Travel Stories

Hi All, I felt bad about not posting for a very long time, so it is now time to set things straight. Fatherhood, work, and moving into a new house, kinda filled my agenda during the last year. I though I would share some of the most memorable images from that period... I guess …

Last week I visited family in Sintra, close to Lisbon (Portugal) Apart from visiting (flooded) Lisbon itself we spent quite some time in the NP of Sintra - Cascais. Here you find a super wet Mediterranean forest landscape, unique in the world. It reminded me a lot of the beauty …

I was strolling through the images I took this year when I noticed something that up till now remained unshared on my website. It all started this summer with the phone call of a relative, who had found a litter of hedgehogs whilst gardening. Not knowing what to do with them, he …

On how this trip originated… Africa, is enormous. The UK, China, USA, India, Japan and the rest of Europe would fit within its borders. Also, it retains 45% of the earths uncultivated land, a precious remaining asset. This makes it the world’s greatest remaining wilderness. Yet …

Some days ago, I noticed barn swallows feeding their youngsters in our roof gutter. I decided to join them with my telelens and follow the feeding behaviour for some time. This was very interesting and I noticed several things.

In the past, Eagle owls were extinct in Belgium since early 20th century. In 1982 birds were released from breeding programs, and slowly started to repopulate the country in the following decades. Anno 2015 the Belgian population is thought to consist of 125-135 breeding pairs, …