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Headline: Wildlife Photographer Documents 'Tree of Life'

Caption: A wildlife photographer has documented his favourite tree in Africa - known locally by guides as the Tree of Life. Wimbledon-based Paul Goldstein has captured spectacular wildlife and weather photographs with the lonesome boscia in the frame. He shot the the boscia, commonly known as the shepherd's tree, in Kenya's Olare Conservancy over the course of the last three years. Paul, a guide for Exodus Travels (www.exodus.co.uk) explains: "Of all the trees in Africa, the boscia has caught my imagination the most. It stands without company, a lonely sentinel to the fabled plains. I love the flat topped acacias, the olive-barked fever trees, but it is the boscia in my mind that has an iconic appeal not touched arboreally anywhere else. In the heart of the Olare Conservancy in Kenya there is one particular one which is like a magnet for me. Whether it is gazing at it during sundowners or marvelling at how it attracts other animals, this is my favourite tree in Africa. The fact that it is in the middle of the most fertile conservancy for cats anywhere certainly gilds its already potent appeal. "Its only problem is that the one animal I am yet to see lounging in its branches is a leopard, an animal I have been obsessed with for thirty years. However, with wildlife, patience is not a virtue but a must and the wait is an enjoyable one. My guides have christened it the ‘Tree of Life’. It is a well-known marker during game drives." Presenter, photographer, writer and guide Paul Goldstein co-owns Kicheche Camps (www.kicheche.com) in Kenya and in November is lecturing 'An even wilder night out' with the BBC's Chris Packham in Dorking, Buxton and Cheltenham: https://www.exodus.co.uk/wilder-night-out

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