
Kate_Owe
@kate_owe
Biologist. Working with seals + seabirds in South Georgia. Usually Falmouth, UK. Fan of open water 🏊🏄🌊 + the white stuff 🌨️⛷️ #subantarctic #krillpredators
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28-07-2019 12:50:37
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Big guy enjoying the sunshine 🙃🌅🌨️ #monday #antarcticfurseal #southgeorgia British Antarctic Survey 🐧 Government SGSSI


They may look almost cuddly now, but dominant male elephant seals at #KingEdwardPoint (KEP) #SouthGeorgia will be defending their beach territories fiercely from rivals in the coming months Keep an eye on KEP Government SGSSI webcams here: bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/… 📷 Kate Owen




Finally, our first elephant seal pup on base 🙌🌨️🌊 #monitoring #KEP #SouthGeorgia British Antarctic Survey 🐧


Nice to see the gentoos nest building at maiviken this week🐧🌨️ and a bit of fun digging out some science equipment for the spring with Semolina 🙃! #somuchsnow #KEP #southgeorgia British Antarctic Survey 🐧 Government SGSSI



Counting ellies in the snow, it's so nice to see the island coming back to life 🙌🌨️🌅 #elephantseals #spring #southgeorgia British Antarctic Survey 🐧



First eggs up at the Maiviken gentoo colony this week 🙃🐧🌨️ fingers crossed for a good season! #spring #southgeorgia British Antarctic Survey 🐧 Government SGSSI


Sunny Sunday elephant seal count on base. Pushing 100 pups at #KEP and approx 570 pups total around to Penguin River yesterday 🙃🌨️ made braving the 40 knot gusts worth it - thanks for your help counting Charlie + Dave! #elephantseals #spring #SouthGeorgia British Antarctic Survey 🐧 Government SGSSI




Great day for an ellie seal count on the Greene peninsula! 🙂🌨️🌅 #elephantseals #spring #southgeorgia British Antarctic Survey 🐧 Government SGSSI


Incredible trip over to St Andrews to see the king penguins last week! A stop to see a few more elephant seals en route too 🙂🐧🌨️ #spring #britishantarcticsurvey #southgeorgia British Antarctic Survey 🐧 Government SGSSI



Prion Island wandering #albatross survey 2020! Sally Poncet mapped the albatross nests on Prion early in the year for Government SGSSI & then #KingEdwardPoint Station Leader Fran & Patrick from Pharos crew checked on the chicks in October 😊 #SouthGeorgia #SGSSIScience 📷 Patrick Smith


Good news! Gentoo #penguins are benefiting from a newly enlarged no-fishing zone around the sub-Antarctic island of #SouthGeorgia following #gentoo tracking research by BAS w/RSPB Government SGSSI The Pew Trusts Learn more: bas.ac.uk/media-post/ext… 📷 Kate Owen
