We've been surveying Jacquinot Bay on the south coast of New Britain. Deep-water ringed by mountains it's akin to Silur Bay in New Ireland. We've seen Dwarf Sperm #Whales and plenty of dolphins but none of the rafting petrels found in Silur.

The ten days we spent in default isolation on MV Strannik were surreal. Obs continued alongside news of the world outside succumbing to #Covid_19. For light relief you can check out what we saw eBird. E.g. ebird.org/australia/chec…

Just before suspending for the rest of the year we talked to ABC News Pacific Beat about Beck's #Petrel, wider #conservation issues on New Ireland, and the immediate impact of #coronavirus. Listen here: chirb.it/zDtrIN

We've deferred plans until 2019 having had to abort when half the team were in place, the other half stuck overseas. It's heart breaking to see RSPB have to do the same with their amazing and ambitious plans for Gough Island reputation: theguardian.com/environment/20…

While our work is still sadly on hold this is amazing news brewing in the Caribbean for another lost #petrel. Fingers crossed!

Fantastic to see these wonderful plates. Keeping fingers crossed we can get back into the field next year.

Totally amazing to see this great work - it would be fantastic to develop work on Becks #Petrel in Papua New Guinea in this way.

A secondary school where students speak 126 languages? Only in Papua New Guinea. What is the future of this amazing cultural diversity? See our new PNAS paper at pnas.org/content/118/22… and my lecture at youtube.com/watch?v=5288qu…

This excellent new analysis from The Guardian highlights the plumber that is destroying Pacific nature and communities and the nation's that are culpable. theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

Important work showcasing the ongoing demise of Melanesian #petrels. Much of it out of sight and out of mind.

We're delighted to share this collaborative The Australian Mammal Society paper on our survey of cetaceans along the coast of southern New Britain. The aims of our CEPF and National Geographic work were to share knowledge and training and gather baseline data. publish.csiro.au/am/AM21005

So exciting to see the amazing work being done to save Collared Petrels in Fiji.