The Darwin Initiative is making millions of pounds in funding available to support biodiversity conservation around the world: The Darwin Initiative offers funds to encourage the sharing of UK biodiversity expertise with local partners in countries with a wealth of biodiversity, but who lack the means to protect these resources and to assist in meeting [...]
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Volunteer opportunity: sea turtle monitoring in Anguilla
The Anguilla National Trust is looking for volunteers to assist with monitoring turtle nesting beaches: Turtle nesting season has begun and the Anguilla National Trust’s Anguilla Sea Turtle Conservation Group (ASCG) is looking for volunteers to assist with its beach monitoring programme. The ASCG is requesting the help of dedicated individuals who are willing to [...]
Wetland bird monitoring in Anguilla
Birding news from Anguilla with the Anguilla National Trust’s latest Window To Our Wetlands report: February was a great month for birding. Seven female Ruddy Ducks with 17 of their young were seen on East End Pond Conservation Area, while over 90 Blue-winged Teal and were observed on Forest Pond system. On Caul’s Pond, over [...]
birds surveys in the bahamas and anguilla
Seabird monitoring news from The Bahamas: The Bahamas National Trust (BNT, BirdLife in the Bahamas) have been making surveys of seabird colonies in western and south-western Bahamas – the Cay Sal Bank area – to measure possible Gulf oil-spill impact. During the second trip, a visit was made to the Bahamas’ newest Important Bird Area, [...]
anguilla’s reef habitats “in a poor state of health”
The Anguilla Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources has released a preliminary version of a report on the condition of Anguilla’s marine resources, and the news is not good: Anguilla’s shallow reef benthic (bottom) habitats are generally in a poor state of health with an overall low hard coral cover and areas dominated with high [...]
anguilla national trust hike
Member of the Anguilla National Trust will be hiking along the north coast of the island on Saturday, August 21: The hike, which is being led by Mr. Joash Proctor, will involve hiking along the coast from Long Bay in the west to Sandy Ground. The hike is moderate-to-difficult with one relatively steep slope. Most [...]
documentary about anguilla’s marine environment
News from the Anguilla National Trust: The Anguilla National Trust has partnered with Mr. Crispin Brooks, Managing Director of Rosell Media, to produce a documentary on Anguilla’s marine parks and marine life. Brooks, who is also a filmmaker, has sourced the services of friend and colleague, Ms Shanon Sparks, an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. As part [...]
anguilla seabird and waterbird count
Each month the Anguilla National Trust produces a report titled “Window to our Wetlands”, which gives information about Anguilla’s wetland bird populations. The latest report, for the month of July, is available online at this link: Bird numbers on Anguilla’s ponds increased in July from June primarily because of an influx of nesting Least Terns [...]
LIME environmental projects in anguilla
During the Anguilla leg of their “Winning as One” Roadshow, the LIME telecommunications company did some environmental community service: On Friday 23 July 2010, LIME’s colleagues were engaged in a full day of activities as part of the ‘Winning as One’ road show. The Road show was a region wide event which visited each of [...]
