So this last week has been a great one in terms of visits
and wildlife. Our volunteers Maurits and Nadia only stayed with us for a few
days, but I’m happy to say that their time here was well spent! The two of them conducted bird surveys and wetland mapping,
as well as decorating the inside of the centre.
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| Nadia and Maurits starting our new visitors log |
In addition, the two of them adopted a Yellow-Bellied Mud
Turtle they’ve now named “Rachel”. This means that we now have 3 terrapins that
have been adopted. Two weeks ago, a father and son, Mark and Oscar, also
adopted Stumpy and Project. All of our foster parents now live on our Proud
Parents Wall, as pictured below.
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| Our banyan tree of Proud Parents (painted by Nadia) |
On Monday, the entire wetland was flooded due to heavy rain
all throughout the weekend. Even some of the boardwalk was covered!
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| Boardwalk next to one of the hotel's restaurants was flooded |
Fortunately, some animals seemed to like the wet weather. On
our way to turtle patrol, Imogen and I managed to see two Seychelles Kestrels
mating!
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| Our loving couple |
Today, we received another group from the SOSF Marine
Explorers Program. The kids had another wander through the wetland, during
which they spotted several Green-Backed Herons and one group was lucky enough
to see a terrapin!
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| The kids looking for terrapins in the water |
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| Abbi and Fred trying to take a picture of a Green-Backed Heron |
Unfortunately, today is my last day working for MCSS – I’m
moving to England in September to my Masters Degree. I’ve had lots of fun her
and I’ve greatly appreciated the opportunity. If you are Seychellois and
interested in the possibility of working for MCSS, please contact info@mcss.sc and look out in the local
newspapers for the job advertisements!
