A pair of Wandering albatrosses displaying during a courtship ritual at a study site on Bird Island, South Georgia. British Antarctic Survey scientists have confirmed a steady decline in the albatross population on Bird Island, probably as a result of drowning when their beaks catch on baited fish hooks.
This image is associated with the 2005-2010 BAS science programme: DISCOVERY 2010- Integrating Southern Ocean Ecosystems into the Earth System.
Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) in flight over Top Meadows, Bird Island. Having such large wings makes take-off and landing from grassy slopes often appear very clumsy.
Pair of Grey-headed Albatrosses (Thalassarche chrysostoma) in colony A, Bird Island
Light-Mantled Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) on a nest overlooking Johnson Cove at the end of Molly Ridge, Bird Island, South Georgia
Adult Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans). The pinkish wash on the neck is staining from a secretion which comes out of the salt glands on the bill and sprays back onto the neck when the bird is flying.
Adult Wandering Albatross display shortly after their return to Bird Island during early December
