Role: 2 x Mountain Chicken Project Officer
Location: Montserrat
Salary: Dependent on experience & qualifications
Hours: Full Time
Contract: Fixed Term – 2 years and 6 months from signing with possibility of extension
As part of a new Darwin Funded initiative the Mountain Chicken Recovery Programme (MCRP) is seeking two enthusiastic aspiring or early-career conservation biologists to join the team. The successful applicants will...
Welcome back to the blog! We've got something a bit different for you this week. Although of course we love our mountain chickens the most, we thought it was high time that we showed some appreciation for the other animals that call this island's tropical paradise their home. Our volunteer, Rachel, is here to share with us some tales...
Welcome back to the mountain chicken blog! We hope that you are all staying safe and well during these challenging times!
Today we are delighted to present the second blog in our ‘Introducing’ series, where this week we are getting to know Tavis, who conserves the mountain chickens as an Environment Worker in Montserrat’s Department of Environment. Tavis is an...
We have a beautiful new member of the mountain chicken family to introduce. He’s big, he’s bold and he’s ready to spread a conservation message to people island-wide!
No, we haven’t had any nests yet, but we do have a mountain chicken statue. This concrete frog signals the beginning of our exciting new outreach initiative, where we’re going to bring...
Hello everyone and welcome to another mountain chicken blog! This week I sat down with our colleague and good friend Lloydie, in order to find out what inspires him as a conservationist, how he got to where he is today and to share his insight on how the project is going so far. As Forestry Technician in Montserrat's Department...
With January comes the start of Chytrid fungus disease monitoring season for the team! It's a delight really it is! Throughout this period we conduct monthly night surveys at field sites all across Montserrat; catching and swabbing a minimum of 60 treefrogs at each site for signs of the disease, this in-turn gives us a good idea of the...
It’s that time of year again- countless people are setting their new year’s resolutions to start hitting the gym and shed the excess pounds they gained over Christmas. Our mountain chickens on the other hand have a whole other agenda- to gain as much weight as possible! So, don’t be disheartened if your new regime isn’t going to plan-...
Hello! It’s Rachel here, the new volunteer on the project and I’m here to give you all a quick update on what’s been going on lately. It’s been all change in the mountain chickens’ enclosure over the last few weeks and a lot of new tech has been added. As you might have read in one of the previous blogs,...
The last year for the project has been, to say the least, a rather intense one! We've been gradually moving from strength to strength; the creation of a SAFE haven against chytrid, the return of mountain chickens to Montserrat, our first nests (10 of them), and now on international volunteers day I'd like to introduce you to our newest...
December has been an exciting month for the project! Not only has Santa been doing his rounds, we've been going from strength to strength in prepping for the return of the Mountain Chicken to Montserrat next year!
Now i must admit, I was a little disappointed not waking up to a myriad of mountain chickens calling on Christmas day (it...