It is long since I was in Bwindi last, and I hope to return there again one day. I got diverted from small mammals from the forest to those from the savannah and am now studying elephants, trees and bush fire in North-Eastern Uganda.
What I did in Bwindi at ITFC is the marking/tagging at 100m intervals of the trail from Ruhija, starting below the ITFC Director's house (1992) across the forest through Mubwindi swamp to Nteko, then to Buhoma.
I recall a day I was alone in the forest and ran into 'wild' Mountain Gorillas! But I survived to tell the story. One day (independence day as I remember) I got lost in the forest at the bamboo zone! When I got back at around 21.00 hours, the Director blamed me for going to the forest on Independence Day (a public holiday)! I had wanted to suggest putting trails with tags in the bamboo zone too, but the comment from the Director discouraged me! I fear getting lost there again.
Aleper Daniel Knox is a Research Fellow with Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norway