GHAUT FEELINGS
Today was a day of following ghaut (excuse the pun) feelings. We were exploring new areas of our release site ghaut to try and find the frog utopia we’re sure must exist, to explain...
OWLS AND LARKS
We’ve been radio tracking for over a month now, so have decided to try and track at different times of night / early morning in case different frogs move around more at different times....
A ‘HOW TO?’ OF RADIO TRACKING
From reading this blog, it’s pretty evident that we’ve employed radio tracking as one of the main elements of the release. But, how do we do it? How do the frogs transmit signals? What...
FINDING CUPID ON VALENTINE’S DAY
Driving through Brades at about 6.30pm we could already see Montserratians gearing up for a night of revelry for Valentine’s day, many dressed to impress in red. We on the other hand (in scruffy...
TRAINING, TRACKING, MAPPING
With the release completed the focus now was to train the team remaining in Montserrat in everything they would need to monitor the released frogs successfully. This included a lot of frog catching practice...
THE FULL MONTY
Re-capping the past two years’ work with Montserrat Mountain Chickens
Since March 2009 and the arrival of the deadly chytrid fungus, there has been a dedicated push to save the critically endangered Mountain Chickens on...
IT’S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
The final day of release, and introducing 'Maverick' the frog...
‘Maverick’ is the first of the frogs to disperse out of the immediate area of the release. During our morning tracking we found him up...
3, 2, 1, MOUNTAIN CHICKENS ARE GO!
The first release of captive-bred mountain chickens back into the wild.
Today was a very special day. At about 2pm we all headed to the holding facility and began the task of getting a group...