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MacGillivray’s Prions: good 2022-23 breeding success but evidence of mouse predation recorded
For decades the seabirds on Gough Island had been struggling with introduced House Mice eating their eggs and chicks, leading to...
RSPB
Apr 24, 20233 min read
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Breeding birds & multiplying mice: what next for Gough?
The spectacular breeding success of seabirds on Gough Island over the past year has gone some way in easing the desolation so many of us...
Andrew Callender
Feb 10, 20234 min read
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Phenomenal seabird breeding success on Gough Island: vindication of our restoration strategy
In 2021 a large consortium of conservation organisations led by RSPB and Tristan da Cunha tried to eradicate invasive non-native house...
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Nov 11, 20223 min read
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News Update: Mouse found on Gough
Today, Tuesday 14 December, the Gough Island Restoration Team is devastated to report that following the mouse eradication attempt...
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Dec 14, 20213 min read
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A veterinary adventure
I first became involved in the Gough Island Restoration Programme over seven years ago when the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland...
Adam Naylor, RZSS Veterinary Surgeon
Nov 18, 20214 min read
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2021: a mixed bag for Tristan albatrosses
Every year our Overwintering Team conduct their ‘round island’ count at this time to establish how many Tristan albatross chicks survived...
Sophie Thomas
Oct 18, 20213 min read
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Caring for Gough's land birds come rain, wind and snow...
Ever since my pal worked on Gough Island, it had been a place I had hoped I would one day be able to visit, especially with a love for...
Amy King
Oct 16, 20214 min read
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Now, we wait
As I sit back in Cape Town waiting for my flight home to New Zealand, it’s a great thought to consider that we’ve actually done it –...
Pete McClelland
Sep 10, 20216 min read
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Safeguarding Gough's land birds
As a penguinologist, RSPB’s Conservation Scientist Antje Steinfurth gets to visit some fascinating and far-flung places. Her latest...
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Aug 23, 20214 min read
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Previously on Gough...
It’s hard now to believe that when scientists first wondered if mice could be behind the new wounds being seen on Tristan albatrosses it...
Sophie Thomas
Aug 4, 20213 min read
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The Human Element
My main job is a General Practitioner (GP) working in London, UK, so I spend most of my days with an abundance of human contact, whether...
Dr Hareen De Silva
Jul 30, 20215 min read
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And then there were 47!
Upon our arrival on Gough Island at the end of September 2020, the three of us in the overwintering field team had to dive headfirst into...
Kim Stevens
Jun 26, 20213 min read
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Preparing for winter
Guest blog by Dr Araceli Samaniego (Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research) I enjoy, and I feel I need to, eat spicy food. I’m Mexican. The...
Dr Araceli Samaniego
Jun 10, 20213 min read
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A long wait to reconnect in one of the most remote places on earth
Guest blog by Noé Silva Estudillo, Technical Director, Grupo de EcologÃa y Conservación de Islas, A.C. Noé on a reconnaissance flight...
Noé Silva Estudillo
Jun 3, 20215 min read
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'Rediscovering this day' – International Day for Biological Diversity
Guest blog by Dr Araceli Samaniego (Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research) This morning, my phone reminded me that 6 years ago I was with my...
Dr Araceli Samaniego
May 22, 20213 min read
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One man’s sparrow is another man’s albatross!
Guest blog by Wes Jolley (Island Conservation) This is my first time in South Africa, and one of my hopes to keep me sane during...
Wes Jolley
May 20, 20213 min read
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First confirmed death of adult Tristan albatross due to house mice
The two ‘round-island’ counts that we do as the Overwintering Team on Gough Island are usually one of the highlights of our year. We go...
Kim Stevens
Apr 28, 20213 min read
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Happy Penguin Awareness Day!
It is Penguin Awareness Day, a day not to celebrate how undeniably cute they are but to create much needed awareness of their precarious...
Antje Steinfurth
Jan 20, 20216 min read
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Celebrating Christmas on one of the world’s most remote islands
Secret Santa, tinned vegetables and pecan pie Gough Island might be a tiny speck in the Atlantic Ocean, but that doesn’t mean it’s beyond...
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Dec 18, 20205 min read
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RSPB Council gives the go ahead for 2021 restoration operation
Following the postponement of the Gough Island Restoration operation this year due to Covid-19, RSPB council trustees met on Tuesday...
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Nov 26, 20202 min read
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