• #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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...