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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]