• #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...
  • 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 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...
  • Life as a member of the Albatross Task Force- saving South Georgia albatross
    We have all marvelled at the beauty of albatross through #AlbatrossStories, detailing the lives of albatross from the island of South Georgia. However, the hard reality is that the birds we have been...
  • 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...