South Africa - flowers and pollinators

Male malachite sunbird on king protea



Catherine wheel pincushion protea



Monkey beetles feeding on Bulbinella

Male double-collared sunbird perched on pincushion protea

Male Cape sugarbird feeding on nectar in pincushion protea

Weird & wonderful reptiles

South Sichuan Bamboo Sea flood

The aftermath of a severe storm over the South Sichuan Bamboo Sea in China over the night of 28/29 August. As red rivers flowed downed slopes into the lobby of the Shunan Hotel it became like an estuary at flood tide. Here staff are attempting to sweep out the water.



Another view in the South Sichuan Bamboo Sea where landslips exposed the red sandstone soil. Here a huge slip has carried a grove of bamboos with it in the Ink Brook Valley.

First trip to Tibet

Here is a fleeting moment seen from the 24 hour journey from Xining to Lhasa on the Qinghai-Tibet railway.



A dawn sky at the Xiongse Nunnery not far from Lhasa.