South Georgia Island – from the beaches!
February 2016 “South Georgia Island – from the beaches!” Download this Letter of thanks to our supporters from Denise Landau, FOSGI President. (pdf download)
NASA Photo of South Georgia from Feb 2017
“A Cut in the Clouds” The island formed ripples in the clouds. From the NASA Earth Observatory page “Like a ship carving its way through the sea, the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands parted the clouds. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image on February 2, 2017. The…
‘Reclaiming South Georgia’ placed in the top 10 bird books of 2016!!
This book is written by our Habitat Restoration (HR) Project Director Prof Tony Martin, it describes our HR work in South Georgia. The British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology have rated ‘Reclaiming South Georgia’ 6th in their review of the best bird books of 2016. Here’s what they say: “Every year, British Birds…
A nest of pipits has been found in the area we baited in 2011
The nest shown here was discovered on 14th December 2015 in Burnet Cove in Maiviken by Jamie Coleman, BAS Terrestrial biologist at KEP. Jamie says that there are at least four pairs of pipits at Maiviken now! Thank you to Jamie for the photo.
Island Invasives Conference 2017 Announcements
Monday 10 July – Friday 14 July, 2017 Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee The conference was announced mid November 2015: “This will be the third in a series of international conferences focussed on invasive alien species (IAS) on islands, their impact and management. It follows those held in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2001 and 2010.…
November 2016 Habitat Restoration Newsletter is now out!!
Click here to get a copy of the November newsletter.
Looking forward to the Antarctic Summer 2015/16 season
Ratwatch and fundraising Oct 27th 2015 update (.pdf document) Citizen science – with the cruise ship season starting passengers can help us look for recovery signs of the bird population… Signs of recovery: “… and most poignant of all everywhere you went on South Georgia before 2011 you’d see lots of little tracks in the…
Rat Watch leaflet
Latest RatWatch document available. This Rat Watch leaflet explains how YOU can take part and help us with Phase 4 (2016-2018) if the habitat Restoration project, it is essentially detective work. We are looking for any signs of rat or mouse in South Georgia. The main part of Phase 4 involves us sending teams of people, with…
Habitat Restoration Project Director Tony Martin is named “Conservationist of the Year”
Professor Tony Martin, who is leading the South Georgia Habitat Restoration Project has been named the Zoological Society of London “Conservationist of the Year”. He will be presented with this prestigious award later in the year. The Habitat Restoration Project is being carried out in four Phases and will take at least 10 years from…
South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) Changes Chairmanship
For the last 14 years, Howard Pearce tirelessly dedicated his time and energy towards the betterment of South Georgia. FOSGI is grateful to have worked along side Howard for the last 5 years and wish him and his lovely family well in his retirement (at least from this project). The picture on the left is…