This was the second Sea Slug Census held at Lord Howe Island with Steve Smith and Matt Nimbs from the National Marine Science Centre at Coffs harbour. Matt and Steve […]
Julian Hume from NHM London was in Australia to examine subfossil bird bones held in Canberra that had been collected on Lord Howe island in the 1970’s. As part of […]
This week was enjoyed by thirteen people keen to see all of the birds of Lord Howe Island. Good weather allowed all the walks and boat trips to be completed. […]
In October hosted a group of trustees from the Hawaii N ational Tropical Botanic Gardens on their 7 day island tour. A great group very enthusiastic about the plants, birds […]
Every few years cormorants visit Lord howe Island. Spotted this week this juvenile Great cormorant on the rocks near the jetty
October and November the Little shearwaters are fledging and we sometimes spot them at sea having rest on the water. This one out near Balls Pyramid.
A week carrying out landbird surveys as part of pre rodent eradication monitoring. This is the 5th survey and we visited 96 sites for 10 minute bird counts, twice each […]
10 people along for this week to assist with conservation on the island. Some very productive work removing Sea Spurge form the beaches, including an area that has not yet […]
In July the Lord Howe Island Museum and Australian Museum as part of Conservation Volunteers program ran a Beetle Week. Dr Chris Reid from A. M. and I led the […]
Thirteen students from Victoria University Wellington New Zealand came to the island for a week to go out into the field and observe, measure and test the various Island Biology […]