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Herpetofauna Workers Meeting 2019
Last weekend, I attended the 32nd Herpetofauna Workers Meeting, in Stoke-on-Trent: this conference, organised by ARG UK and Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, is to share information on the latest work in UK amphibian and reptile conservation. While I wasn’t able … Continue reading
Gems in the Dunes
Today, I went down to Ainsdale – close to where I’ve done some habitat management volunteer work in the past – to do some volunteering for the Gems in the Dunes project. This project, led by Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, aims to preserve … Continue reading
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Tagged Ainsdale, conservation, habitat management, natterjack toad, sand lizard, Sefton Coast, volunteering
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Wildlife Road Trip with Martin Hughes-Games and Iolo Williams
Seven months after seeing Saba Douglas-Hamilton give a lecture at The Platform in Morecambe, my family and I headed to the same venue for another wildlife-related show: Wildlife Road Trip, featuring Martin Hughes-Games and Iolo Williams. These two are currently … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, Iolo Williams, Martin Hughes-Games, Springwatch, Wildlife Road Trip
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Saba Douglas-Hamilton: A Life with Elephants
Yesterday evening, I headed for Morecambe to see a lecture by conservationist and wildlife filmmaker Saba Douglas-Hamilton. Saba was a brilliant speaker, and the subject matter was both fascinating and worrying. For the first half, Saba told much of her … Continue reading
Indigo Expeditions in Alta Verapaz – Part 4
So, what did we do the morning after we had climbed a mountain? We got up at 4am and went for a hike, of course! With the weather not being ideal for our purposes, this was done in the hopes … Continue reading
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Tagged Coban, Community Cloud Forest Conservation, conservation, Guatemala, herpetology, Indigo Expeditions, snake
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Indigo Expeditions in Alta Verapaz – Part 3
Day 6 was going to take us higher and further than we had gone before in our mission to survey the herps of the CCFC campus. We were going up to the ridge trail, right on top of the hills … Continue reading
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Tagged Community Cloud Forest Conservation, conservation, frog, Guatemala, herpetology, salamander, snake
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Indigo Expeditions in Alta Verapaz – Part 2
It didn’t take long to recognise general patterns to the weather. While you might initially wake up to some mist lingering around the forested hills, this would clear up, and the mornings would subsequently … Continue reading
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Tagged Community Cloud Forest Conservation, conservation, frog, Guatemala, herpetology, Indigo Expeditions, lizard, salamander, snake
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Lending a hand to the sand lizard
Yesterday I had a tiring but fun day helping out the Amphibian & Reptile Group of South Lancashire in sand dune habitat outside Southport, where we were working to improve the habitat for the local sand lizards. We didn’t actually … Continue reading
Project Chicchan – Part 5
Day 12 – 28th December Tonight was our final nocturnal survey, this time back to the agricultural edge. Once again, we didn’t find a wide range of species, but the place was crawling with sheep frogs (Hypopachus variolosus), plus a … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, frog, Guatemala, herpetology, Las Guacamayas Biological Station, lizard, Project Chicchan, snake
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Project Chicchan – Part 4
Day 8 – 24th December In the morning, Rowland, Sheri and I followed the natural edge trail all the way to its end – the agricultural edge, where the locals had been working and cutting a firebreak. Rowland’s previous expedition … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, crocodile, frog, Guatemala, herpetology, lizard, Project Chicchan, snake
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