• “Real time” albatross conservation with Ana Carneiro - Part 2
    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...
  • What's it like being a modern wandering albatross?
    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...
  • Tracking Ocean Wanderers
    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...
  • Ode to the albatross- part 1
    In the first of a two-part ode to the albatross, RSPB ' s Albatross Bycatch Project Manager Stephanie Prince sheds light on the lives of these magical species, explains why we can all identify with their...
  • 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...