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@beardybirder.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 1:28 PMReposted by @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social

Superlative views of White-tailed Eagles were had on a daily basis during the @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social Danube Delta holiday this past week. There're few places in the world where you can get up so close and personal with truly wild individuals amongst an astounding wetland setting.

@beardybirder.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 1:22 PMReposted by @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social

I'm just back from 9 days' leading on the @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social autumn exploration of the Danube Delta in wonderful Romania - a truly magical place at any time of the year that spoiled us rotten (both weather and natural history-wise)!

@beardybirder.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 1:39 PMReposted by @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social

A few nice bits and bobs encountered around the Danube Delta during this week's @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social holiday: Cardinal, Flower-of-an-hour, and Eastern/European Tree Frog.

A boldly brown and dull orange chequered Cardinal butterfly rests, wings spread, as it nectars on a bank of thistles. There is an obvious greenish sheen across the butterfly's entire upperwing.

The white outer petals of a Flower-of-an-hour (Hibiscus trionum) flower strongly contrast with the deep purple inner petals and gold-dusted stamens, against a blurred backdrop of green, red, and yellow vegetation.

A bright green Eastern or European Tree Frog shows off its' golden eyes and brown "mask" as it clambers amongst dead brown stems.

@wildlifetraveller.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 1:49 AM

September has been a big month for us in South America Laurie's group enjoyed spectacular sightings of at least eight Jaguars in the Pantanal, followed by Philip's jaw-dropping encounters with Harpy Eagles in the Sierra de la Macarena in Colombia October is going to feel very quiet after all that!

@wildlifetraveller.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 1:32 PM

some flashes of Gesneriaceae that caught my eye from the last few days (cos who can resist a Gesnerid?)

Kohleria stuebeliana, endemic to the eastern slope of the eastern Andes in Colombia

Columnea microcalyx

Episcia cupreata

Besleria solanoides

#WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia

@wildlifetraveller.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 11:02 AM

the second Harpy Eagle encounter in two days, in the Sierra de la Macarena words fail. just an awesome beast, in an awesome location, thanks to some awesome people, who have brought us to a place where tourism was unimaginable just a decade ago. we will be back.

@wildlifetraveller.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:55 AM

we were invited back to #Colombia this autumn by @procolombiaco.bsky.social and our friends at Nature Colombia with the promise of the world's biggest bird of prey. as you can see, they have more than lived up to their promise. and it's not over yet...

#HarpyEagle #WildlifeTravelling

@wildlifetraveller.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 4:01 AM

from the Andean cloud forest, we dropped all the way down to the great wet plains of the Llanos, where we finished the day with two fantastic Giant Anteater sightings and a handful of Hoatzins

#WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia

(and the least said about the lost passport, the better...)

@wildlifetraveller.bsky.social Sep 26, 2026, 3:56 AM

on the first day of our #famtrip to Colombia, we had a breakfast appointment with the Cundinamarca Antpitta

only discovered in the 1990s, the entire world population is squeezed into the cloud forest between 2000m & 2200m asl on a handful of Andean hillsides

#WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia

@wildlifeprecey.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 10:49 PMReposted by @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social

three Yellow-billed and my first ever Black-billed Cuckoo were the chief prizes from 25,000 jetlagged steps in Bogotá's parks today

#WildlifeTravelling in #Colombia

@wildlifetraveller.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 8:13 AM

for the last few days of our Brazil trip, Laurie and the group have left the Pantanal behind and headed into the mistily lush Atlantic Forest: fewer spots, but a lot more colourful

#WildlifeTravelling in #Brazil

@beardybirder.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 4:09 AMReposted by @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social

I can't wait to lead this @wildlifetraveller.bsky.social holiday to the amazing #Pantanal in September 2027 - check out wildlife-travel.co.uk/our-holidays... if you fancy joining us in exploring one of the world's most amazing wild places.

@wildlifetraveller.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 8:42 AM

Brazil, where even the small cats are big

our group are now headed back along the Transpantaneira, having spent three amazing days with the Jaguars of Porto Jofre

but the trip is far from over, as this Ocelot (our 2nd of the trip!) would like to point out

#WildlifeTravelling in the #Pantanal