Hey all Well ive reached the end of my final week in Swaziland! Im heading down to South Africa on Monday to begin my final project with the meerkats. This week has been pretty quiet i most admit. Ive spent the whole week down at Hlane royal park doing the marabou storks. We tagged the last one and fittted another radio transmitter. The rest of the time has been tracking. We spent nearly two days hunting for two missing chicks only to discover they had been ...

Hi Guys Ive spent this week in malolotja nature park in the north of the country. I was helping an irish masters student research the use of lichens in the constrution of birds nests! Must admit i wasnt thrilled when i was told but ive had a blast! Malolotja is completly mountainous and hilly dont think there is a single flat spot. Which has meant rather a lot of hiking. I set out on monday for our first walk to collect lichen samples from 10 trees i had know...

Hi guys Ive survived another weeks 'hard' work! Ive spent most of the week radio tracking marabou stork chicks. Ive always watched peole do it on telly and wondered what it would be like so now i am that person holding the reciver waiting for it to start beeping! Its really not very hard but then again it helps our litttle ones are still only strating to fly so dont venture very far!! Which makes it even more exciting when you do find one in a new place! I know ...

Hello everybody! Im alive and well here in Swaziland! Had a very chilled out week. Arrivied on Friday didnt start work until Monday. I didnt realise how knackered i was until i had a comffy bed and no set time to get up spent all of Saturday in bed!!! Spent Sunday chilling out by the pool at the local 5* lodge not what i really expected from Swaziland!! The whole country is alot more developed and western than i expected. Its far better developed than Zambia an...