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Bird Island

Wandering albatross in flight in South Georgia

Wandering albatross tracking at Bird Island

21 September, 2020 Alexandra Dodds

Alexandra Dodds is albatross zoological field assistant at the British Antarctic Survey Bird Island Research Station in South Georgia. The team have been working hard over the austral winter, conducting …

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Isolated winter fieldwork on Bird Island

17 June, 2020 Alexandra Dodds

Albatross zoological field assistant Alexandra Dodds shares experiences of the isolated winter fieldwork at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Bird Island Research Station in South Georgia. The team are conducting important …

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A sunset over a body of water.

Isolation Stories from Antarctica

18 May, 2020 Emily Neville

There is a lot that’s unique about Antarctica. It’s the coldest, windiest and least populated of the world’s continents. It’s the highest continent on Earth and the world’s largest desert. …

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A group of people on a boat in the water.

Guest blog: arriving at Bird Island

17 November, 2017 Daan Aldenberg

One misty day last week (November 2017), the RRS James Clark Ross arrived at Bird Island in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. On board was Daan Aldenberg, from BAM International, partner …

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Black-browed Albatross colony (Thalassarche melanophrys) at Colony Q1 on Bird Island. Black-browed Albatrosses feed on Krill, fish and squid and tend to forage around the edge of the continental shelf of South Georgia.

ANTARCTIC BLOG: Typical week at Bird Island Station

10 June, 2016 Timothy Morley

Tim Morley, Zoological Field Assistant at Bird Island, shares a typical week at Bird Island Research Station as he prepares for midwinter…. With many of our species finishing breeding for …

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A snow covered mountain.

Search and Rescue on Bird Island

23 February, 2016 Jerry Gillham

Bird Island Research Station has a small staff team; no more than 10 in summer and just four over winter. We have no doctor on station though all staff receives …

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Penguins

ANTARCTIC BLOG: Exploring an island abundant with wildlife

2 February, 2016 James Robbins

Bird Island has undergone several changes since the last diary entry in November. The summer breeding season is in full swing, and in some cases is starting to quieten down …

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Penguins

ANTARCTIC BLOG: Breeding season begins on Bird Island

10 November, 2015 Alastair Wilson

October is another busy month for bird work, with the feathered residents of Bird Island all returning and starting to breed. Almost all of the Northern giant petrels are now …

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A seal lying in the sand on a beach.

ANTARCTIC BLOG: Busy month for leopard seal sightings!

27 October, 2015 Sian Tarrant

Leopard seal peak The penultimate month of the lep round has been by far the most exciting. September has been the busiest month yet for leopard seal sightings. It has …

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View of Bird Island Research Station from Wanderer ridge with Wandering Albatross in the foreground

ANTARCTIC BLOG: Leopard seals, wanderer chicks and…superheroes?!

22 September, 2015 Lucy Quinn

When I last wrote a web diary, back in April, it was at the end of the summer season and the first few intrepid weeks of winter. It’s hard to …

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