• A new chapter in #AlbatrossStories: The wandering albatross chick has hatched!
    Our wandering albatross couple have become proud parents for the tenth time as their chick hatched on the 21 st of March – right on time for its due date! It began pecking its way through the egg on the...
  • Our Wandering albatross star, Greta, is six months old!
    Our infamous wandering albatross chick, Greta, is now six months old! Since she hatched all the way back in March, so much has changed, not just for her, but in the environment around her and beyond!...
  • Stars are born as the country names our #AlbatrossStories characters
    After several weeks of running our naming competition for the albatross on Bird Island and receiving over 200 entries, we have come to some final decisions on the names for four of our albatross stars...
  • Living with albatross: Bird Island human stars – Part One
    If you have been following along with #AlbatrossStories and watching the nest cams of Greta, you will have seen the extreme changeability of sub-Antarctic weather. And whilst some of us sit in the comfort...
  • Behind the scenes of #AlbatrossStories: An interview with one of our Albatross Task Force human stars
    While our five, feathered stars on #BirdIsland occupy most of #AlbatrossStories, our human stars work tirelessly behind the scenes to improve the protection of these birds from dangers they face both...