Blog posts for Bahamas
Tourist Traps
Our long-awaited “day off” was finally here! No academic work – instead, we piled into the minibuses to see some sights. One long road travels from the top to the bottom of Eleuthera – Queen’s Highway. We took the ‘down island’ route, which goes straight… up, to the Glass Window. As we drove, we escaped…
eo271 January 8th, 2018 Bahamas Bahamas, Biology, Field Course Fornight, FieldBahamas, Marine Biology, seahorses, tourism
Drone On
Back to the mangrove creeks for today’s work – we were taking a step into the future and using a drone to survey wildlife there. As an emerging technology, lots of work remains to be done in order to assess the accuracy of aerial drone surveys. One way of measuring this is to send a…
eo271 January 7th, 2018 Bahamas Biology, coral reef, drone, Field Course Fornight, FieldBahamas, mangrove, Marine Biology, ray, Shark, university of exeter
Lionfishing
We knew today was going to be a good one as soon as we left our dorm. The smell of pancakes wafted over campus, and soon we were tucking in to the breakfast of champions. Our group was set to go snorkelling, hunting lionfish over reefs. Yesterday’s group hadn’t spotted any – a positive sign…
eo271 January 6th, 2018 Bahamas conservation, Coral, Field Course Fornight, FieldBahamas, invasive species, lionfish, Marine Biology, nurse shark, sharks
Catching Rays
This morning we had dish duty, helping out the fantastic kitchen staff with setting out food and washing up. So many dirty dishes… We split into groups today – mine went to Deep Creek to hunt for stingrays. The creeks were expanses of shallow, milky-blue water through which we spent all day wading. They weren’t…
eo271 January 5th, 2018 Bahamas Bahamas, FieldBahamas, mangroves, Marine Biology, research, stingrays, wildlife
Island Tours
This morning we woke up to wind howling around the dorm, but the sun was shining and the island looked like a true tropical paradise! We all splashed into the water for a swim before breakfast. Afterwards we rinsed off using precious seconds in the showers – we’re limited to one minute of water per…
eo271 January 4th, 2018 Bahamas Bahamas, FieldBahamas, Marine Biology, stingrays, sustainable living