New Year and Some New Peeps
We have had a couple of volunteers join us here at ABC, camp numbers are always changing as people come and go which keeps things interesting...
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01, 2020
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01, 2020
Thunderbolts and Lightning
As I mentioned in my last blog the lightning storms here are rather immense! When they get going they are huge and pretty dangerous. The rain is so heavy is fully washes away the roads...
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12, 2019
Christmas Queens DIY
We have been super busy with all the different projects going on at the moment! Over the last week, I have also taken people to a few good spots I know for present buying as we have decided to do Secret Santa this year for Christmas...
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12, 2019
Working With Local Villages
As part of Sophies masters project we have been meeting with several Chiefs of the villages and we have been granted permission to survey at various woodlands / graveyards to the east of Lilongwe. To enable us to go into the graveyards for our surveys we have had to be initiated in rites of the Chewa culture...
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11, 2019
Straw Colour Fruit Bats
Despite being listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN, there is limited information on how Straw colour fruit bats behave in an urban environment. Despite a heavily busy urban centre, a group of Straw-coloured fruit bats have roosted in a central Lilongwe church for over 15 years...
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11, 2019
New Beginnings Ahead
I can get so carried away with doing that I forget to sit back sometimes and just take it all in, let alone write about it and get it online. It is November and I have just uprooted and moved myself over 5600 miles to Lilongwe, Malawi...
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10, 2019
National Nathusius Pipistrelle Project
It has been my fifth year taking part in the BCT National Nathusius Pipistrelle Project as part of Nottinghamshire Bat Group and for the last two years I have been leading them for the Group as part of the national project licence.
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09, 2019
Climate Strike and Swarming Surveys
I find it hard sometimes as I do travel a lot and do rack up some good airmiles. However, it is important not to just judge people with movements such as these. No one is perfect and we can all try and improve...
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08, 2019
A Woodland Wedding and London Adventures
The big event this month though was Ben and Gina’s wedding, or should I say hand fastening which took place in the magical Sherwood Forest...
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05, 2019
Got a New Job
By the way I totally forgot to tell you all that I am going to Malawi later this year as I have accepted the job of Research Manager for African Bat Conservation...