March is an excellent time for birds on the island – most of our summer seabirds are still on the island, and the Providence petrels have just returned for winter […]
In conjunction with the National Marine Science Institute at Coffs Harbour we ran the first Sea Slug census for Lord Howe Island. Over the weekend locals and visitors took part […]
In February researchers from WA University, led by Jonathan Mitchell, were on the Island to carry out the first detailed study of the Galapagos whaler shark here. This is the […]
As part of the pre-rodent monitoring, I have been working with OEH staff to monitor the flora by putting transacts in various forest types and record all plants and seedlings […]
With colleagues from IMAS in Tasmania and British Natural History Museum we carried out a population census of the Flesh footed shearwaters on the Island. These birds face a number […]
Nineteen people came along to participate in the November 2017 Bird week. The peak breeding season for the island’s seabirds put on a good show for us all the walks. […]
In October I was at the Island Arks conference in Fiji; and gave a presentation on the success to date of one island – Lord Howe Island – in reducing […]
In September the 3rd Landbird surveys were carried out on the island. This is part of pre-rodent eradication monitoring and was carried out with volunteers from Canberra Ornithological G roup.
18 September a Horsfields bronze cuckoo was seen around the airport terminal area feeding on ants in the short grass. Only the second record of this bird on Lord Howe […]
On 9th September Mark Ley of Woodford NSW spotted a Brown songlark at the Old Settlement paddock – this is the first record of this bird for Lord Howe Island […]