{"id":985,"date":"2017-08-31T11:27:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T11:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wildlifeconservation\/?p=985"},"modified":"2017-08-31T11:27:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T11:27:17","slug":"kenya-field-course-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wildlifeconservation\/2017\/08\/31\/kenya-field-course-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Field Course 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in November, the five of us visited Kenya for the MRes field course. The aim of the trip was to study a number of field techniques and compare the different conservation management strategies used at two conservancies, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and Westgate Community Conservancy.<\/p>\n

First, we visited Lewa Wildlife Conservancy where we stayed for five nights.<\/p>\n

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Lewa Wildlife Conservancy<\/p><\/div>\n

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As soon as we pulled off the main road into Lewa we were greeted by wildlife, including wonderful views of reticulated giraffes (Giraffa reticulate<\/em>) and Grevy\u2019s zebra (Equus grevyi<\/em>). We later went for a short game drive and saw black (Diceros bicornis<\/em>) and white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum<\/em>), buffalo (Syncerus caffer<\/em>), elephant (Loxodonta africana<\/em>), waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus<\/em>), impala (Aepyceros melampus<\/em>), and Grant\u2019s gazelle (Nanger granti<\/em>),<\/em> to name just a few!<\/p>\n

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