Allo, allo..
So, since my last post, I have met a whole lot of Cape Nature Conservation people, gone butterfly chasing, identified a moth, stabbed my hands with wire fencing, jumped a couple of fences, lured guinea fowl into a trap, been scared out of my wits by a porcupine named Pippa, scared a porcupine named Pippa out of her wits, scouted around for dragonflies and watched some birds eat lunch. Where have I been?
I've been volunteering at Rondevlei Nature Reserve.
Now, it might sound horribly exciting (which it may have been) but in just the three days that I helped out last week, I have started a butterfly and dragonfly species list, learned how to make a guinea fowl trap out of old fencing, learned how to set up and bait a guinea fowl trap, and updated my own bird list.
I'm hoping that by volunteering here, I will be able to gain a little experience in the field into which I am about to throw myself, and it's proven beneficial so far. I'm keen to do a little alien clearing, fencing, data capture and maybe even a little game capture. Plus, it feels good to help out my home town to conserve the diversity of its wetlands :)
In other news, I have just completed an assignment for Environmental Law on international whaling. Post to follow.
Ciao for now..
Andy
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