The web host has downgraded the service so unfortunately none of the photographs will be available. (But see below for link...) If you want to find out more about BTCV or conservation then please click on one of the links on the left panel. Visit http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/tarnstar/apo20001.htm to see some of the pictures. Tim |
The place: Apolakia beach on the windswept west coast of Rhodes. The Camp: a colourful collection of tents and tarpaulin complete with hot and cold showers (depending on the time of day), squat loos (with bucket), kitchen (with fridge) and table of dead things. The people: twelve Brits (of which one medic, one photographer, one lawyer, six vets, two undecided and an economist), assorted Italians (numerous biologists / botanists / hornythologists) and one greek (dog). The work: lying on a beach at night watching a patch of sand, getting impaled on vicious plants and bird (or stick) identification. But seriously... We were the third group of volunteers taking part in research work organised by Italian group CHELON in partnership with British charity BTCV. The main work involved collecting data about baby loggerhead turtles (caretta caretta). This was accomplished through keeping watch over nests as they were due to hatch and walking the beaches in the morning looking for tracks indicating undiscovered nests. Other work included wild bird and vegetation surveys and swatting flies. The photos... Click on one of the links on the left to see what we got up to. The albums are now pretty much complete and I haven't got round to doing anything interesting with them yet. So watch this space... And finally... Please sign my guest book! If you have anything to contribute to the page such as hatching stats which I can never remember or photos or anything else then email me and I'll stick it on (providing it doesn't contravene the relevant publishing laws ;) ). |
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Welcome Benvenuto to the unofficial Apo2000 website! What is "Apo2000"? It's a catchy (?) name given to the experience that was the BTCV / Chelon Turtle Conservation holiday in Apolakia in August 2000. Huh? Read on... |
The people (going round the table clockwise from front) - Harriet, Joni, Becky, Naomi, Lauren (?), Carole, Frederico, Paul, ?, Me (Tim), Alberto, Chiara, Daniele, Kate, Tristan, Judith, Lydia, Jeni. |
The place: Apolakia beach on the windswept west coast of Rhodes. The Camp: a colourful collection of tents and tarpaulin complete with hot and cold showers (depending on the time of day), squat loos (with bucket), kitchen (with fridge) and table of dead things. The people: twelve Brits (of which one medic, one photographer, one lawyer, six vets, two undecided and an economist), assorted Italians (numerous biologists / botanists / hornythologists) and one greek (dog). The work: lying on a beach at night watching a patch of sand, getting impaled on vicious plants and bird (or stick) identification. But seriously... We were the third group of volunteers taking part in research work organised by Italian group CHELON in partnership with British charity BTCV. The main work involved collecting data about baby loggerhead turtles (caretta caretta). This was accomplished through keeping watch over nests as they were due to hatch and walking the beaches in the morning looking for tracks indicating undiscovered nests. Other work included wild bird and vegetation surveys and swatting flies. The photos... Click on one of the links on the left to see what we got up to. The albums are now pretty much complete and I haven't got round to doing anything interesting with them yet. So watch this space... And finally... Please sign my guest book! If you have anything to contribute to the page such as hatching stats which I can never remember or photos or anything else then email me and I'll stick it on (providing it doesn't contravene the relevant publishing laws ;) ). |
This page was last
updated on: April 1,
2003
Conservation links |
Make tracks... |
Photo gallery |
Sorry! Photo Galleries are not currently available as the web host has downgraded the service. Hopefully sometime I'll get round to putting them up somewhere else. |
The web host has downgraded the service so unfortunately none of the photographs will be available. (But see below for link...) If you want to find out more about BTCV or conservation then please click on one of the links on the left panel. Visit http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/tarnstar/apo20001.htm to see some of the pictures. Tim |