Having turned from balls of fluff into 10kg chicks over the past 8 months, this year’s Tristan albatrosses are finally getting ready to...

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...

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...

Six months after having made the devastating decision to postpone the 2020 restoration of Gough Island, our team is back in strength and...

Blog by Michelle Risi, Gough Field Assistant Being on one of the most remote islands in the world during a global pandemic is seemingly...

Blog by Michelle Jones, Gough Field Assistant Despite surface nesting seabirds, like albatrosses and giant petrels often stealing the...

Blog by Alexis Osborne, Gough Island Field Assistant House mice (Mus musculus) were introduced to Gough Island in the 19th century....

Blog by Christopher Jones, Senior Filed Assistant, RSPB The birds of Gough Island often get the spotlight, and rightly so given that many...

Blog by Dr Steffen Oppel, RSPB Senior Conservation Scientist, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science The life of an albatross chick between...

Blog by Michelle Jones and Laura Beasley For International Women's Day this year, we are celebrating the achievements of Michelle Jones,...

Written by Chris Jones, Senior Field Assistant Probably one of the more challenging activities we are tasked with on Gough is the Tristan...

Gough Island already has a number of stunning seabirds, but last weeks visit from an Indian yellow-nosed albatross Thalassarche carteri...

Blog by Chris Jones, Gough Field Assistant Anyone who follows the story of Gough Island will know that 2 million seabird chicks are...

Blog by Michelle Jones During this years takeover, as we started our year on Gough, we were tasked with trying to monitor the breeding...

Following our last blog from the Gough Island team which showed how bycatch affects even the most remote places on earth, we are...

Blog by Alexis Osborne The primary threat to the seabirds of Gough Island are invasive non-native mice, but although remote, the seabirds...

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...

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...

Yesterday evening, the skies darkened… Not just the impending dusk, but the arrival of Great Shearwaters in their tens of thousands. They...

The life of an albatross chick between the time when it hatches from the egg until it can eventually fly away isn't particularly...