The team on Gough Island are out checking Great Shearwater nests for the geolocators deployed last year! It's a great feeling every time the team find a geolocator. These tiny loggers record the ambient light levels, when analyzed, they create a track of the bird's journey over the last year. These data contribute to understanding the movements of these birds in order to protect their foraging areas. #RoyalSocietyfortheProtectionofBirds #GoughIsland #geolocators #FitzpatrickI

Late in September, one million Great Shearwaters (Puffinus gravis) returned to Gough Island in the South Atlantic having just migrated from their North Atlantic overwintering grounds. Large rafts comprising thousands of individuals sit offshore each evening as the birds wait for sunset. As the sun dipped below the horizon each evening the shearwaters would quietly circle above the coastal tussocks, slow down and prepare to land. Great shearwaters are supreme aeronauts, not on

Gough Island is one of the most important seabird breeding sites in the world. Geolocation Journeys has supported the Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to track yellow-nosed albatross, Tristan albatross, great shearwaters, skuas and Kerguelen petrels to identify the core foraging areas of each species. This data will come at a crucial time as the waters around Gough Island are assessed for Marine Protected Area status. In a