I was not able to undertake my usual routine during my latest visit to Denis – firstly I was rather unceremoniously bumped from the flight going up on Thursday due to the fact that the plane was overloaded!!! So after waiting for my luggage to be offloaded I had to then head back to the office, only to go back out to the airport the next day. Fortunately I was allowed on the Friday flight and hence was able to check on the Fairy tern and Tropicbird chicks we have been following that afternoon.
On Saturday however, there was a morning flight that brought in Ms. Srdjana Janosevic and Mr. Humbert Mellie from the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation – the national television company. Srdjana had been made aware of this blog by Lena Desaubin (Director of Education, Information and Communications at the Department of Environment) and having read through it was interested to come and film some of the work we are doing on the island for a national TV spot and perhaps also for wider distribution.
So on Saturday morning and afternoon, we went round the island and Humbert took the opportunity to film our “famed” fairy tern and tropicbird chicks “Fred and Tina”, the shearwater colony, some good footage of Magpie robins, good close ups of an adult tropicbird, a sub-adult Brown noddy, Bridled terns etc… later that afternoon they interviewed hotel staff and took more scenic shots round the island.
We were up nice and early on Sunday morning to accompany Catherina on her morning round to provide the magpie robins with their first supplementary feed of the day. We started off at Catherina’s place to film her feeding the captive juvenile under her care and then we headed off. Humbert got some great footage of the robins coming to their feeding stations in three different territories meaning he and Srdjana should be spoilt for choice in the editing room. Catherina was also interviewed about her work and the robins. She then went and checked on a nest in Territory 1 and was able to confirm that the new chick there is progressing well.
We spent the rest of the morning trying to fill in a few gaps with footage of the giant tortoises, the large day gecko, the Seychelles warbler, more shots around the hotel and additional scenery etc…
Srdjana will let me know in due course when the footage will be aired on national TV and will also be posting footage on various internet sites – the links to which I will include on this blog in due course, to enable those who are interested to go and view it. There is also the intention to submit footage to an international carrier/network and likewise I will advise readers on that as and when I hear myself. So keep checking back for information!
Our sincere thanks go to Srdjana, Humbert, Lena and the SBC for showing interest in our work.
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