If you see this fish contact the Fisheries Division of the Tobago House of Assembly immediately -
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Purple Heron. A rare bird sighted |
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Last week we recieved a call from the rare birds committee to verify four separate bird species sightings in Tobago. Featured here is the purple heron - one of the four. This bird has been photographed at the Bon Accord sewage ponds area by Matt Kelly an ET member and keen birder.  The supplementary copy on Purple Herons beneath was taken from wikipedia. The Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The European populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa; the more northerly Asian populations also migrate further south within Asia. It is a rare but regular wanderer north of its breeding range.The Purple Heron is a large bird, 80-90 cm tall, with a 120-150 cm wingspan, but slender for its size, weighing only 0.5-1.3 kg. It is somewhat smaller than the Grey Heron, from which it can be distinguished by its darker reddish-brown plumage, and, in adults, darker grey back. It has a narrower yellow bill, which is brighter in breeding adults.
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Little Rockley Bay Wetland |
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 As we continue our celebrations of World Wetlands Day with SEVEN DAYS of events - Your local (Environment Tobago) NGO group is extending their reach to several marshy outfields. We will describe these adventures, beginning closest to home with the Little Rockley Bay Marsh.
Surrounded by the built up area of Pascal Village and Lambeau this little marshland was surprisingly wet for a dry season. The Little Rockley bay Wetland at Lambeau has some stands of mangrove still, although as the area is being systematically drained as a result of nearby land development, that happy circumstance may change. Signs of crab habitat were readily apparent, as were the bamboo traps the village youth use to catch this crustacean. We picked up an interestng anecdote where it was revealed the land owners of the estate had approved of leaving lands for public use to aid in the development of a crab nursery. The plan never materialised, even though the largest hurdle would appear to have been (hurdled)? The prevalence of domestic garbage in the mangrove suggests a wetland cleanup may be necessary in the near future for Little Rockley Bay |
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World Wetlands Week in Tobago |
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Environment Tobago volunteer navigates the turbid waters of a Tobago wetland.
World Wetlands Day 2010 begins a week of supporting events in Tobago for Environment Tobago - this is now the norm, and most NGO's who support the RAMSAR Convention initiative have similar programmes.
On February 2nd We attended the Tobago House of Assembly's call for wetlands policy input at hosted workshop (Mt Irvine Hotel Conference Room). Members also took time to present themselves at the NGO office to be part of the Wetlands Postcard Series Launch.
On the same afternoon, a group attended an impromptu gathering at Fort Granby where the topic was about restoring abandoned quarries - A full World Wetlands Day indeed.
Our next event will be at the Lowlands Mall on Friday (11am-5pm) where we will showcase the Wetland Postcards further. Read on for some details on hown this project came out of the Schools Art Project.
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