This week was very
quiet, we didn't see female turtles and we had no hatchlings but we had two
tracks in Grand Police. Unfortunately, one did not lay, because of the natural
debris and the vegetation and the other did not try to laid because of rocks on
her way, she went back directly to the water. We also finished the beach
profiling with Jeanne and her daughter, who were our volunteers for the day.
Surprisingly, my colleague
Jonny found a barn owl in the wetland, it is very rare to see this bird in the
wetland. It's an invasive species introduced to control the rat population in
Seychelles some time back; but instead it started preying on native birds and
competing with the endemic and vulnerable Seychelles Kestrel. So, if you caught
and killed a Barn Owl, the Ministry of Environment will give
you a reward!!.......however…..we didn’t catch it!
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| The introduced barn owl |
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