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Shearwater Plastic Project – April 2015

Shearwater Plastic Project – April 2015

By: Ian Hutton|April 4, 2015

For this years’ research Anicee Lombee, Phoebe Lewis, Vaughn Wellington and Andrew Fiddler came over to assist Jennifer Lavers and me carry out monitoring the chicks of two shearwaters for […]

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Bird Week – March 2015

Bird Week – March 2015

By: Ian Hutton|March 4, 2015

A week-long special tour for a group from the Queensland Field Naturalists Club. This club has members interested in anything and everything. So it was a busy week exploring all […]

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Bird Week – November 2014

Bird Week – November 2014

By: Ian Hutton|November 10, 2014

14 people joined in this week, a special week focusing on the birdlife of Lord Howe Island. It was an ideal way to discover and learn about the seabirds as […]

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Bird Surveys with Canberra Ornithological Group – September 2014

Bird Surveys with Canberra Ornithological Group – September 2014

By: Ian Hutton|September 24, 2014

As part of the proposal for rodent eradication on Lord Howe Island there are monitoring surveys to be carried out pre- and post-eradication. In September 2014 a group of five […]

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Weeding ecotour – May 2014

Weeding ecotour – May 2014

By: Ian Hutton|June 29, 2014

This was the 75th weeding ecotour to be run on the Island, since starting in 1995. Most of this group had been on many trips in previous years so it […]

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Bird Week – March 2014

Bird Week – March 2014

By: Ian Hutton|June 29, 2014

For this March Bird week, participants came from far-flung parts of Australia — from the Grampians to Sydney, Perth to Mackay and Darwin. It was an excellent time to visit […]

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White necked heron on Lord Howe Island

White necked heron on Lord Howe Island

By: Ian Hutton|March 11, 2014

On 2nd March 2014 Leon Brice and Jack Shick spotted the first record of a White-necked heron on Lord Howe Island. The one bird was seen over the next two […]

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Short tailed shearwaters “wrecked” on Lord Howe Island

Short tailed shearwaters “wrecked” on Lord Howe Island

By: Ian Hutton|October 31, 2013

In October 2013 we saw large numbers of Short-tailed shearwaters “wrecked” on the beaches at Lord Howe Island. These birds breed on the Bass Strait islands. After breeding they fly […]

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Little terns at North Bay

Little terns at North Bay

By: Ian Hutton|October 21, 2013

Tour operator Anthony Riddle reported 3 Little Terns at North Bay on 14 October 2013. They stayed on the island until March 2014. They were often seen feeding on the […]

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First record of a Rose crowned fruit dove

First record of a Rose crowned fruit dove

By: Ian Hutton|August 31, 2013

On 23rd August 2013, eleven-year-old Ethan Kelly spotted this Rose-crowned fruit dove outside his kitchen window. This is a new species record for the island. The bird only was seen […]

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