The beach close to our base on Praslin island
Coral fragments waiting to be relocated to the net nursery
Kevin supervising the net nursery being pulled down into place
The nurseries are held in place by ropes tied to angle bars at the bottom of the ocean and buoys that keep it floating in mid-water
Rope nursery of juvenile corals
Bart at hammer time!
Me hammering in an angle bar to hold a nursery in place
One of Praslin's beautiful beaches
Giant clams grown for export
New engine!
Ghost crab in the mangroves
Common or brown noddy (Anous stolidus). Distinguished from the Lesser noddy as it nests in the rocks.
Bridled tern (Sterna anaethetus)
Lesser noddies (Anous tenuirostris). There are over 80,000 breeding pairs on the island
All the trees are packed with the rather messy nests of the Lesser noddy