Above: From the arch of the mosque near Fumo Liyogo’s grave near Kipini on the tip of Tana Delta – Rupi Mangat
Published: Saturday Nation magazine 16 November 2019
It’s a quiet brook at Kalota on the tip of the delta that is Kenya’s largest, the Tana. It’s here we hop on to the boat belonging to the Ozi Community Conservation Area that is supported by Nature Kenya, the country oldest natural history society started in 1909 by like-minded naturalist.
Above: Pylon being erected near Lake Elmenteita. Copyright Rupi Mangat
Published: Daily Nation 6 November 2019
In the name of ‘development’
It’s mid-morning by the salt-crusted shores of Lake Elmenteita. A flock of Great White Pelicans lift off the islands on the lake in animated ribbons, circling higher and higher on the hot air thermals to fly off to Lake Naivasha or Lake Nakuru. They will spend the day on the lakes on either side of Elmenteita and return at dusk to settle on the islands for the night.
Continue reading “Lake Elmenteita Wildlife Sanctuary Under Power Struggle”
From the archives: February 2015
Above: Spinner Dolphin on the Tanzania Indian Ocean. Copyright Gill Braulik
Published in The East African Nation Media 27 Feb 2015
It’s exciting talking to Dr Gill Braulik who for the last 18 years has been following dolphins and whales around the Indian Ocean. In a few days time, she will set sail for six weeks in a catamaran with her team of seven scientists – all females in the top echelon – to survey the Tanzanian coastline for dolphins and whales – 3000 kilometers with a few more added in for the islands of Pemba and Mafia. It’s the first time that such a survey is being carried out in Tanzanian waters.
Continue reading “Groundbreaking Research Dolphins and Whales in Tanzanian Waters”
From the archives: Saturday nation magazine – December 2009
Above: Sheldrick Falls in Shimba Hills National Reserve. Credit Shimba Lodge
It’s two kilometer’s track from Shimba Hills Lodge to Sheldrick Falls tells Azana Omari, the naturalist at Shimba Hills Lodge. Almost 17 kilometres away as the crow flies, Indian Ocean’s magnetic blue lines the horizon and further, the faint outline of Tanzania’s Usambara Mountains. An old male giraffe, dark with age stands in the midst of the savanna sprawl.
Continue reading “Frolic at the Falls: A Splash of a Time at Shimba Hills Sheldrick Falls”
Above: Grey crowned cranes in Lake Nakuru National Park. Copyright Rupi Mangat
Published: The East African Nation media 19 to 25 October 2019
The salt ribbon around the lake has disappeared, swallowed by the rising water. It’s a phenomenon that researchers studying the lake since the first recorded data, attribute to a 50 year cycle that happened in 1901 and 1963. Continue reading “On High Water in Nakuru”
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