Fourteen participants flew into the island to sunny weather and looking forward to a week learning about the island birds. November is the peak time for our seabirds and everyone […]
This week with Jennifer and Andrew Lavers and Alice Forrest was to try and retrieve TLD loggers deployed in October 2014. These are devices to record any trace radioactivity the […]
I visited USA to lecture on the impact of ocean plastic debris on seabirds. The Kookaburra Foundation sponsored me to travel and do presentations at the Delaware Natural History Museum. […]
18 people arrived on the early flight from Sydney for this week of conservation and island exploration. The weeding effort was centred on Transit Hill. The initial focus was on […]
The second Island Biology Field Trip for the course from Victoria University, New Zealand. This trip had 11 students with supervisor Kevin Burns. The students enjoyed the walks around the […]
In May I hosted three groups from Friends of Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, in collaboration with Rodger and Gwen Elliot. The participants on all three trips were of course very keen […]
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 […]
Through the second half of 2014 I worked with Melbourne based model maker Dean Smith of Environmental Creations, to design and produce a display around Ball’s Pyramid. The display featured […]
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 […]