Discovering COMO Parrot Cay: An Expert’s Eye on the Caribbean
For a small island, COMO Parrot Cay is home to a wide variety of beautiful natural habitats. Its western shores are bordered by immaculate beaches and clear blue seas; if you walk to the edge of the sand and look into the distance, you’ll see the colours shift at the shelf edge, where the turquoise waters of the Turks and Caicos drop steeply into the dark blue Atlantic. If you head to the eastern shores of the island, a very different ecosystem awaits, predominantly home to mangrove wetlands and swamps. Here, you’ll find an astonishing diversity of animal species both above and below the water’s surface: juvenile sharks, green and hawksbill turtles, upside-down jellyfish, flamingos and more. Between the beach to the west and the mangroves to the east, the island is webbed by footpaths and trails along which you might encounter a number of smaller creatures, from my favourite Bahama woodstar — a small but stunning hummingbird — to charismatic curly tail lizards, which are found only in the Turks and Caicos. I often hear the lizards before I see them, their feet pattering madly as they scurry between rocks.
The Caribbean, Through an Expert’s Eyes overview
For a small island, COMO Parrot Cay is home to a wide variety of beautiful natural habitats. Its western shores are bordered by immaculate beaches and clear blue seas; if you walk to the edge of the sand and look into the distance, you’ll see the colours shift at the shelf edge, where the turquoise waters of the Turks and Caicos drop steeply into the dark blue Atlantic. If you head to the eastern shores of the island, a very different ecosystem awaits, predominantly home to mangrove wetlands and swamps. Here, you’ll find an astonishing diversity of animal species both above and below the water’s surface: juvenile sharks, green and hawksbill turtles, upside-down jellyfish, flamingos and more. Between the beach to the west and the mangroves to the east, the island is webbed by footpaths and trails along which you might encounter a number of smaller creatures, from my favourite Bahama woodstar — a small but stunning hummingbird — to charismatic curly tail lizards, which are found only in the Turks and Caicos. I often hear the lizards before I see them, their feet pattering madly as they scurry between rocks.
Important details from the source
- COMO Parrot Cay’s Director of Marine Science and Sustainability, explains why he finds this pocket of the Caribbean so special.
- Dr Ed Butler is Director of Marine Science and Sustainability at COMO Parrot Cay in the Turks and Caicos.
- He has a doctorate in marine and fisheries science from Rhodes University in South Africa.
- Before joining COMO Hotels and Resorts in March 2022, he led a UK government-funded grant focused on improving sustainability and management of small-scale fisheries in the Turks and Caicos.
- His research is centred on the social-ecological system sciences — the study of linked systems between people and nature — with the aim of uncovering novel and pragmatic solutions for conservation issues.
- He is passionate about the outdoors and sustainable recreational fishing.
- For a small island, COMO Parrot Cay is home to a wide variety of beautiful natural habitats.
- Its western shores are bordered by immaculate beaches and clear blue seas; if you walk to the edge of the sand and look into the distance, you’ll see the colours shift at the shelf edge, where the turquoise waters of the Turks and Caicos drop steeply into the dark blue Atlantic.
- If you head to the eastern shores of the island, a very different ecosystem awaits, predominantly home to mangrove wetlands and swamps.
- Here, you’ll find an astonishing diversity of animal species both above and below the water’s surface: juvenile sharks, green and hawksbill turtles, upside-down jellyfish, flamingos and more.
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