Saturday, January 8, 2022

Here is a drone shot taken just before Christmas 2021 showing Wild Wetlands Lodges.

Saturday, January 8, 2022

We are in our second year of severe drought, which is very sad for our native wildlife, survival of the fish, our Caymans. We had to take a drastic decision to bring in a mechanical digger to deepen our laguna to enable our wildlife to survive. Last year we sunk another borehole, deeper than the original one, and from this will have a good supply of water with which to fill this currently empty space.

It may look barren at the moment, but it is a lifeline for our wildlife and will start to look good again within a year.

Saturday, January 8, 2022

As our research continues year after year, obviously it is more difficult to come across new species. We were therefore delighted to capture this brilliant red Myotis ruber during a research trip to Misiones. This Myotis is larger than the other occurring Myotis in Argentina. It weighed 10 grams and had a forearm length of 41.3mm. It was released unharmed, as usual, and we recorded its echolocation on release.

Thursday, June 17, 2021

We have completed both Lodges at our Wild Wetlands resort in the very biodiverse Esteros del Ibera, Argentina. They are beautifully appointed, with thatched gallerias, totally powered by a brand new solar system and ideal for birdwatchers and naturalists. When Argentina is finally out of lockdown, we hope to welcome visitors from Europe and worldwide.

Saturday, December 5, 2020

We have completed our first Lodge at Reserva Don Luis. This has been specially designed for naturalists who wish to go to sleep and wake up amongst nature without any light pollution, noise polllution or fossil fuels. Our lodge is powered by a state of the art solar system and innovative drainage system. The spacious lodge can sleep up to 3 people in perfect comfort and is an ideal base for bird watching with 3 different habitats in close proximity. We are now starting our second lodge and hope to be operational in March 2021.

Thursday, May 7, 2020

This amazing picture was taken by one of our cheaper camera traps. The box was installed by the volunteers from the Green-winged Macaw rewilding program several months ago. A pair of Barn Owls has taken up residence there and you can see the 2 Macaws eyeing up the box only to find that they had been beaten to it by the owls. We now have evidence that the owls have laid 5 eggs and 2 have now hatched.

Friday, December 20, 2019

We are more than three quarters through completing our new ‘Siestera’. The original idea was a for a large room open on all sides but protected against mosquitoes, in order to relax during the hot hours of siesta time. Cepi has started to create a beautiful rustic bar and the floor is ideal for dancing, so there may well be other uses for this structure.

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

During a training/demonstration session at Isla Apipe in October we managed to capture a nectivorous species in our net. This is the first report of Glossophaga soricina in Corrientes. This individual flew into our net in the garden of the Ecolodge La Casona. This is exciting news.

This species feeds from the nectar of flowers that open at night such as some cacti and can hover much like a humming bird.

Monday, October 21, 2019

Our latest volunteer, Melisa, has shown great enthusiasm for bat research and has been invaluable in categorising our bat guano using the microscope.

She helped us with our bat research in Misiones, Bahia Caraya and Isla Apipe Grande as well as our research at the reserve.

We hope that she has learnt a lot about our bats of Corrientes and Misiones.

Monday, October 21, 2019

A new species for the bat team. We captured this small dark bat, Molossops neglectus, in the north of Misiones, at the private reserve of Fundacion Vida de la Silvestre Urugua-i. It is classed as rare in Argentina and there have only been a handful of registrations of this species.