News relating to the landscape and ecology of the main Tristan da Cunha Island.

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King Birds Breeding at The Potato Patches

Antarctic Terns are once again breeding at the Patches in 2020.
15-Nov-2020
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Fur Seals at Pigbite

Photos of seals on Tristan boulder beach
20-Dec-2018
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Hike to the Mysterious Devil's Hole

First photographs of a large cave on the hillsides above Tristan's settlement plain.
2-Feb-2018
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Sheep found at the Caves for the first time

Island men make new find when visiting the far south of Tristan da Cunha island.
14-Nov-2017
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Report on storm and flooding damage in October 2016

The Public Works Department has had to clear major blockages on the road to The Patches from landslides caused by heavy storms in early October 2016.
29-Oct-2016
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Message in a bottle found at Anchorstock

Administrator Alex Mitham found a message in a bottle at Anchorstock on 7th January 2016, put in the sea by a Spanish fisherman near the Falkland Islands in 1999.
7-Jan-2016
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Fur Seals at Pigbite

Photograph of a group of fur seals on the settlement plain.
2-Jan-2016
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Gough and Inaccessible Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site

Gough and Inaccessible Islands have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Site 740.
1-Jan-2015
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