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

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...

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...

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

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Island Conservation formalize partnership to protect species on Gough and Henderson...

Blog by Kate Lawrence. On the evening of 20 February 2018, I watched an Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross chick die before my eyes, as it...

For many, Gough Island will be unheard of, and even fewer will ever get the opportunity to travel to this distant island. Kate is one of...

It is Tristan albatross hatching time on Gough Island! It would be hard for anyone to resist photographing these small, fluffy albatross,...

Although our main focus on Gough Island is monitoring seabirds leading up to the rodent eradication in 2019, we support other research...

Last week we completed the challenging and enjoyable task of a whole-island count of Tristan Albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) nests. This...

Photo: courtesy of Jaimie Cleeland, A healthy prion chick being brooded by its parent MacGillivray’s Prions (Pachyptila macgillivrayi)...

Photo descriptions by Kate Lawrence. Photo: courtesy of Jaimie Cleeland Photo: courtesy of Kate Lawrence Photo: courtesy of Jaimie...

Gough Island rises abruptly from the depths of the South Atlantic Ocean. Its mountainous terrain is often shrouded in mist, until blasted...

Great news: our Gough Island restoration programme has been given the green light! Meet the intrepid conservationists who'll spend 13...

After a nine day voyage on the SA Agulhas II, we finally arrived at Gough Island on a particularly wet and windy afternoon. Strong wind...

Gough Team 63 left Cape Town on the 7th September, it felt like an age the team being on the SA Aghulas II. After nearly a week of being...