Here are two images of the most recent ‘calendar blue moon’ over Lolldaiga Hills…on 31 July 2015. The previous calendar blue moon was on 30 September 2012.
The bird list for the Lolldaiga Hills Ranch was up-dated the 1st of August 2015. The list is now composed of 341 species. Of these, 10 are globally threatened with extinction; six are ‘Endangered’ and four are ‘Vulnerable’. Seven species are ‘Near Threatened’. Click here to view the list.
Hartlaub’s turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi), one of the 341 bird species supported by Lolldaiga Hills Ranch. Photograph by Paul Benson.
The mammal list for the Lolldaiga Hills Conservation Landscape was up-dated on 1 August 2015. The list is now composed of 99 species, among which 21 are carnivores and 25 are ungulates. Of the mammal species known to occur in this landscape, seven are globally threatened with extinction; one is ‘Critically Endangered’, two are ‘Endangered’, and four are ‘Vulnerable’. Six species are ‘Near Threatened’. Click here to view the list.
Aardvark (Oryxteropus afer) at Lolldaiga Hills Ranch. Photograph obtained by the Lolldaiga Hills Research Programme in partnership with The Zoological Society of London.
Twenty-two people met at Lolldaiga Hills Ranch during 21-25 July 2015 for a mid-term review of the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund’s (CEPF) investment in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot. A ‘CEPF Board Meeting’ and a ‘CEPF Regional Implementation Team Meeting’ were also held.
In order to provide the members of CEPF with more information about Laikipia County and its conservation values, activities, and needs, the Lolldaiga Hills Research Programme organized a round table titled, ‘Laikipia County: Conservation and Research’.
The following presentations were made:
