October 6, 2013
If you live in Memphis it is time to get down to the Teton Trek Lodge on 10th October and get bidding on some incredible art […]
October 5, 2013
The next morning I joined the CZS group on a game drive with Joseph and we were spoilt with another amazing sighting of the leopard […]
October 4, 2013
Landing in Botswana on Air Botswana on Monday the 26th August my first port of call was not the Makgadikgadi Pans but a flight straight up […]
October 3, 2013
I first had the pleasure of visiting the Elephants for Africa camp in November 2012, shortly after starting my PhD at the University of Bristol. I’m […]
October 2, 2013
Memphis Zoo has kindly donated five reconyx camera traps at the end of last year and we thought it was time to let you know what […]
March 5, 2013
I had the privilege of visiting another elephant researcher in South Africa recently and see her work for myself. Michelle Henley of Save The Elephants, South […]
February 21, 2013
Makgadikgadi Pans National Park is looking green having enjoyed some rains that have released the Zebras from the clutches of the Boteti River so they could […]
February 11, 2013
I was in camp trying to ID the elephants I have seen this month when Joseph, the guide in camp and a volunteer researcher, came back […]
February 8, 2013
Today I am going through our back log of elephants that we need to identify. Sometime we simply do not have time to do them all […]
June 11, 2012
A few days after we had said goodbye to Andrew Smith of Memphis Zoo, Dr Ricardo Stanoss, Director of Education and international Training of the Chicago […]
June 7, 2012
Andrew Smith of Memphis Zoo recently joined us in the field. He had won a grant from the Zoo and the Conservation Action Network to support […]
May 16, 2012
Our Saturday morning almost ended in disaster, fortunately in only turned into a minor delay and placating an irate ferry master. The Boteti River is flowing […]
April 30, 2011
On Friday we said a very fond farewell to Charlie Ellis, but thankfully she is not going far (see her recent blog). Elephants For Africa, is […]
November 27, 2010
There is a saying in the bush ‘ Making a Plan’ and this is usually but into action when you are in the middle of nowhere […]
November 21, 2010
When you live and work in the bush it is very easy to loose track of time and distracted by work that time relaxing is a […]
August 18, 2010
On an afternoon research drive we are headed for the airstrip. On the way we came across to young males between the ages of 10 and […]
August 5, 2010
After a long day out with the elephants, working on a talk I am giving in Gaborone next week and the International Elephant Foundation application we […]
July 17, 2010
It was a particularly busy day today. The alarm went off at 0545 and whilst the rest of the camp was still asleep, even the birds […]
April 11, 2010
Thando is back in the area and so we headed out towards the picnic site as he was near there from his satellite downloads. I tracked […]
April 10, 2010
Elephants LOVE marula fruit. We have a marula tree outside out our tent and it is in fruit and so we are having lots of visits […]
March 16, 2010
As dawn broke we heard elephants outside our tent so went out to try and see them and we came across a small herd, led by […]
January 6, 2010
We went out last night to celebrate the camp managers at Seba’s birthday and so we headed for the bridge and had a lovely bush dinner. […]
November 27, 2009
0530 and the alarm ring joined the sounds of the dawn chorus and roused me out of deep sleep. My motivation to get up and go […]
November 24, 2009
The dawn chorus wakes me, a cacophony of bird song taking over from the noises of the night. I am keen to get out and about […]
November 21, 2009
Sunday morning and the alarm went off at 0530. We left for the airstrip at 0600 and after checking the perimeter for animals, I started running […]
November 21, 2009
arrived in Tubu Tree Lodge on the next door concession on Sunday, just in time for lunch, having been picked up by the rest of the […]
November 17, 2009
As I write this a rain thunders down onto the tin roof of our office and takes away the oppressive heat of the day. The storm […]
November 13, 2009
After a very successful fundraising trip to the states, Sim and I drove our personal vehicle back to camp, an 8 hour journey from Maun, through […]
October 5, 2009
There are many things that amaze me about elephants, their size and strength mixed with such grace and their ability to understand things with no obvious […]
September 11, 2009
I first meet Diana on the 22nd of November 2008, whilst I was out doing field work with Kate and Joseph. We could tell something was […]