Field Notes Pennywise the Croc
This is an oldie, but definitely a goodie! These six camera trap photographs seem pretty normal. There were about 15 more, prior to this,… Read the note
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Updates from our fieldwork, research, conservation projects and the wildlife of Colombo’s urban wetlands.
Field Notes Pennywise the Croc
This is an oldie, but definitely a goodie! These six camera trap photographs seem pretty normal. There were about 15 more, prior to this,… Read the note
Conservation The Miracle Life 2018
Last Saturday (June 2nd) we joined the Diyasaru Park team for an awareness programme organised by the Mahanama College Interact Club for their Miracle Life… Read the note
Conservation A Bean in Borella
I had just finished a pleasant—no, horrible—5k on the most hated machine of any oarswoman/man, the erg, when my phone started lighting up like… Read the note
Conservation Nature Beyond the Horizon
On the April 30, 2017, our new organisation Small Cat Advocacy and Research (SCAR) held it's first field workshop. It was organised by Nature… Read the note
Field Notes The Industrious Cat
When the rains washed the cats downstream. Read the note
Field Notes Chicken Wars: A Clucking Mess
Our chickens are great: two black Cochin Bantam chickies which we purchased from a pet shop, along with two shiny cages for them. Out… Read the note
Field Notes A Dance With Dragons
The koi loving fishing cat that stole all our hearts. Read the note
Field Notes Faulty Wires And A Fat Cat
That moment when you aren't prepared for a cat, but you get one anyway. Read the note
Conservation Symposium On The Wild Cats Of South Asia
The Symposium on the Wild Cats of South Asia, Past and Present, was the the first wild cat symposium in Sri Lanka, and brought… Read the note
Field Notes Fi, Fy, Fo, Fishing Cat?
Fieldwork, cake and a fishing cat on a roof. Read the note
Field Notes A Cat In Hand Is Worth Two In The Marsh
Permits, JCBs and a translocated cat. Read the note
Field Notes Maalu Pus
My first encounter with a fishing cat, and how it stole my heart. Read the note
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