Swaziland

Swaziland- Flew into Johannesburg and stayed the night before driving down to Swaziland and Millwane. Enjoyed 2 nights there and caught up with a few old faces. Tried out my video camera and took some good shots of hippo and croc. Especially pleased with close up of 3m croc attacking and eating a large terrapin. I am now in Hluhluwe research camp, again catching up with a few old friends. Several white rhino and a few elephants roaming around today. Tried out a couple of my camera traps but did not catch any wildlife. Will try again tonight.

Back to Malawi

My time back in the UK is nearly over now and I am returning to South Africa for a few weeks and then onto Malawi where I will continue with my project looking for the carnivores.
I will be in Hluhluwe for a few days with the research team trying to learn as much as possible about the Carnivores and will then travel up through Swaziland and the Krugar for a few days before flying back up to Malawi.
I have written to many organisations trying to get some funding for my project but have not had any firm offers yet although there are a few organisations that are interested and very supportive. The future does look promising.
My thanks goes to those organisations that replied to my letters and in particular to Australia Zoo (Steve Erwins group) and the David Sheldrake trust for their support.
I will taking 6 motion sensor cameras with me and hope to use these to survey the wildlife in the parks to see what is actually out there especially at night. I will keep the web site up dated with my findings.

My pride and joy

This was my 1972 Lotus Elan Sprint at track day at Castle Combe. I kept it for a few years but alas it had to go eventually.

Puffin on Skoma Island off the Pembroke coast 2008.

Cheetah in Botswana

I was working on the project for Cheetah Botswana and was based in Jwana in a game park that surrounds a huge diamond mine. We were trying to find cheetah fitted with radio collars when this young cheetah came out onto the road in front of us. We had been searching for 4 weeks and eventually they found us. This was the high light of this project.

This picture was taken in 2001 and is of me and a young orphaned cheetah in Kenya. Soon after this picture was taken she was badly wounded by a local farmer who thought she was a wild cheetah.