This was a very special weeding week – not only was it the 80th weeding ecotour to the Island, but two of our loyal weeders decided to have a wedding […]
From 26 April to 10 May we carried out the annual monitoring of plastic impact on the Flesh-footed shearwaters. The Director of Zoos Victoria plus two education staff came along […]
In the week 19 to 26 March, Lord Howe Island Nature Tours hosted a special tour for the Climate Council. The Climate Council is an Australian independent non-profit organisation formed […]
In March 2016, nine people joined up to explore the bird life of Lord Howe Island. We walked along Malabar Ridge for observing Red-tailed tropicbirds, Mount Eliza for magnificent views, […]
On 18th February I attended the Senate Hearing held in Sydney and gave statements about the impacts of marine plastic on seabirds at Lord Howe Island. Also in attendance were […]
In February I attended the fourth Island Arks conference, held this year at Norfolk Island. 85 managers and researchers involved in Island Conservation around Australia and New Zealand attended and […]
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 […]