide to the Rockaways and New York! If you’ve read my Unhelpful Guide to Boston (and if you haven’t, why not?!), you’ll…

19th May 2019

An Unhelpful Guide to… Boston

It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these Unhelpful Guides. Yes, I know, I’m sure dozens of you have been tearing your hair…

26th April 2019

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This is Sushi, an endangered shoebill whom I met a

This is Sushi, an endangered shoebill whom I met at Entebbe Zoo in Uganda - and Joseph, his keeper.
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Sushi was discovered being kept as a pet by a family in Uganda. He was named Sushi because that's what the family fed him and that's what he liked to eat.
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In the wild shoebills are extremely hard to spot as they are solitary and live in inaccessible marshlands. There are also only around 5,000 - 8,000 left in the wild.
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I'd never seen a shoebill before and I thought he was fascinating. He seems almost prehistoric with his knobbly bill and his piercing glare. One look at him and you can really believe that birds are related to dinosaurs.
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I've written a new blog post about Africa's amazing birds. Click the link in my bio to find out more about shoebills and 33 other wonderful African birds.
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Another bird that is white, black and orange... bu

Another bird that is white, black and orange... but I didn’t have to travel quite so far to see this one.
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Finding small ways to scratch my wildlife photography itch by visiting London’s parks.
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How are you managing to keep the travel dream alive during lockdown?
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Exactly a year ago I was here, staring at more pen

Exactly a year ago I was here, staring at more penguins than it's possible to imagine on the island of South Georgia. 🐧🐧🐧
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This photo was taken at St Andrew’s Bay, home to the one of the largest King Penguin colonies in the world. There are an estimated 150,000 breeding pairs here.
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Plus - at the time we were there - probably another 150,000 chicks. So that’s nearly half a million penguins! Just imagine the noise... and the smell...
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Today I'm home alone in my tiny flat in West London. What a difference a year makes, eh? 😭
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It's been a difficult year for us all, but I'm hoping that the journey back to normality has already begun, and that by this time next year we'll be free to travel, have adventures, and make new friends once again.
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Even if they are a bit noisy. 🐧🐧🐧
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How did London end up being home to an enormous po

How did London end up being home to an enormous population of wild ring-necked parakeets?
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No one really knows, but there are lots of stories.
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One says that they all descend from a breeding pair named Adam and Eve, released by Jimi Hendrix in 1968.
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According to another, they escaped from a film set where Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn were filming The African Queen in 1951.
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A third story says they were accidentally released when burglars robbed George MIchael's house in the 1990s and broke into his aviary.
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All of these are urban myths, of course, but one thing we do know is that there are now tens of thousands of these birds living in (predominantly west and southwest) London.
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The ones that live in Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park are particularly tame and will eat from your hand if you offer them nuts.
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🌟 We're locked down, so I wrote a new post! 🌟
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In which I dream of this time last year, when I was en route to Antarctica and about to do a very silly thing. Although I didn't know it at the time...
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To find out more, head over to the blog. Link's in my bio.
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I'm feeling pretty sad that this year I'm trapped at home alone, unable to even see my family and friends, let alone have grand aventures like this. But I'm just trying to sit tight and wait for things to get better again.
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This too shall pass, as they say...
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This is the beautiful amphitheatre at Hierapolis i

This is the beautiful amphitheatre at Hierapolis in Turkey. Hierapolis is a stunning ancient city that was founded by the Greeks before being taken over by the Romans.
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But this city is not only fascinating, it's also home to a mysterious cave that the Greeks and Romans thought was the Gate to Hell.
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The reason? Because when animals and birds get close to it, they immediately drop dead! But why?
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To find out, we headed off to Turkey in August to make a programme about it. And that programme is now available for you to watch online - FREE!
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Head over to the Science Channel website and search for Unearthed: Rome's Gate to Hell. You'll need a VPN if you're in the UK, but the Hola plugin for Chrome worked fine for me :)
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And here's a link https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/unearthed/full-episodes/romes-gate-to-hell
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Another handsome stag from Richmond Park a few wee

Another handsome stag from Richmond Park a few weeks ago. I meant to go back there today since it wasn't raining, but somehow I couldn't quite get motivated and now I have regrets. 😫
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I did manage a bike ride but only as far as the supermarket to buy chocolate. Has anyone else's sugar intake skyrocketed during lockdown, by the way? 🍫
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Someone please nag me to get my arse off the sofa and get my camera out next weekend! It's always hard to brave the cold and wind, but I never regret it once I'm there!
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Continuing my exploration of London’s diverse wi

Continuing my exploration of London’s diverse wildlife, here’s a single black swan I was surprised to spot in Kensington Gardens’ Round Pond last weekend.
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Black swans are native to Australia, and so rare in the UK that they’re not on the official list of British birds.
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A study in 2012 found just 37 confirmed breeding pairs in this country. So it looks like I was pretty lucky to see this one! 🙌
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