1Nov 29, 2017
Our Seabird Conservation Advocate, Karen Baird, was in Blenheim and Kaikoura running an international seabird identification course for BirdLife International. Better collection and sharing of information can help us reduce fishing bycatch to zero. It is essential to know what seabird species are being caught, where, and how many, to be able to take international […]
2Feb 5, 2014
Each day on the Chathams dawned in the usual manner – ferocious howlers and churned up seas – and day by day, this never-ending storm slowly chipped away at our hopes of executing a NZ first – an albatross translocation. We were hoping to transfer 30 threatened Chatham Island albatross chicks to a specially protected […]
3Sep 30, 2013
For many years I lived at Portobello, on the Otago Peninsula, near Dunedin. At the weekend I’d often head out on my bike to Taiaroa Head, at the tip of the peninsula. What drew me there were the albatrosses – the only mainland colony of albatrosses anywhere in the world. As I approached I’d start […]
4Sep 27, 2009
Guest Blogger, Campaign Manager for the Albatross, Mandy Herrick