• 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...
  • 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!...
  • #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...
  • New life on Bird Island this Christmas
    The wandering albatross breeding season on Bird Island (South Georgia) has officially begun, with the first egg being laid last week! The bird in question has never bred on Bird Island before, but was...
  • “Wandering” about those albatrosses Attenborough was talking about?
    I am guessing many of you will have been glued to your screens over the last few weeks, watching the new Our Planet series on Netflix – I certainly have! The highlight for me was of course the gorgeous...