Catching up with some recent events:
Mike has been busy taking photographs of the endemic flora
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| black cabbage tree Melanodendron integrifolium |
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| small jellico Sium burchellii |
Bulwer's petrel has very recently been discovered to breed somewhere on St Helena (nesting site so far unknown, but suspected to be Egg Island) and we were caring for one of the (storm-wrecked) birds that was the basis for this discovery. Unfortunately it died after about 3 weeks of care.
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| Vet Joe Hollins autopsying a St Helena Bulwer's petrel |
We had a look at some old buildings that are rapidly disappearing beneath the shrubbery
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| Barrel-vaulted magazine on Hoopers Ridge |
Mike finally got around to taking some pictures of the capital Jamestown
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| Jamestown, with part of the 699 steps of Jacob's Ladder in the foreground |
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| Jamestown with the RMS St Helena at anchor (a cliched shot, I know) |
Together with Ed Thorpe (a local photographer) we are looking at producing a guidebook to St Helena
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| Ed with his ever-present camera. He doesn't normally look so puzzled, he was just trying to figure out what Mike was wanting this time |
Mike has been trying to get better at taking photographs of people
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| Three of St Helena's religious leaders: Bishop Richard, Father Clive and Father Dale discuss church matters over lunch |
We have done a bit of walking
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| waterfall in Sharks Valley. The name is thought to be a corruption of "shirker's valley" as it was out of sight of commanders and had nice cool water |
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| Fran looking out to the far horizon from Goat Pound Ridge (love these names!) |
We have seen some great scenery
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| The wonderfully-coloured Artists Palette (with rubbish dump) |
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| Lichen-covered rocks and golden tufted sedge on Bencoolen |
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