I am a PhD student in the Centre for Agri-Environmental Research within the Department of Agriculture, Policy and Development at the University of Reading. I also have external supervision from the Institute of Zoology at the Zoological Society of London, the Natural History Museum, and the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, who have provided the long-term Fody monitoring dataset.
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Hunting fodies (on the internet)
While I was researching my article on the Wakashio last autumn, I spent an inspiring couple of hours chatting to Carl Jones about the background of Ile aux Aigrettes, and fodies in general. In the background of our Zoom call I could see Carl’s amazing room, which is FULL of books, prints, and wildlife memorabilia …
A Vanished Harmony
A Vanished Harmony
The winter 2020 edition of the BES member’s magazine The Niche lands today! This ridiculously handsome bird is Amarula, a male Mauritius Fody, who I photographed when I visited Mauritius and Ile Aux Aigrettes in November 2018. In my post about this on Monday, I failed to mention the title of the article or why …
