SELMAAAA!!

Behold our Selma. From holland she came to Statia to carry out research on the effects of the black volcanic sands on the temperature in the turtle nests on the beach. All packed up and left the garden this week. We miss you Selma!

The Lesser Antillean Iguana

The Lesser Antillean Iguana is endemic to this part of the world and is one of only 2 species of iguana. It is an endangered species and during my time on the island I have been lucky enough to see them several times. The pictures above are from a sighting in the botanical gardens. We got very close to her without scaring her off and I managed to get some really cool pictures. On another occasion we managed to document a male and female mating on the forest floor on the slopes of the volcano. As far as we know this hasn’t been documented before. They get up to around 1.5 meters long including their tail. Real dinosaurs!  

The Botanical Garden Ranger

It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to Ms Clair Botan. (Stage name). Claire is the Garden Ranger and is my boss. She started out as a volunteer in the garden, then an intern and moved out here from the west country UK to be with her now husband Gadget. We mostly spend our days mocking each others accents haha.

Sonny

Claire's very cute pit bull puppy, Sonny. So tiny and oh so cute!

One-Chop-Liam!

Wild Passion Fruit

I found this one on the floor of the forest up the volcano trail.

The Island Parrots

These are the very beautiful but very noisy parrots which live in the town on the island. I think there are 2 pairs and they are so amazing. They dont look real. Im in pirate territory!