• Living with albatross: Bird Island human stars – Part Two
    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...
  • #ALBATROSSSTORIES NEWS: Our wandering albatross star, Greta, has fledged!
    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...
  • Ode to the albatross- part 2
    Stephanie Prince reveals how an albatross researcher’s life becomes inevitably and irreversibly intertwined with the lives of their subjects and outlines her plans for the future. From the moment I...
  • 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...
  • 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...