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Xander

@XanderFCDO

Former Head of the Administrator's Office on 🇦🇨 Ascension Island for @ascension_gov & @FCDOGovUK All views my own.

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#Ascension Sea Rescue team in Georgetown. 'Volunteered' to join a rescue at sea training exercise. Marvellous teamwork providing a vital service to the island. #SouthAtlantic @ascension_gov @AscensionAdm @GO_ASHT @British_OTs @FCDOGovUK
Image from Philip Rushbrook (@PhilipRushbrook)
Image from Philip Rushbrook (@PhilipRushbrook)
Image from Philip Rushbrook (@PhilipRushbrook)
Image from Philip Rushbrook (@PhilipRushbrook)
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#OTD in 1984 Ascension Island issues a First Day Cover of stamps featuring a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of St Helena becoming a British Colony.
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
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Merry Christmas from Ascension Island! Have some dodgily phone scoped birds from the past couple of weeks. White Terns, Masked Boobies, Ascension Island Frigatebird and Red Footed Booby.
Image from Lucy Mortlock (@lucy_mortlock)
Image from Lucy Mortlock (@lucy_mortlock)
Image from Lucy Mortlock (@lucy_mortlock)
Image from Lucy Mortlock (@lucy_mortlock)
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#MerryChristmas from all of us here at Ascension Conservation and Fisheries! We will bring you lots more Asi wildlife updates in the New Year 😊
Image from Ascension Conservation (@AIGConservation)
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We had a super curious scrawled filefish on our #dive over the weekend. So lucky to see such a beautiful fish up close and personal! #Ascension #islandlife #SCUBA
Image from Laura Shearer (@LimpetLaura)
Image from Laura Shearer (@LimpetLaura)
Image from Laura Shearer (@LimpetLaura)
Image from Laura Shearer (@LimpetLaura)
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While Ascension Island and its waters are rich with biodiversity, the #biodiversity and #ecological systems are threatened by invasive alien species, with #ants being one of the most harmful groups. Find out more: hubs.ly/Q0113_3Y0 #Biodiversity #Fera #Science
Image from Fera (@FeraScience)
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#Ascension, #Pitcairn & #Tristan da Cunha published their MPA management plans. Providing the essential roadmap to how they will protect their MPAs. #BlueBelt2021 @AscensionMPA @PulauResidence @fkilpatricktdc
Image from Blue Belt Programme (@ukgovbluebelt)
Image from Blue Belt Programme (@ukgovbluebelt)
Image from Blue Belt Programme (@ukgovbluebelt)
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#OTD in 1979 Ascension Island issues a First Day Cover of stamps featuring the centenary of the death of Sir Rowland Hill
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
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09 December 1966 - Patrick AFB; Allan Borthwick of the RAF, from Kirkealdy, Fife, Scotland, monitors the music while 2AC Bill Huack of the USAF, from Cincinnati, Ohio, prepares the next platter for a spin. Broadcasting direct to Ascension Island. 📻🎙️🎵🎶
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
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We provide home comforts to our Armed Forces community on the remote #AscensionIsland, located in the South Atlantic Ocean.🌋 #NAAFI facilities at Traveller’s Hill offer incredible views and provide a great space for customers to relax 👉 naafi.co.uk/locations/ascens… @BFSouthAtlantic
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Wow, I’m still young enough to be part of the #QueensBatonRelay team. Thank you all for coming down to see me.
Philip Rushbrook (@PhilipRushbrook) profile picturePhilip Rushbrook@PhilipRushbrook6 Dec 2021
Day 2 🇸🇭 - The House Team @ #PlantationHouse welcomes the #QueensBatonRelay & become baton holders. Jonathan @Jonathan_onStH, #StHelena's famous 189-year old tortoise joined in too. @birminghamcg22 #B2022 @British_OTs @StHelenaGovt @GO_ASHT @FCDOGovUK #Covidfreeisland #B2022
Image from Philip Rushbrook (@PhilipRushbrook)
Image from Philip Rushbrook (@PhilipRushbrook)
Image from Philip Rushbrook (@PhilipRushbrook)
Image from Philip Rushbrook (@PhilipRushbrook)
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El cambio climático es real y debemos trabajar por mantener nuestro planeta limpio. Hoy las embajadas @UKinPanama, @USEmbPAN y @EmbCanPanama, junto a un gran grupo de voluntarios realizamos una limpieza de playa. ¡Todos unidos por nuestro planeta!🇵🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇬🇧
Image from Tim Stew (@TimStewFCDO)
Image from Tim Stew (@TimStewFCDO)
Image from Tim Stew (@TimStewFCDO)
Image from Tim Stew (@TimStewFCDO)
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Lucky to have had this shot of a land crab, taken on Ascension Island, shortlisted in the Wild Art Photo of the Year colour category. Taken in Garden Cottage grounds when on a Falklands Conservation and RSPB protected areas workshop. wildartpoty.com/colour-top-1…
Image from Dave Higgins (@mckeedi)
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#OTD in 1982 Ascension Island issues a First Day Cover of stamps featuring a celebration of the 50th anniversary of @bbcworldservice being on Ascension.
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
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#OTD in 1966 Ascension Island issues a First Day Cover of stamps featuring the opening of the @bbcworldservice Relay Station on Ascension.
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
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📰 | Sooty terns’ wide ranging migration patterns present big challenges for conservationists working to understand and address a sharp population decline, according to scientists at @UoBbiosciences. birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest…
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#OTD in 1983 Ascension Island issues a First Day Cover of stamps featuring a collection of the various seashells found on Ascension.
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
Image from Ascension Island Heritage Society (@AscensionHistry)
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#DY143 is due to depart in just a few days time for #Ascension and #StHelena, with scientists & crew now all on board. Find out more: marinescience.blog.gov.uk/20…
Image from Blue Belt Programme (@ukgovbluebelt)
Paul Whomersley (@Paul_Whomersley) profile picturePaul Whomersley@Paul_Whomersley22 Nov 2021
All the scientific crew now onboard #DY143 @ukgovbluebelt @CefasGovUK and all looking forward to getting our gear unpacked and setting sail later this week. 1st stop Cape Verde to take on fuel before transiting on to Ascension Island.
Image from Paul Whomersley (@Paul_Whomersley)
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Here on #AscensionIsland we suffer from the same plastic pollution issues found all over the world. Brown boobies like to line their nests with plastic and last week we found our first face mask also in the seabird colonies. Dread to think how much litter is in our oceans :(
Image from Laura Shearer (@LimpetLaura)
Image from Laura Shearer (@LimpetLaura)
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Plenty of big eye jacks around Boatswainbird Island last weekend. We are so fortunate to be surrounded by a healthy marine ecosystem here on #AscensionIsland
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