Neil Aldridge / Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) pups waiting at their den on Mashatu Game Reserve, Tuli, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) flying, Selinda Spillway, northern Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) standing on the banks of the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Portrait of an African darter (Anhinga rufa) on the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) catching a young barbel or catfish in the shallows of the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) perched on the back of an African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) on the banks of the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) calf keeping close to its mother on Kariega Game Reserve, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) female 'Thandi' silhouetted against the sunset, Kariega Game Reserve. South Africa. Thandi's horns were taken in a brutal attack by poachers.

Neil Aldridge / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feed on a wildebeest carcass, Chobe, Botswana, August.

Neil Aldridge / Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) with a Yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) on its back, nuzzling its mother at a waterhole, Chief's Island, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) yawning while sitting on a fallen tree in forests, Limpopo River, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) flying over reedbeds, Selinda Spillway, northern Botswana. August.