This week we have some very interesting guests with us in the forest.  Matthew Wright and Gavin Thurston from the BBC Natural History Unit.  They are here to film the macaques for a new TV series coming up on the BBC.  This is a great opportunity for us to see behind the scenes how […]

This weekend i was lucky enough to have another cookery lesson with Itto.  So far i have learned how to make a variety of Moroccan delicacies including numerous Tagines but finally i learned the secrets of my favorite dish, Itto’s Couscous. This dish is an amazing combination of light fluffy couscous and melt in the […]

  This week we had a couple of days off and took advantage with a wee road trip to the Cascades D’Ouzoud.  A wonderful set of waterfalls in the centre of Morocco.       We had all heard about the groups of macaques living around the falls but we thought our luck was out and […]

Last week was rather busy with a visit from our supervisors Bino and Julia. We all spent time together in the forest and the monkeys were very kind to them, only giving us a couple of hours search time maximum each day.  They were very lucky with the weather as we have some rain moving in […]

  Hi Everyone, Firstly welcome to our blog.  Here we aim to give everyone an incite in to out work and life in the field and also life after the field.  We will try to keep you captivated with a vast array of photo’s, videos and witty posts.  The idea is to allow you in […]