Laura Beasley
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, 2020
- 3 min
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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- Aug 9, 2019
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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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- May 31, 2019
- 3 min
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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- May 22, 2019
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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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- May 17, 2019
- 3 min
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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- Mar 8, 2019
- 4 min
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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- Feb 28, 2019
- 4 min
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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- Jan 23, 2019
- 2 min
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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- Jan 10, 2019
- 5 min
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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- Dec 13, 2018
- 2 min
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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- Dec 4, 2018
- 3 min
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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- Nov 12, 2018
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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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- Oct 18, 2018
- 3 min
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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- Oct 16, 2018
- 3 min
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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- Oct 9, 2018
- 5 min
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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- Oct 4, 2018
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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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- Oct 1, 2018
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The Takeover: Welcome to the ‘Roaring Forties’
With our whole team now safely ashore on Gough we began to take in the stunning environment and appreciate the daunting scale of...
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- Sep 19, 2018
- 4 min
The Takeover
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...
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- Aug 24, 2018
- 3 min
Maximizing our chance of success
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...
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