Hey everybody! I didnt think it would happen so quickly but my final week in Africa has arrived(and running out rapidly!) Cant believe ive only got a couple of days left! Ive had such an amazing time im going to be boring you all death for a long time!!! This week the little pups finally made their first public outing! They are so unbelieveable cute and tiny! They came out of the burrow near us so Shelton (meerkat dude!) picked them up and set them on my lap!! ...

Hi everybody Well its the first of december already ill be home in just over 2 weeks! Its scary to think how fast this year has gone! Ive had a kinda quiet week the weather has not been very good (just preparing me for home i guess!!) Weve only had a couple of chances to go and see the meerkats. They are taking food out of my hand and 1 almost came and sat on me. Hopefully by next week the pups will be big enough to come out. We can already hear them moving aro...

Hi everybody Ive made it safely to South Africa! Cant beleive im doing my final project ill be home in just over 3 weeks!! The meerkats im working with are so unbelievably cute! I expected it to take a few days for them to get used of me but on my first afternoon they were taking grasshoppers out of my hand! I felll like am in an episode of meerkat manor! They are so hard to spot when your walking then suddenly all these little heads start popping up all over...

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...