Laura Shearer

Seabird Scientist/Coastal Reserves Manager/Island Councillor on Ascension Island. Views my own. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇦🇨

[Laura Shearer @LimpetLaura]

20 years ago there was no frigatebirds nesting on mainland Ascension, this was today.
The feral cat eradication on Ascension is a huge conservation success and this is the evidence! #Seabirds

[BirdLife Marine @BirdLifeMarine]

Tracking Ascension Island’s seabirds across borders:

Learn how our @UKBCFs DarwinPlus project will help us understand how seabirds & fisheries overlap in the High Seas 🌊

Led by @AIGConservation + @BirdLife_News, @GlobalFishWatch, @The_MMO, @CefasGovUK

https://t.co/UVyCnFIOmx

[Laura Shearer @LimpetLaura]

@KittiwakesTyne @andyrick_birds Yes no problem

[Laura Shearer @LimpetLaura]

Had a lovely morning ringing Kittiwakes at Dunbar with the Northumberland Ringing Group. Unfortunately productivity was low with many empty nests. #SeabirderSaturday

[FIG Representative to the UK and Europe @FalklandsRepUK]

In Ascension Island en route to the Falklands; a great opportunity for our visiting members of @HouseofCommons to meet with Councillors Alan Nicholls and Laura Shearer from the Ascension Island Council. Also to meet with the Administrator and his deputy! #Falklands 🇫🇰🇦🇨🇬🇧

[Ascension Conservation @AIGConservation]

Huge progress in the last few weeks for the @UKBCFs DPL00106 project. The first nesting chambers for storm petrels have been built with support from @SkokholmIsland wardens #seabirds #conservation

[Laura Shearer @LimpetLaura]

@MarineBiologyL It's so nice, such an effortless dive site and always loads to see ☺️

[Laura Shearer @LimpetLaura]

Been catching up with some #SCUBA diving over the last few weeks during the holiday break. Here's some pics taken by my dive buddy Tom Barnes at Comfortless Cove, Ascension Island 🇦🇨

[Blue Belt Programme @ukgovbluebelt]

At the end of 2024 we want to recognise & celebrate the achievements of UK Overseas Territories for all the work they’ve done this year to enhance the protection and sustainable management of their precious marine environments.

Thank you to our followers for all your support!

[Laura Shearer @LimpetLaura]

@adampileUK @UKOTAssociation Merry Christmas from Ascension!!! Hope you are having a brilliant time celebrating with loads of delicious food! Wishing you all the best Adam! 🌲🇦🇨

[AdamPileUK🇬🇧 @adampileUK]

The 🇬🇧 Overseas Territory of St Helena Ascension & Tristan da Cunha 🇸🇭 is recruiting for a Locum Attorney General. Applications for this incredible opportunity based on #StHelena are due by 19 December;
https://t.co/U6RneyXtWL

[Ascension Conservation @AIGConservation]

Happy International Mountain Day!

The conservation team have started to monitor the Fairy Tern nests along the Green Mountain road. Various Eucalyptus trees have been marked with tree tags to help the team identify nesting areas.

Photos: AIG Conservation

#smallislandBIGVISION

[Ascension Conservation @AIGConservation]

Conservation work on Ascension requires involvement from the local community. Volunteers participate in beach cleans, removing invasive species, planting trees, installing signage and even tagging sharks. We are incredibly grateful for the support! #InternationalVolunteerDay

[USFWS Pacific @USFWSPacific]

SHE DID IT AGAIN!

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, is back with a new partner and just laid yet another egg.

At an approximate age of 74, the queen of seabirds returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week and began interacting with a male.

[What The Saints Did @SaintsDidNext]

THE JAMESTOWN AIRSHOW
Set out to photograph the cruise ship on Saturday, but seduced into chasing the soaring trophy birds instead. Great aerial show going on above the town.

#redbilledtropicbird #trophybird #sthelena

[Laura Shearer @LimpetLaura]

Turtle work begins tomorrow, barely over the hump of seabird census... no rest for the wicked! We've got plenty mating around the island and a fair few already nesting so hoping for another productive season 🤞😁

[Laura Shearer @LimpetLaura]

Red-billed tropicbird patiently incubating it's egg, ready to hatch any day now! #SuperSeabirdSunday

[Laura Shearer @LimpetLaura]

Can you spot the tropicbird nest? #SuperSeabirdSunday

[Blue Belt Programme @ukgovbluebelt]

Happy #BRUVSFriday! 🌊 Check out the stunning black triggerfish (Melichthys niger) captured in Ascension (@ascension_gov) using BRUVS. Dive into more about this at [https://t.co/8QRurDca2U]. #BlueBelt #GOWAN

[Ascension Conservation @AIGConservation]

We are proud to partner with @GlobalFishWatch to understand the behaviour of vessels outside of the @AscensionMPA and how they interact with our #seabirds. This is part of the @UKBCFs Protecting Seabirds Across Borders project. Learn more about their work 👇

[Seabird Watch @seabird_watch]

We are thrilled to be part of this amazing @UKBCFs DPLUS project in partnership with @AIGConservation to boost seabird conservation

[Ascension Conservation @AIGConservation]

We have been busy counting nesting seabirds on offshore Boatswainbird Island with the assistance of @seabird_watch
This is part of @UKBCFs DarwinPLUS Remote camera monitoring of marine predators in UK Overseas Territories, using UAVs to understand Ascensions seabird population