A day in the life of a Round Island Researcher

How I spent my time on Round Island in Mauritius collecting data for my MRes project with Swansea University. Vertebrate species list in order of appearance: Humans (Homo sapiens) Mauritius ornate day gecko (Phelsuma ornata) Aldabra Tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) Round Island Petrel (Pterodroma arminjoniana) Round Island Keel-scaled Boa (Casarea dussumieri) Telfair Skink (Leiolopisma telfairii)