• Phenomenal seabird breeding success on Gough Island
    In 2021 a large consortium of conservation organisations led by RSPB and Tristan da Cunha tried to eradicate invasive non-native house mice from the World Heritage Site Gough Island – a rugged volcanic...
  • Life on Gough Island
    Blog post by Steffen Oppel , Senior Conservation Officer, RSPB Centre for Conservation Science . Imagine sitting at a bus stop in a rural part of Wales or Scotland. The wind is driving sleet and...
  • 1446 Tristan Albatross breeding pairs on Gough Island
    Blog by Kate Lawrence , Field Assistant International Species Recovery Unit 1446 Tristan Albatross breeding pairs on Gough Island Last week we completed the challenging and enjoyable task of a whole...
  • Gough Island restoration programme - Gough Team 63
    Great news: our Gough Island restoration programme has been given the green light! Meet the intrepid conservationists who'll spend 13 months on one of the planet's most remote islands. Their mission...
  • Sealing Around on Gough Island
    Although our main focus on Gough Island is monitoring seabirds leading up to the rodent eradication in 2019, we support other research projects by gathering data on key species living here. The remoteness...