06/10/2024
After around 2 months of this Crab-eating Racoon nesting under the floorboards of our Siestera, finally the 2 kits came out last night.

03/10/2024
We were delighted to find 2 Molossus fluminensis in one of our bat boxes. This is a large bat, up to 50g in weight, and it was a surprise to find it in a bat box.

26/09/2024
This extremely shy mammal has decided to have her babies in our ‘Siestera’, a room we use for dining etc. The floor needs repairing in places, and she has managed to climb through a hole and make her nest under the floorboards. We now have several images on camera trap and are waiting for the babies to come out.

25/09/2024
This is quite a rare bird at the reserve. We see it about once every 5 years partly because it is very shy and keeps hidden. I was lucky enough to spend a few minutes watching this juvenile bird a few days ago. Argentine name is Pollona Azul.

Friday, March 29, 2024

We now have several images of the Maned Wolf at our reserve on various camera traps, though all in the south. It is classed as ‘Near Threatened’ in the IUCN redlist, but is difficult to see due to its nocturnal habits. We believe that there are more than one of these Canids at the reserve

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Our Wild Wetlands resort has gained a certificate from the Ministry of Tourism in Argentina, for being sustainable.

Some of our eco incentives include power that is totally solar and windmill, our own organic vegetable garden, Biodigester waste disposal system, no single use plastics, reforestation, composting, re-cycling, amongst others.

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

During the past couple of months, the rains have been heavy and persistent. We are all happy that we are very much a wetland again, not least because this will help prevent the neighbours cattle from getting in to our land. As a result, we are unable to even start the 2km of fence repair in the north, although we have managed to buy the posts and wire. Our access road is often impassable, so our team go out after heavy rains with the tractor, and carry large trunks of dead trees to cover the gaping holes in the road.

Sunday, November 26, 2023

The Rewilding project for the Green-winged Macaw is now based at Reserva Don Luis. In the winter, a large aviary was installed in our woodland, Monte Nacurutu. The 5 Macaws were placed inside it for a period of quarantine, then released into our reserve. They have supplementary feeds so are not yet completely independent, and as a result can be seen around the woodland at feeding times. The Macaws are not new to our reserve, as we have a lot of native fruit, but we are happy to see them based with us. They were previously in the National Park, Cambyreta, but due to various pressures eg fires, drought and hunters, the team, led by Mane Massat, decided to move the project to our reserve. Photo by Sebastian Navajas

Thursday, October 12, 2023

We managed to capture this very rare bat, that is only present in Misiones and Yuyuy, at Parque Provincial Mocona in Misiones. Tonatia bidens is a member of the family Phyllostomidae, (sub family Phyllostominae). It has only been captured once before in this century.

It is like a miniature Chrotopterus auritus and whilst not totally carniverous, it consumes insects, occasionally fruit and probably bird eggs and chicks. Very little is known about this species.