Phil Perry Wildlife Photography
Welcome to Phil Perry's Wildlife Photography website.
I am a wildlife photographer based in Swaziland, southern Africa.
The main part of the website is galleries of wildlife photographs taken on my many safaris through Africa (South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia) as well as photos taken in various parts of Europe, especially southern Portugal. Wildlife from other parts of the world will also feature as I venture further afield (India, Seychelles, etc). For a number of years I specialised in photographing Leopards. I was fortunate to be able to follow several leopards in Sabi Sands for about 4 years - watching them hunting, mating, cubs growing up and having their own cubs.
The aim of the site is to promote wildlife conservation through wildlife photography - especially in Africa.
Added Value for Eco-Tourism : Wildlife Photography Hides/Blinds. I am convinced that many eco-tourist enterprises can add significantly to their income by building well positioned, well designed photographic hides/blinds. Wildlife photographers will be more than willing to pay for the use of hides that promise reliable, excellent views and photography opportunities of interesting species. To encourage this I have set up a section on this website (Hides and Blinds) giving more information on the subject. Long-term I hope to be able to create a database of hide designs and details of the locations of good photography hides.
November 2009: One of my photographs has just been Highly Honored in the Landscape Category in the 2009 Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards and will be featured in Nature's Best's high definition video displayed within the exhibition area from November 12th to May 3rd, 2010 at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Only 48 photographs are featured in this exhibit. This display features just 48 photographs of the more than 25,000 pictures entered. My photo was taken at Malolotja Nature Reserve in Swaziland and shows a group of Blesbok silhouetted against a mountain backdrop that includes Emlembe, the highest point in Swaziland.
July 2009: Very sad news. Makwela the legendary female leopard from Sabi Sands is dead. After suffering increased pressure from other female leopards she started to spend more and more time out of the reserve. She was finally killed after her depradations on cattle became too much for local cattle herders. She will be greatly missed by her many friends around the world. Meanwhile the dominant territorial male, Wallys is still hanging on. His territory has been greatly reduced over the last 18 months, as several new leopards have moved in, though no one male has managed to claim overall supremacy. Wallys is still being challenged in his remaining territory by other leopards and it is likely that he will be ousted quite soon. Often this means death for an old male. At around 17 years, Wallys has already reached a ripe old age for a wild leopard.
Latest Photos: Kenya 2009 Photos from a fabulous trip to Shaba, Buffalo Springs, Lewa Conservancy, Aberdares and Lake Nakuru. See 2 million flamingos ! !
Other News: The famous South African bird guide 'Roberts' is producing an online version - to which I am contributing a number of photographs (over 300 so far). For more on this project see: Roberts Online
Also check out my two new websites and blog: Leopard.com.pt A new sister site promoting wildlife photography, conservation and eco-tourism in Portugal and Africa. This site is still in the early stages of development. Also Lince-Iberico Another new sister-website dedicated to focussing attention on the plight of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) (Portuguese: El lince-iberico / Spanish: El lince iberico). Its conservation status is 'Critically Endangered' and it is the world's rarest species of cat. This site is running - but still requires a lot of development. See my Wildlife Conservation Blog whic deals with a wide range of conservation issues and make thought provoking suggestions as to what needs to be done.
See my other pages:
Leopards of Sabi Sands Gallery
Email Contact: phil@pperrywildlifephotos.org.sz
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