Bird flu hits world’s biggest wandering albatross colonies
A fast spreading form of bird flu is devastating colonies where almost half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed on a ...
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The Epic Journeys of Migratory Birds
“We know that the bird migrates to South America, but we have yet to find out where,” he says. BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSSES AND SOUTHERN ROCKHOPPER PENQUINS Steeple Jason, Falkland Islands ...
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Positive avian flu confirmed in wandering albatross in South Georgia
The latest results from samples taken from the islands reveal that the disease has now been detected in the wandering albatross (as at 9 February 2024). Avian Influenza was first detected in the ...
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Filming albatross chicks eating plastic
I worked on Bird Island research station, just off mainland South Georgia, for two and a half years as a zoologist, studying the albatross populations there. It was a real privilege to get to work ...