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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 and Alexis are a te...

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 privileged to roam thi...

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

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

With our whole team now safely ashore on Gough we began to take in the stunning environment and appreciate the daunting scale of eradicating mice from this i...

What do you have when you get 2 Englishmen, 2 kiwis and an Irishman walking onto a South African icebreaker in Cape Town? Sounds like a joke but in reality i...

At the RSPB, we have a passion to work for the best outcome for nature, and sometimes that means making difficult decisions to ensure we achieve the best res...

By Jaimie Cleeland The Tristan albatross chicks on Gough Island are growing fast. Right now the chicks weigh approximately 8kg and are left unattended as bot...