In August 2021 I wrote to Simon Gorta to request a paper that he had published on south-east Australian seabirds. In his reply he said he was about to begin a PhD project at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), on Sooty Terns, the birds I have been studying in Seychelles for many years. … More A stunning seabird wilderness| Wild Bird Conservation
We have recently undertaken an amazing journey. The aim was to assist a young Australian student to set up a tracking study on Sooty Terns on a remote and uninhabited island in the Norfolk Island group, in the western Pacific about 1500 kilometres east of Brisbane, eastern Australia. Ventures such as this inevitably involve long … More Familiar birds away from home| Wild Bird Conservation