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Field notes from
the Xudum Channel.

Seasonal letters and short dispatches. Sometimes a conservation update, sometimes a piece on a specific guide or a particular animal. No formula. Published quarterly with shorter notes in between.

Field report · No. 09

Why we let the southern boundary flood this year, and what we found in the silt.

In late February, the southern fence line went under for nineteen days. We deliberately did not pump it out. The results, in fish, in frogs, in fresh sable spoor, are below.

14 May 2026 · 9 min read

Conservation

The 2025 conservancy report: where every dollar of the levy went.

The full ledger. Anti‑poaching fuel, two new patrol bikes, a school visit subsidy budget that overran by twelve percent.

02 Apr 2026 · 6 min read

Poachella

What the first Poachella taught us about acoustic carry across open water.

A decibel diary, three apologies to the hippos, and the reason the south stage now faces the woodland instead of the channel.

22 Feb 2026 · 7 min read

Species log

A zebra at the plunge pool, three mornings running.

A single mare from a small herd that summers south of the channel. What we learned by leaving the gate open.

11 Jan 2026 · 4 min read

From the field

Why the morning walk now starts thirty‑five minutes earlier.

A wind‑shift on the woodland flank rewrites our schedule. Plus a note on what the lions are doing differently this year.

04 Dec 2025 · 5 min read

Method

Sitting still: a quiet manifesto for two hours in the elephant hide.

No flash, no whisper, no expectation. Why the hide has produced more guest photographs than any guided drive we have ever run.

18 Oct 2025 · 5 min read

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