The Lolldaiga Hills Research Programme (LHRP) was initiated on 1st August 2013. The goal of the LHRP is to maintain....
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Although additional surveys have yet to be undertaken, there can be no doubt that the Ranch supports well over half of the species of plants and animals present in Laikipia County.
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The Lolldaiga Hills Research Programme Newsletter is produced bi-monthly. Visit the Newsletter page to download earlier issues.
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Lolldaiga Hills Ranch is a 200 km2 (49,000 acre) cattle ranch and wildlife conservancy. Located 20 km north west of Mount Kenya at an altitude of 1,800 – 2,300 m, the Ranch has outstanding views of Mount Kenya and the Aberdares.
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The Lolldaiga Hills Conservation Landscape (LHCL) is comprised of four properties; Lolldaiga (ca. 200 km²), Ole Naishu (ca. 125 km²), Enasoit (ca. 17 km²), and Ol Jogi (ca. 210 km²)...
read moreAuthor(s): Butynski, T.M., Parker, I. & De Jong, Y.A.
Date: 2015
Registered: Journal of East African Natural History 104: 41-77
Author(s): Zinner, D., Keller, C., Nyahongo, J.W., Butynski, T.M., De Jong, Y.A., Pozzi, L., Knauf, S., Liedigk, R. & Roos, C.
Date: 2015
Registered: Journal of East African Natural History 104(1&2): 143–168
Eleven species have been added to the Lolldaiga Hills Ranch Bird List since July 2016.
It is early morning on 8 December 2016 and my driver, Dennis, and I are leaving Nanyuki and heading to the field. It’s a perfectly clear morning. We are lucky to catch a glimpse of majestic Mount Kenya, a rather rare happening during the short rains.
Grévy’s zebra Equus grevyi are not often observed on Lolldaiga Hills Ranch. The two adult male Grévy’s zebra observed on Christmas Day, 2014, were the first records for this species on the Ranch in several years. A citizen science survey, ‘The Great Grévy’s Rally’, conducted in January 2016, found that the number of Grévy’s zebras in Kenya is between 2,257 and 2,443, and that Laikipia County supports the largest number of this ‘Endangered’ species in Kenya (Berger-Wolf et al. 2016).
Interested which species are supported by the Lolldaiga Hills? Click here to see our species lists!
See what is happening in the Lolldaiga Hills right now. Check out our instant camera traps!
Take your 'bino's and share your Lolldaiga Hills sightings with us! Your help is much appreciated!
Interested which species are supported by the Lolldaiga Hills? Click here to see our species lists!
See what is happening in the Lolldaiga Hills right now. Check out our instant camera traps!
Take your 'bino's and share your Lolldaiga Hills sightings with us! Your help is much appreciated!
