AXA National Trust

Protecting and preserving Anguilla’s natural, historic, and cultural heritage since 1988. Preservation for Generations.

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Views from the east. First leg of the Around #Anguilla Challenge. Amazing landscapes. Great company.

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An #Anguilla offshore cay kind of day. Sombrero Island Marine Park and Nature Reserve and Prickly Pear Marine Park and cays. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday.

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Celebrating World Wetlands Day in #Anguilla! Conducting Caribbean Waterbird Census on East End Pond Conservation Area and Mimi Bay Pond. @BirdsCaribbean @FaunaFloraInt

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Working on the Little Bay Marine Park Dive and Snorkel Trail today with the Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources. Beach. Boat. Water. #Anguilla #BEST2

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Taken while conducting our monthly bird counts this morning. Ironically, no photos of birds or ponds... :/ #Anguilla #nature

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Wind and choppy seas during this Date with Nature. Not to mention pommeserrats. #Anguilla #adventure

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Today’s view. Looking for foraging sea #turtles in #Anguilla’s nearshore. No turtles but heavy rain clouds. Shoal Bay West, Anguilla #BEST2

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A Sunday Date with Nature: Little Bay circuit hike. Frangipani hornworm (Pseudosphinx tetrio), wild rosemary (Strumpfia maritima), and #Anguilla’s ironshore.

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Little treasures. Fantastic experiences. One of our Dates with Nature: guided hike from Sandy Ground to North Hill and back to Sandy Ground, #Anguilla.

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Hawksbill sea #turtle hatchlings making their way to the sea this morning. Thanks ⁦@TheReefAnguilla⁩ for helping us to protect #Anguilla’s endangered species! #BEST2 ⁦@WIDECASTorg⁩ ⁦@FaunaFloraInt⁩ ⁦@CREEBroehampton⁩

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Hawksbill #turtle hatchlings! #Anguilla #BEST2 @CREEBroehampton @WIDECASTorg @FaunaFloraInt

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Gorgeous end to the work week. Sunset at Crocus Bay, #Anguilla.

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Hanging out with these little guys again today - marking them in preparation for a full island count tomorrow. Little Scrub ground lizard (Pholidoscelis corax), an #endemic and #endangered #species. Little Scrub, #Anguilla

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#Anguilla Bank anole (Anolis gingivinus) - a tree lizard found only on the Anguilla Bank islands (Anguilla, St Martin, and St Barths)

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Little Scrub ground lizard (Pholidoscelis corax)

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Amazing day on Little Scrub, #Anguilla with Dr Jenny Daltry of @FaunaFloraInt - learning capture techniques and population survey methods for the endemic and critically endangered Little Scrub ground lizard. Such a small island but one of our favourites!

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Crocus Bay, #Anguilla

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So this happened last night...One beach, two nesting hawksbill #turtles, two satellite tags deployed. Fantastic night in the field in #Anguilla! #BEST2 @WIDECASTorg @FaunaFloraInt @CREEBroehampton @LouiseSoanes

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Earlier this year, we received a @BirdsCaribbean Hurricane Relief Fund grant to restore red-billed tropicbird habitat that was destroyed on #Anguilla’s offshore cays during Hurricane Irma. We constructed artificial nest boxes/igloos & installed the first batch this week!

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Baby common (green) #iguana (Iguana iguana)!