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Island Conservation
The Gough Island Restoration Programme (GIRP) is arguably the most significant eradication project to be implemented in 2021. Island Conservation was honored to serve as a supporting partner to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RPSB) and the Government of Tristan de Cunha as they undertook this incredibly ambitious project. I was given […]
Island Conservation project manager Wes Jolley shares his birding experience from a hotel in South Africa where he is quarantining before traveling for Gough Island. This is my first time in South Africa, and one of my hopes to keep me sane during quarantine was to see some new birds. One of the great things […]
Endangered seabirds including MacGillivray’s Prion, are inching closer to extinction on Gough Island, and removing invasive mice will be a saving grace for these birds. Gough Island in the South Atlantic is a UNESCO World Heritage Site home to around 8 million seabirds including the Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena), Atlantic Petrel (Pterodroma incerta), and Atlantic […]
New video footage captured from the UK Overseas Territory of Gough Island in the South Atlantic shows mice attacking adult albatross. Warning: Graphic video. Viewer Discretion is Advised. Last year a study, published by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, found that invasive mice are responsible for two million fewer seabird chicks on […]