Alice Kershaw, Head of Digital Transformation at The Wildlife Trusts, spoke with Dr Tara Cox, AWT’s Lead Terrestrial Ecologist, about how AWT uses drones and thermal drones to survey gannets and…

Around this time of year, visitors to the Gannet Cam can begin spotting gannet chicks. This blog explains some of the behaviours you may observe on the cam and how to estimate the age of gannet…

Learn about the puffins of Alderney and their behaviours.

Since the gannets made landfall last week (6 February 2026), we’d love to draw more attention to this charismatic bird of Alderney.

The Alderney Wetland Bird Survey, conducted by AWT on March 10th, 2024, recorded various waterbird species across Alderney's bays and beaches. Highlights of the survey included sightings of…

Research conducted in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean has revealed that corals located near islands with flourishing seabird populations thrive significantly better compared to those in…

Sula of Braye, the Alderney Wildlife Trust's survey vessel, first arrived in the island back in 2012 and has been a major asset to the trust in the years that have followed.

Recently, on a brief trip to Guernsey using the Trust’s boat ‘Sula of Braye’, around twenty birds were seen gracefully gliding above the water’s surface…these were Balearic Shearwaters!

At the end of 2022, Alex (the AWT Ramsar Officer) and I were offered the chance by the Jersey Marine Conversation to travel to Jersey and attend their Marine Mission Event!

Alderney's Ringed Plovers fledged a record number of chicks this year.