Southern Kori (Ardeotis kori ssp. kori)

Southern Kori (Ardeotis kori ssp. kori)

Bustards are very large birds, and the southern kori (Ardeotis kori ssp. kori) is the largest flying bird in Africa. They have a wingspan of up to 275 cm (9…


Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori)

Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori)

Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori) is an amazing bird, one of the largest flying bird species on the planet. Yet you rarely see it fly, but when you do it's very…


Rüppell's Korhaan (Eupodotis rueppellii)

Rüppell’s Korhaan (Eupodotis rueppellii)

Bustards blend in perfectly with the desert landscape and in withered vegetation, and often not seen unless they are moving. It sounds like this:


Corchorus erodioides UV

Corchorus erodioides UV

Another example of a yellow flower in visible light that is very dark in UV. It is endemic to Socotra.


Corchorus erodioides

Corchorus erodioides

On the hills overlooking the Detwah lagoon on the west coast of Socotra I found many interesting flowers, and luckily some not destroyed by goats, like this…


Corchorus erodioides

Corchorus erodioides

On the hills overlooking the Detwah lagoon on the west coast of Socotra I found many interesting flowers, and luckily some not destroyed by goats, like this…


Trollhegg (Frangula alnus)

Trollhegg (Frangula alnus)

Blomstene til trollhegg (Frangula alnus) er i motsetning til heggen nærmest usynlige og lukter lite. Trollheggen blomstrer helt til frosten og er således en…


Trollhegg (Frangula alnus)

Trollhegg (Frangula alnus)

Trollhegg (Frangula alnus) er vanlig og tallrik her. Trollheggen legger de færreste merke til. Den vokser på fuktig plasser og sees ofte sammen med både…


Geitved (Rhamnus cathartica)

Geitved (Rhamnus cathartica)

Geitved (Rhamnus cathartica) er en relativt vanlig busk som de aller fleste overser. Den vokser på fuktig grunn, gjerne sammen med korsved og trollhegg. Mange…