Suwarrow blog 16 – A day of rest
Today the team feast with the very welcome visitors to Suwarrow and celebrate some luck with the weather...
Continue reading...Suwarrow Blog 15 – A flotilla on the lagoon and Moon’s future decided
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Today the team hope the weather won’t be against them again as they eye their impending departure date with a new crew member...
Continue reading...Suwarrow Blog 14 – Breeding season peaks as a moonlit feline stowaway appears
Monday, May 20, 2013
Today the crew are gathering seabird survey results, watching out for ominous rainclouds and wondering at the provenance of the newest resident to emerge from the shadows...
Continue reading...Suwarrow Blog 13 – Larcenous saboteurs and creative crab-chefs
Friday, May 17, 2013
Today the team search for more islets with rat inhabitants and find the inquisitive coconut crabs have a culinary bent...
Continue reading...Suwarrow Blog Twelve – Rainy days and frigatebird dance-offs
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The latest blog from wildlife filmmaker Nick Hayward as he joins a team from BirdLife and Te Ipukarea Society (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) eradicating rats from Suwarrow – a seabird mecca in the South Pacific. Wet weather has brought with it some bad news for the operation...
Continue reading...Suwarrow Blog Eleven – Coral moonscapes and cool tropical trade winds
Saturday, May 11, 2013
The latest blog from wildlife filmmaker Nick Hayward as he joins a team from BirdLife and Te Ipukarea Society (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) eradicating rats from Suwarrow – a seabird mecca in the South Pacific. Today the team reclaim their machete from a robber crab and enjoy the ‘modern’ comforts of Anchorage while contemplating a new departure date...
Continue reading...Suwarrow Blog Ten – The enemy emerges and coconut-crushing ‘robber crabs’ entertain
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Today the crew take a well-earned break and spy their furry quarry...
Continue reading...Suwarrow Blog Nine – Working through the wasps
Sunday, May 5, 2013
The latest blog from wildlife filmmaker Nick Hayward as he joins a team from BirdLife and Te Ipukarea Society (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) eradicating rats from Suwarrow – a seabird mecca in the South Pacific. With the team safely on Suwarrow they get to work preparing for the operation whilst trying to avoid an army of wasps…
Continue reading...Suwarrow Blog Eight – Land ahoy!
Friday, May 3, 2013
The latest blog from wildlife filmmaker Nick Hayward as he joins a team from BirdLife and Te Ipukarea Society (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) eradicating rats from Suwarrow – a seabird mecca in the South Pacific. Today they land on Suwarrow and are welcomed by swarms of seabirds, sharks and crabs…
Continue reading...Suwarrow Blog Seven – All at sea
Thursday, May 2, 2013
The latest blog from wildlife filmmaker Nick Hayward as he joins a team from BirdLife and Te Ipukarea Society (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) eradicating rats from Suwarrow – a seabird mecca in the South Pacific. During this latest blog the team are out at sea and dealing with breaking tow-ropes, noisy generators and Cookie-cutter Sharks…
Continue reading...Suwarrow Blog Six – Setting sail
Monday, April 29, 2013
The latest blog from wildlife filmmaker Nick Hayward as he joins a team from BirdLife and Te Ipukarea Society (BirdLife in the Cook Islands) eradicating rats from Suwarrow – a seabird mecca in the South Pacific. Today the team have finally left Rarotonga’s main harbour and are heading north hoping to spy Sperm whales...
Continue reading...Suwarrow Blog Five – A motley crew and mixed cargoes
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Today the team finish loading the Southern Cross, we learn that Ian loves eggs, and that Nick feels like he’s living in a childhood adventure book…
Continue reading...Fiji Petrel gets support from the Flagship Species Fund
Thursday, April 25, 2013
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With nearly 150 applicants and only eight recipients, NatureFiji-MareqetiViti's Critically Endangered Fiji Petrel Project is proud to receive support from the prestigious Flagship Species Fund...
Continue reading...Plan to save New Zealand seabirds heralds changes to fishing practises
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
BirdLife Partner, Forest & Bird is welcoming the release of a government-approved statement of intent to save native seabirds, including endangered albatrosses and petrels, from being killed by commercial and non-commercial fishing activity...
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