Laura Beasley
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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Laura Beasley
- 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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Laura Beasley
- 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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Laura Beasley
- Jul 3, 2018
- 3 min
What would you say, to an albatross chick?
By Jaimie Cleeland The Tristan albatross chicks on Gough Island are growing fast. Right now the chicks weigh approximately 8kg and are...
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Laura Beasley
- May 21, 2018
- 3 min
Tell the albatross: Help is on the way!
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and Island Conservation formalize partnership to protect species on Gough and Henderson...
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Laura Beasley
- May 15, 2018
- 4 min
How many mice does it take to kill an albatross?
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...
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Laura Beasley
- Apr 30, 2018
- 6 min
Work, Life and Birds on Gough Island
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...
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Laura Beasley
- Mar 22, 2018
- 2 min
Tristan albatross are hatching!
It is Tristan albatross hatching time on Gough Island! It would be hard for anyone to resist photographing these small, fluffy albatross,...
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Laura Beasley
- Mar 9, 2018
- 2 min
Sealing around on Gough Island!
Although our main focus on Gough Island is monitoring seabirds leading up to the rodent eradication in 2019, we support other research...
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Laura Beasley
- Feb 15, 2018
- 2 min
1446 Tristan Albatross breeding pairs on Gough Island
Last week we completed the challenging and enjoyable task of a whole-island count of Tristan Albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) nests. This...
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- Feb 6, 2018
- 2 min
Prions Under Attack - Gough Island
Photo: courtesy of Jaimie Cleeland, A healthy prion chick being brooded by its parent MacGillivray’s Prions (Pachyptila macgillivrayi)...
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- Nov 28, 2017
- 3 min
Pictures that shouldn't be missed!
Photo descriptions by Kate Lawrence. Photo: courtesy of Jaimie Cleeland Photo: courtesy of Kate Lawrence Photo: courtesy of Jaimie...
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Laura Beasley
- Oct 1, 2017
- 4 min
Preparing for the mountain in the sea
Gough Island rises abruptly from the depths of the South Atlantic Ocean. Its mountainous terrain is often shrouded in mist, until blasted...
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Laura Beasley
- Sep 26, 2017
- 4 min
Gough Island restoration programme - Gough Team 63
Great news: our Gough Island restoration programme has been given the green light! Meet the intrepid conservationists who'll spend 13...
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- Aug 26, 2017
- 4 min
Gough Team 63 - Settling into island life
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...
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- Aug 12, 2017
- 2 min
Gough Island Team 63 - When pictures can speak a thousand words
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...
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