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Phone Apps

List of Phone Apps Not my usual subject, but I thought it might be interesting to list some of the Apps I’ve got on my phone, especially reference Apps. So here’s a list of a few apps I’ve got and their usage. All apps are from the Google Store and are for Android phones. I…

April 19 2021 Kevin Agar

Birds, Blog, WildlifeBirds , Blog , Phone Apps , Wildlife

South Africa 2020 – The Cavern Drakenberg Resort and Spa

13th-17th February 2020 We left Lake Eland Game Reserve and travelled to Hillcrest in Durban to meet with Craig, Tammy and their son Josh. A lovely family we met last year in Mauritius. Tammy was expecting twins and as we were so near it would have been a shame not to see them. We spent…

April 11 2020 Kevin Agar

Birds, Blog, WildlifeDrakensberg , South Africa , The Cavern

South Africa 2020 – Lake Eland and the Oribi Gorge

10th-13th February 2020 We drove from Mimi’s Retreat Ramsgate to Lake Eland Game Reserve in the Oribi Gorge, stopping on the way to do some shopping as we had to cook for ourselves here. Upon arrival we were told that the price for our reservation had changed but were pleasantly surprised when we were told…

April 4 2020 Kevin Agar

Birds, Blog, WildlifeLake Eland , Oribi Gorge , South Africa

South Africa 2020 – uShaka Marine World, Durban to Ramsgate

6th-9th February 2020 We moved on from Salt Rock to Ramsgate but stopped on our way to see a bit more of the country. Our 1st stop was at Umhlanga where we visited the beach and Whalebone Pier. It was only a short stay as we wanted to go into Durban and visit the Aquarium…

March 28 2020 Kevin Agar

Birds, Blog, Underwater, WildlifeDurban , Ramsgate , South Africa

South Africa 2020 – St. Lucia and Salt Rock

29th-31st January 2020 We left Mpila Tented Camp in Imfolozi Game Reserve and headed towards St. Lucia. Rather than exit the park and take the quick route we decided to stay in Imfolozi and Hluhluwe Game Reserves and do a game drive, visit Hilltop again for a coffee and then exit at Memorial gate and…

March 22 2020 Kevin Agar

Birds, Blog, Underwater, WildlifeSalt Rock , South Africa , St. Lucia

South Africa 2020 – Hluhluwe, Sodwana and Imfolozi

20th January 2020 Well it was time to get out of the UK to escape the dull and dreary weather at this time of year. An early start to catch the 06:10 from Leeds to Schiphol Amsterdam, and then the 10:15 flight to Johannesburg arriving at 22:05 local time. Collected the car after a long…

March 16 2020 Kevin Agar

Birds, Blog, WildlifeHluhluwe , Sodwana , South Africa

Processing for Birds – Revised Workflow for Noise Reduction using Neat Image

The preamble If you can’t be bothered with the whys and wherefores then you can click the links below to go to each section. The preambleThe test resultsThe conclusionThe resulting workflow This is a revised description of my noise reduction workflow using NeatImage. Originally I was under the impression that I wasn’t doing any noise…

November 29 2019 Kevin Agar

Birds, Blog, Lightroom, Photoshop, Post Processing, WildlifeBirds , Neat Image , Noise Reduction , Photoshop , Post Processing

Holiday in Mauritius

Instead of our usual trip to Egypt in October we decided to go to Mauritius for 2 weeks. This was broken down to a week in the South of the Island at Heritage Awali Golf and Spa Resort in Bel Ombre, 4 days at Aanari Hotel & Spa in Flic en Flac on the West…

November 3 2019 Kevin B Agar

Birds, Blog, WildlifeBirds , Blog , Holiday , Mauritius , Trip Report , Wildlife

Birding trip to El Rocio, Spain

It’s April and time for the annual birding trip with Dave, Stephen and Trevor, 3 friends. This year my personal tour operator ( Sandra ) suggested El Rocio in Southern Spain. I had a couple of birds on my wish list, Penduline Tit and Dartford Warbler. Penduline Tit as it would be a new lifer…

April 14 2019 Kevin Agar

Birds, Blog, WildlifeBirding , Birds , El Rocio , Spain , Trip Report

South Africa – Didima

Our final destination was Didima Camp in the Didima valley where we hoped to do some walking. The first walk was going to be Rainbow Gorge, but after setting out and getting to the top of the hill we realised that we had already drunk most of the water and with the oppressive heat it…

April 9 2019 Kevin Agar

Birds, Blog, WildlifeBirds , Didima , Didima Camp , Ndumeni River , Rainbow Gorge , Walking , Wildlife

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