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January 7, 2017

Wintering Waxwings

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Back in 2016 we had the opportunity to go on a road trip driving up the east coast of Australia. Travelling from Melbourne to Cairns we were fortunate to have wild encounters with many of Australia’s iconic species, from watching Koala’s sleeping in a eucalyptus tree, seeing a duck billed platypus forage in the rain to this special evening spent in Kangaroo Valley watching wombats browse. Devastatingly many of the areas we travelled to have been ravaged by the ongoing bushfires and many of the animals we spent time watching, including this wombat, have likely been killed with an estimated 1 billion animals losing their lives to the raging fires so far. But all is not lost. The volunteers of @wireswildliferescue are working incredibly hard to treat and rehabilitate as many wild animals rescued or displaced by the fires as they can but they need your help to keep providing the care needed to an ever increasing number of patients. Please donate what you can through the link in our bio. - #bushfiresaustralia #wireswildliferescue #pleasedonate

Citizen-science on safari. • While in Botswana with @bushwaysbotswana we were incredibly lucky to encounter two different packs of Africa’s most endangered large carnivore. The African Wild Dog. • Painted Wolves, as they are also known, have disappeared from most of their former range due to the loss and fragmentation of suitable habitat as a result of the expanding human population. Most are now forced to live in small sub-populations which are particularly vulnerable to extinction. • But, through emigration and immigration sub-adults dispersing from natal packs can form new groups, rescue small sub-populations and recolonise unoccupied areas. • As such a collaborative project between the @university_of_zurich and the @botswanapredatorconservation is attempting to understand where and how wild dogs disperse and the connectivity between populations. • Combining GPS data from collared individuals with sightings, particularly photographs, from tourists and guides helps to identify movement patterns, habitat use during dispersal, settlement success in a new territory and reproductive success of dispersing sub-adults across large landscapes (even international boundaries) which be used to inform management plans vitally important to the conservation of this highly endangered species. • Watching a pack of wild dogs play, tussle and nap was magical, knowing that our submitted sighting may help contribute to their conservation makes it even more special. • #wilddogs #paintedwolves #botswana #citizenscience #conservation #followme

One of the many, many reasons I love visiting the #Cairngorms , the coal tits of RSPB’s Loch Garten reserve. • Turn up your volume to hear the sound of their wings in slow motion. • #loveithere #feedingthebirds #cairngormnationalpark

Evening traffic in Botswana’s Chobe National Park. • Looking forward to sharing more, photos, videos, thoughts and maybe even a blog post from our week camping in one the wildest places on Earth with @bushwaysbotswana back in September. • #Elephants #Botswana #chobenationalpark #africa #safari #followme

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