Lord Howe Island Field Naturalist Club March 12 to 19 2017
Sixteen members from the Queensland Field Naturalist Club for this March nature week. The group members were interested in all aspects of the island flora and fauna, so along then tracks we studied the plants, searched for insects and enjoyed seeing the seabirds flying all around. Good low tides for reef walking discovering all the […]
Birdweek November 12 to 19 2016
A big week with fourteen along for this Birdweek. Good weather throughout, plus many seabirds with chicks made it an unforgettable week. North Bay day a highlight “after a tasty lunch we walked along the beach, past Sooty terns – hundreds of parents and chicks of varying sizes, many being fed. The tide was low […]
Coates Wildlife tour October 29 to November 5 2016
Eighteen people from all over Australia along for this week, exploring the tracks, lagoon and seas. Half days on the shorter tracks and a day walk to Boat Harbour “ As we set out the two great massifs of Lidgbird and Gower loomed over us but disappeared immediately as we entered the green light and […]
September 2016 Friends of Lord Howe Island Weeding Ecotour
This was another memorable weeding trip – number 81 since the first one run in 1995. The eighteen on the tour included a mix of veteran Friends of LHI weeders and some new faces. Areas weeded included Edie’s Glen, an area adjacent to the Power House, removing small Cherry guava as well as a number […]
August 2016 – Island Biology Conference at Azores
The trip to the Azores was to attend an Island Biology conference on the island of Terciera and present papers on Social Aspects of Island conservation, and Friends of Lord Howe Island Weeding Ecotours. After the conference I visited several other Islands in the Azores group, including Faial to give a seminar on the impact […]
July 2016 – Lecture at the London Natural History Museum
In July I travelled to London as guest of Vincent Savolainen Imperial College and gave a seminar on Lord Howe Island at the London Natural History Museum and at Imperial College Silwood Park. A highlight was going behind the scenes in the Museum and viewing the old specimens of plants collected on Lord Howe Island in […]
June 2016 Island Biology field trip
June 30 to July 7, the third Island Biology field trip with Victoria University Wellington NZ. Twelve students enjoyed exploring the island, discovering first hand the fascinating processes that island species undergo in adapting to island isolation, altitude change and climate. The students also contributed a half-day conservation project removing Sea spurge from the Lagoon […]
May 2016 – Friends of Lord Howe Island Weeding ecotour
This was a very special weeding week – not only was it the 80th weeding ecotour to the Island, but two of our loyal weeders decided to have a wedding ceremony on the week. John Pemble and Ian Sinclair have become very popular members of the Friends of Lord Howe Island. They invited all the […]
April 2016 shearwater and plastic monitoring
From 26 April to 10 May we carried out the annual monitoring of plastic impact on the Flesh-footed shearwaters. The Director of Zoos Victoria plus two education staff came along for a few days to video the research as part of a campaign they are rolling out in 2017 to stop release of helium balloons. […]
Climate Council Tour 2016
In the week 19 to 26 March, Lord Howe Island Nature Tours hosted a special tour for the Climate Council. The Climate Council is an Australian independent non-profit organisation formed to provide independent, authoritative climate change information to the Australian public. It was formed by former members of the Climate Commission after it was abolished […]