I first became involved in the Gough Island Restoration Programme over seven years ago when the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland...

Every year our Overwintering Team conduct their ‘round island’ count at this time to establish how many Tristan albatross chicks survived...

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...

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 –...

As a penguinologist, RSPB’s Conservation Scientist Antje Steinfurth gets to visit some fascinating and far-flung places. Her latest...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Guest blog by Noé Silva Estudillo, Technical Director, Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C. Noé on a reconnaissance flight...

Guest blog by Dr Araceli Samaniego (Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research) This morning, my phone reminded me that 6 years ago I was with my...

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...

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...

It is Penguin Awareness Day, a day not to celebrate how undeniably cute they are but to create much needed awareness of their precarious...

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...

Following the postponement of the Gough Island Restoration operation this year due to Covid-19, RSPB council trustees met on Tuesday...

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...