Albatross stories

10 minutes with an Albatross Task Force Support Officer

2022-07-27T13:56:00Z

If you have visited our blog before, you will probably have heard about our famous Albatross Task Force by now. The international team of seabird bycatch mitigation instructors work in some of the world’s albatross hotspots to support the use o...(read more)

10 minutes with an albatross researcher on Bird Island

2022-06-27T11:21:00Z

Have you ever wondered what it must be like to live and work amongst the albatrosses on Bird Island, South Georgia? We caught up with Erin Taylor, Zoological Field Assistant for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) who is currently spending 18-months ...(read more)

Improving seabird bycatch mitigation on the High Seas

2022-05-04T14:56:00Z

With over 1,000 vessels operating throughout most of the global ocean, Taiwan is one of the world’s important fishing nations. One of the most lucrative species targeted is tuna, which is predominantly caught by longline fishing methods. E...(read more)

Aotearoa New Zealand and Spain announce new efforts to protect the endangered Antipodean albatross

2022-04-21T13:33:00Z

Aotearoa New Zealand and Spain are working together to protect one of the world’s most endangered seabirds, the Antipodean albatross, Diomedea antipodensis. In December 2021, New Zealand’s Ambassador for Spain, Nigel Fyfe, on behalf of t...(read more)

A new partnership to tackle seabird bycatch in the global seafood supply chain

2022-04-21T09:40:00Z

Do you know where your supermarket seafood is sourced? We have partnered with the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership and Whale and Dolphin Conservation to tackle bycatch and encourage retailers to supply sustainably sourced seafood. Fisheries by...(read more)

BirdLife International Marine Programme’s International Women’s Day 2021

2021-03-06T08:11:00Z

Monday 8th March we're celebrating International Women's Day. #AlbatrossStories is a platform to share the lives of albatrosses across the world, the challenges they face, the journeys they go on, the incredible lengths these #SuperMums will go to. ...(read more)

Tracking Ocean Wanderers

2020-09-11T19:46:00Z

The journey of Bird Island’s “modern wandering albatross” moves into its next phase! If you have been following #AlbatrossStories, you may remember one of our recent blogs where we pondered “What is it like being a modern wan...(read more)

World Albatross Day 2020 - In case you missed it!

2020-06-24T11:22:00Z

You may have seen us mention that it was the FIRST EVER WORLD ALBATROSS DAY on the 19th June this year! To say we were excited is a big wandering-albatross-sized understatement and it seems we weren’t alone! But if you’ve just joined us,...(read more)

What's it like being a modern wandering albatross?

2020-05-05T06:46:00Z

A lot has changed since we started following wandering albatross chicks on Bird Island. It began last year with our first wanderer family Amelia and Atlas, and their chick Greta. Greta is currently on a whirlwind adventure for at least the next five...(read more)

“Real time” albatross conservation with Ana Carneiro - Part 2

2020-04-02T14:58:00Z

We continue our conversation with BirdLife International seabird ecologist Ana Carneiro, talking more about her study to uncover interactions between wandering albatross and fishing vessels, in “near-real time”. You can read part one here...(read more)

“Real time” albatross conservation with Ana Carneiro - Part 1

2020-04-02T14:40:00Z

Ana Carneiro is a seabird ecologist, enthusiast and all-round inspirational #WomanInScience. She has recently returned from a research trip to our very own Bird Island in South Georgia, home to #AlbatrossStories, where she has been collecting data fo...(read more)

What is life like in the Albatross Task Force team in Brazil?

2020-03-20T11:36:00Z

We set sail from the pier at Torquato Pontes Pescados in Rio Grande, southern Brazil, at 1:30 AM. In a precise manoeuvre the captain steered the boat safely out of port, despite the 25 knot winds making her roll back and forth. The strong winds did n...(read more)

Welcoming in our new young star...

2020-02-18T10:20:00Z

Bird Island is the place to be! As always, it is go go go down on South Georgia – although it is particularly the case at this time of year. Home to four out of the world’s 22 albatross species, there is always something going on due to ...(read more)

#ALBATROSSSTORIES NEWS: Our wandering albatross star, Greta, has fledged!

2019-12-18T23:57:00Z

That’s it, you read it right… GRETA HAS FLEDGED! Those of you who have been following along with #AlbatrossStories since the beginning of the year will know Greta very well indeed. Thinking of it like that really puts it into persp...(read more)

Living with albatross: Bird Island human stars – Part Two

2019-12-01T21:51:00Z

We continue our conversation with Alex Dodds, one of British Antarctic Survey’s albatross field assistants based on the frontline of albatross conservation, Bird Island in South Georgia. You can read part one here, where Alex explained what it ...(read more)