Tristan albatross breeding success in 2020
Having turned from balls of fluff into 10kg chicks over the past 8 months, this year’s Tristan albatrosses are finally getting ready to...
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Nov 4, 20205 min read
Welcome Kim, Von and Roelf, our new Field Assistant team on Gough Island!
Our journey from being appointed as the new RSPB field team to our first day on Gough Island has felt like a long one – perhaps due to...
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Oct 23, 20205 min read
Goodbye (for now) to Chris, Michelle and Alexis
We wrote this blog before hearing about the sinking of the MFV Geo Searcher off the north coast of Gough Island. We are relieved to hear...
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Sep 18, 20204 min read
Gough Island Restoration 2021 gets underway
Six months after having made the devastating decision to postpone the 2020 restoration of Gough Island, our team is back in strength and...
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May 7, 20203 min read
Life on a tiny rock in the South Atlantic during a global pandemic
Blog by Michelle Risi, Gough Field Assistant Being on one of the most remote islands in the world during a global pandemic is seemingly...
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Laura Beasley
Aug 9, 20193 min read
Burrowing Petrels on Gough Island, and the ‘Downward Bird’ pose
Blog by Michelle Jones, Gough Field Assistant Despite surface nesting seabirds, like albatrosses and giant petrels often stealing the...
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Laura Beasley
May 31, 20193 min read
Mice Predation on Prions continues on Gough Island
Blog by Alexis Osborne, Gough Island Field Assistant House mice (Mus musculus) were introduced to Gough Island in the 19th century....
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Laura Beasley
May 22, 20193 min read
A leucistic sub-Antarctic fur seal: a first for Gough Island and a first for the species
Blog by Christopher Jones, Senior Filed Assistant, RSPB The birds of Gough Island often get the spotlight, and rightly so given that many...
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Laura Beasley
May 17, 20193 min read
Tristan Albatross breeding success is too low
Blog by Dr Steffen Oppel, RSPB Senior Conservation Scientist, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science The life of an albatross chick between...
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Laura Beasley
Mar 8, 20194 min read
International Women’s Day
Blog by Michelle Jones and Laura Beasley For International Women's Day this year, we are celebrating the achievements of Michelle Jones,...
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Laura Beasley
Feb 28, 20194 min read
The southerly breeze brings success: Counting incubating Tristan albatross on Gough Island
Written by Chris Jones, Senior Field Assistant Probably one of the more challenging activities we are tasked with on Gough is the Tristan...
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Laura Beasley
Jan 23, 20192 min read
Indian yellow-nosed albatross: a first for Gough Island!
Gough Island already has a number of stunning seabirds, but last weeks visit from an Indian yellow-nosed albatross Thalassarche carteri...
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Laura Beasley
Jan 10, 20195 min read
We must act now: threat from seabird eating mice continues to evolve
Blog by Chris Jones, Gough Field Assistant Anyone who follows the story of Gough Island will know that 2 million seabird chicks are...
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Laura Beasley
Dec 13, 20182 min read
The Bunty Hunters
Blog by Michelle Jones During this years takeover, as we started our year on Gough, we were tasked with trying to monitor the breeding...
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Laura Beasley
Dec 4, 20183 min read
Tristan da Cunha take positive action to prevent bycatch
Following our last blog from the Gough Island team which showed how bycatch affects even the most remote places on earth, we are...
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Laura Beasley
Nov 12, 20182 min read
Yet another albatross caught on a hook!
Blog by Alexis Osborne The primary threat to the seabirds of Gough Island are invasive non-native mice, but although remote, the seabirds...
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Laura Beasley
Oct 18, 20183 min read
Meet the Gough 64 Team!
After saying goodbye to the 2017-18 Gough 63 team of Fabrice, Kate and Jaimie, we say hello to the 2018-19 Gough 64 team! Chris, Michelle...
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Laura Beasley
Oct 16, 20183 min read
Saying Goodbye to the Mountain in the Sea
Blog by Jaimie Cleeland After a year full of adventure on Gough Island the time has come to say goodbye. Kate, Fabrice and I have been...
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Laura Beasley
Oct 9, 20185 min read
The Takeover: saving spectacular species
Yesterday evening, the skies darkened… Not just the impending dusk, but the arrival of Great Shearwaters in their tens of thousands. They...
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Laura Beasley
Oct 4, 20183 min read
The Takeover: Another poor breeding season for Tristan albatross
The life of an albatross chick between the time when it hatches from the egg until it can eventually fly away isn't particularly...
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