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Beth   My research project was based in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in northern Kenya, where the whole team spent ten days last November. It was strange to return without the rest of the team, but Suren and I were glad to be spending ten weeks in this beautiful landscape. The focus of my research was […]

Suren   The last eight months were the best part of the MRes program for me. After ending the intensive four months of lectures, assignments and exams, it was time to begin our research projects. My research focused on elephant movement and resource utilisation in a fenced environment. I carried out my research in Lewa […]

  Dan   Whilst many on our course have been carrying out field projects in Africa, a couple of us have also been working in the field here in the UK. My particular project has been taking place in the grounds surrounding Marwell Zoo in Hampshire.  This is a network of ancient woodland and chalk […]

Andrea Franceschin Zimbabwe is a country so rich that ancient legends say that God itself was ashamed of it as He gave too much to a single place of his Creation. I spent a fantastic 10 weeks in the Republic of Zimbabwe collecting data for my MRes research project. I was based at Dambari Field […]

Aimee   For the past five weeks, Marwell has been my home-away-from-home, as I have spent most of my days there collecting data for my research project. My project looks at the risk of genetic adaptation to captivity, focusing on adaptation in Partulid snails.  The specific species I am studying, Partula varia, is extinct in the wild […]

Tom While some of us have been lucky enough to escape the British weather and go abroad for our fieldwork, the rest of us have been getting stuck into our projects here in the UK. As my research is primarily desk based, I was one of those that stayed behind but that certainly didn’t mean […]

Kezia The focus of my research project is to release a group of Tunisian Spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca nabeulensis) back into their native range of Tunisia. Testudo graeca nabeulensis is an endemic species, threatened by illegal collection for both the local and international pet trade and food markets. Following repatriation to Tunisia, all seized tortoises […]

Holly My research project is focused on assessing the diet and resource use of two wild canids, the golden jackal (Canis Aureus) and the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) situated within the semi-arid landscapes of southern Tunisia. I will be comparing the local ecology of these two sympatric carnivores throughout four national parks. Marwell Wildlife has […]

For all of us on the MRes Wildlife Conservation team, January has been a bit of a blur; it has definitely been a case of hitting the ground running after the Christmas break, with several assessments due over the course of a few weeks. The first of these were our individual presentations, based on the […]

The journey begins: Lewa Wildlife Conservancy (Days 1-4) For some of us, this was our first time in Africa, and the range of wildlife that greeted our arrival to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy certainly did not disappoint!  Our first task on arrival was to set up camp at Marwell’s research base, fondly known as our ‘home away […]