--- title: "The World Albatross Day 2020 Banner Challenge" --- # The World Albatross Day 2020 Banner Challenge ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Tristan.10.jpg) [Gough Island](https://acap.aq/en/latest-news/3346-world-albatross-day-issues-a-banner-challenge) As part of raising awareness of the inaugural [World Albatross Day](https://acap.aq/en/world-albatross-day/introduction-to-world-albatross-day) on 19 June this year ACAP  [challenged](https://acap.aq/en/latest-news/3346-world-albatross-day-issues-a-banner-challenge) field teams working with albatrosses at breeding localities or going to sea as observers on fishing vessels to make a suitably-worded banner (or poster) advertising ‘WAD2020’.  Photographs of the banners have then been used to draw attention to the [conservation crisis](https://acap.aq/en/latest-news/3324-acap-s-advisory-committee-declares-a-conservation-crisis-for-albatrosses-and-petrels) facing the world’s 22 albatross species. By the end of May  banner photos had come from 23 islands with breeding albatrosses, two fishing vessels and one institute.  As photographs of WAD2020 banners were submitted to ACAP they have been featured along with their stories in *ACAP Latest News* ([click here](https://acap.aq/en/search14?q=banner)). Requests to join the ‘banner challenge’ on breeding islands have emphasized that local regulations in respect to minimum approach distances to albatrosses and their nests should be adhered to and that birds (and their chicks) should not show signs of disturbance (or be held or restrained) when the photos were taken. A total of 53 photographs, one for each “photo opportunity”, has now been loaded to an [album](https://www.facebook.com/pg/AlbatrossesandPetrels/photos/?tab=album&album_id=3115355551858156) on [ACAP’s Facebook Page](https://www.facebook.com/pg/AlbatrossesandPetrels/photos/?tab=album&album_id=3115355551858156).  Readers are invited to visit the album and click ‘like’ or ‘love’ on the ones they particularly think help the most to spread the message of albatross conservation.  Click on just one or as many as you like.  At the end of June the likes and loves will be totalled up and the photograph with the greatest number of clicks will be declared the challenge winner. The person who submitted the winning photograph will then receive a [book](https://acap.aq/index.php/en/news/news-archive/23-2010-news-archive/726-book-review-qmarion-and-prince-edward-africas-southern-islandsq-home-to-albatrosses-and-petrels?highlight=WyJyZXZpZXciLCJyZXZpZXcncyIsImNob3duIiwiY29vcGVyIiwicnlhbiIsInJ5YW4ncyIsImNvb3BlciByeWFuIl0=) on South Africa’s Sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands co-authored and signed by ACAP’s Information Officer, as well as a printed [WAD2020 poster](https://acap.aq/world-albatross-day/documents-du-secretariat/images-and-artwork/77-wad2020-posters) suitable for framing. Read more [here](https://acap.aq/en/latest-news/3682-the-world-albatross-day-2020-banner-challenge-acap-announces-its-third-competition). A selection of banner challenge photos follows in individual posts for each country or territory involved.  Click below the photograph captions to read about each one. With thanks to all who have made, photographed and submitted WAD2020 banners to *ACAP Latest News*. *Updated 20 June 2020* ## Australia banner challenge ![Macca AAD Finn and Arvid 1](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Macca_AAD_Finn_and_Arvid-1.jpg) *Australian Antarctic Division’s Station Leader Finn Taylor (left) and Chef Arvid Brinkkemper display their WAD 2020 banner on Macquarie Island* ![Macca taspws world albatross day banner](https://acap.aq/images/WAD/Macca_taspws_world_albatross_day_banner.jpg) *Sara Larcombe, Wildlife Ranger (left) and Chris Howard, Ranger in Charge with their Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service banner and Wandering Albatross decoys (and Southern Elephant Seals) at the Macquarie Island landing beach, photograph by George Brettingham-Moore* ([Click here for whole post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3681-australia-displays-world-albatross-day-banners-on-sub-antarctic-macquarie-island)) ![AAD WAD 2020 banner web](https://acap.aq/images/WAD/AAD_WAD_2020_banner_web.jpg) *Christine Bogle, ACAP Executive Secretary and Kim Ellis, Director, Australian Antarctic Division, along with some socially distanced AAD colleagues, join in global celebrations of the first World Albatross Day on 19 June 2020.  Photograph by Simon Payne, Senior Digital Producer, AAD* ([Click here for full post](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3716-raising-the-banner-for-world-albatross-day-in-australia-as-global-celebrations-get-going-today)) *Updated 11 August 2020*   [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/australia-banner-challenge.md) ## Argentina banner challenge ![ ](https://acap.aq/images/WAD/Nahuel_banner_dia_albatros_1_020420_Chavez_shrunk.jpg) *Lockdown!  [Nahuel Chavez](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsliJbF4F90) deploys Albatross Task Force – Argentina’s World Albatross Day banner at his home – instead of at sea* ([click here for full post](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3623-aves-argentinas-and-its-albatross-task-force-work-to-support-world-albatross-day-in-the-face-of-covid-19)) *Posted 06 May 2020* [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/argentina-banner-challenge.md) ## Brazil banner challenge   ![Dimas Gianuca Gabriel Canani Brazil shrunk](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Dimas_Gianuca_Gabriel_Canani_Brazil_shrunk.jpg) *Dimas Gianuca (left) and Gabriel Canani (Projeto Albatroz/ATF) holding their WAD2020 banner on the shore with the South West Atlantic as background, photograph by Mariana Scain Mazzochi* ([Read full account here](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3638-brazil-s-albatross-task-force-takes-its-world-albatross-day-banner-to-the-seashore)) *Posted 12 May 2020* [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/brazil-banner-challenge.md) ## Chile banner challenge **BANNER AT SEA** ![AWD2020 Banner for trawl in Chile by Diego Segovia](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/AWD2020_Banner_for_trawl_in_Chile_by_Diego_Segovia.jpeg) *Albatross Task Force - Chile makes a dual-language WAD2020 banner to take to sea* ![D WAD2020 banner onboard 2019 2 ATF Chile shrunk](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/D_WAD2020_banner_onboard_2019_2_ATF-Chile_shrunk.jpg) *ATF-Chile's WAD2020 banner is deployed by crew members aboard the Chilean trawler*PAM Bonn*in south-central Chile on 20 December 2019* ([click here for full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3494-birdlife-international-s-albatross-task-force-in-chile-is-fully-onboard-with-world-albatross-day-2020?highlight=WyJjaGlsZSIsImNoaWxlJ3MiLCJiYW5uZXIiLCInYmFubmVyIiwiYmFubmVyJyIsImJhbm5lcidzIl0=)) *Posted 13 April 2021*   [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/chile.md) ## France banner challenge **AMSTERDAM ISLAND** ![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Amsterdam_Albatross_chick_Jeremy_DECHARTRE.jpg) *From left: Jérémy Dechartre, Augustin Clessin and Édouard Blandin[https://www.lsce.ipsl.fr/en/index.php](https://www.lsce.ipsl.fr/en/index.php)display their World Albatross Day posters a safe distance from a downy Amsterdam Albatross chick* ([Click here for full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3385-france-s-amsterdam-island-joins-the-word-albatross-day-banner-challenge?highlight=WyJhbXN0ZXJkYW0iLCJhbXN0ZXJkYW0ncyIsImJhbm5lciIsIidiYW5uZXIiLCJiYW5uZXInIiwiYmFubmVyJ3MiLCJhbXN0ZXJkYW0gYmFubmVyIl0=)) **KERGUELEN ISLANDS**  ![Kerguelen banner.s](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Kerguelen_banner.s.jpg)  *From left: Anne Bontemps (bottom), Léa Dillard, David Gallien (centre), Aude Schreiber (top) and Tobie Getti display their banner behind a Wandering Albatross chick on the Prince de Galles Peninsula* ![Kerguelen banner.BBA](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Kerguelen_banner.BBA.jpg) * Canon des Sourcils noirs colony of Black-browed Albatrosses on the Jeanne d’Arc Peninsula.  From left: Tobie Getti, Aude Schreiber and Baptiste Camus* ([Click here for full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3459-france-completes-the-sub-antarctic-hat-trick-a-world-albatross-day-banner-gets-displayed-on-kerguelen?highlight=WyJrZXJndWVsZW4iLCJrZXJndWVsZW4ncyIsImJhbm5lciIsIidiYW5uZXIiLCJiYW5uZXInIiwiYmFubmVyJ3MiXQ==)) **POSSESSION ISLAND, CROZET ISLANDS** ![With Alba 1](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/With_Alba_1.jpg) *From left: Naïs Avargues (rat eradication and ornithologist), Claire Dumont (medical doctor), Florent Lacoste (ornithologist) & Florian Audon (informatician), all of mission 56, pose with a Wandering Albatross chick on Possession Island.  East Island, part of the Crozet Group, is on the horizon* ![With all team 2 Florent Lacoste](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/With_all_team_2_Florent_Lacoste.jpg)  *All the members of Missions 56 & 57 outside the research station Alfred Faure on Possession Island* ([Click here for full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3415-possession-and-marion-two-more-sub-antarctic-islands-support-next-year-s-inaugural-world-albatross-day-with-banners?highlight=WyJwb3NzZXNzaW9uIiwiYmFubmVyIiwiJ2Jhbm5lciIsImJhbm5lciciLCJiYW5uZXIncyJd)) *Updated 13 May 2020* [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/france.md) ## Japan banner challenge **MUKOJIMA, OGASAWARA ISLANDS** ![Mukojima with Black footed chick](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Mukojima_with_Black-footed_chick.JPG)  Taiki Terajima (left) and Teru Yuta pose with their ‘WAD2020’ banner behind a Black-footed Albatross chick on Mukojima ![Mukojima with decoys](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Mukojima_with_decoys.JPG) Taiki Terajima (left) and Teru Yuta pose with their ‘WAD2020’ behind a pair of Short-tailed Albatross decoys on Mukojima ...  ![Mukojima with Short tailed chick](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Mukojima_with_Short-tailed_chick.JPG)  ... and with a Short-tailed Albatross chick. ([read full post here](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3561-japan-takes-a-world-albatross-day-banner-to-the-short-tailed-albatross-translocation-site-on-mukojima?highlight=WyJtdWtvamltYSIsIm11a29qaW1hJ3MiLCJiYW5uZXIiLCInYmFubmVyIiwiYmFubmVyJyIsImJhbm5lcidzIl0=))  **TORISHIMA** ![ ](https://acap.aq/images/WAD/Torishima_at_Hatsunezaki_colony_shrunk.jpg) *The Short-tailed and Black-footed Albatross Research Team at the Hatsunezaki colony* *From left: Miwa Konno, Naoki Tomita, Bungo Nishizawa, Yuna Kimoto, Masayoshi Kamioki, Satoshi Konno and Haruka Hayashi, photograph by Miwa Konno* ([read full post here](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3608-torishima-volcanic-home-of-the-short-tailed-albatross-marks-world-albatross-day-with-a-banner)) *Updated 23 April 2020*   rad [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/japan-banner-challenge.md) ## Mexico banner challenge **GUADALUPE ISLAND** ![Gaudalupe 1](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Gaudalupe_1.jpg) *Emmanuel Mendoza Pérez and Ariana Duarte Canizales display GECI’s World Albatross Day banner on Guadalupe, behind a Laysan Albatross chick close to fledging* ([Click here for full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3702-mexico-s-guadalupe-island-gets-a-world-albatross-day-banner))   [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/mexico-challenge.md) ## Namibia banner challenge ![Namibia Samantha Matjila](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Namibia_Samantha_Matjila.jpeg) *Albatross Task Force - Namibia* ([Read full post here](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3723-the-last-world-albatross-day-banner-for-2020-comes-from-the-albatross-task-force-in-namibia)) *Updated 11 August 2020* [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/namibia-banner-challenge.md) ## New Zealand banner challenge # **New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands World Heritage Site** **ANTIPODES ISLAND** ![WAD banner Antipodes Kath Walker Graeme Elliott shrunk](https://acap.aq/images/WAD/WAD_banner_Antipodes_Kath_Walker_Graeme_Elliott_shrunk.jpg) Kath Walker (left) and Graeme Elliott behind an adult non-breeding male Antipodean Albatross - who walked into the frame ([Read full post here](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3582-completing-a-world-heritage-site-new-zealand-s-antipodes-island-gets-its-own-world-albatross-banner-despite-covid-19)) **ADAMS ISLAND, AUCKLAND ISLANDS** ![Albatross banner LMSA Adams](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Albatross_banner_LMSA_Adams.jpg) Light-mantled Albatrosses *Phoebetria palpebrata* ([Near Threatened](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/light-mantled-albatross-phoebetria-palpebrata)) on the high southern cliffs of Adams Island ![Albatross Banner Adams Gibsons albatross 078A2426med](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Albatross_Banner_Adams_Gibsons_albatross_078A2426med.jpg) Kalink-Rexer Huber (left) and Graham Parker with a Gibson’s subspecies *gibsoni*of the [globally Endangered](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/antipodean-albatross-diomedea-antipodensis) Antipodean Albatross *Diomedea antipodensis* **DISAPPOINTMENT ISLAND, AUCKLAND ISLANDS** ![Albatross banner white capped albatross Disappointment 078A2686med](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Albatross_banner_white-capped_albatross_Disappointment_078A2686med.jpg) Kalinka Rexer-Huber (left) and Graham Parker on misty Disappointment Island ([Read full post here](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3542-new-zealand-s-well-travelled-world-albatross-day-banner-gets-to-the-sub-antarctic-auckland-islands?highlight=WyJib3VudHkiXQ==)) **PROCLAMATION ISLAND, BOUNTY ISLANDS** ![World Albatross Day banner Bounty Islands 251119 G Parker K Rexer Huber P Sagar](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/World_Albatross_Day_banner_Bounty_Islands_251119_G_Parker_K_Rexer-Huber_P_Sagar.jpg) From left: Graham Parker, Kalinka Rexer-Huber and Paul Sagar behind breeding Salvin’s Albatrosses, photograph by Bill Morris ([Read full post here](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3447-world-albatross-day-on-the-bounty-islands-new-zealand-joins-the-banner-challenge?highlight=WyJib3VudHkiLCJiYW5uZXIiLCInYmFubmVyIiwiYmFubmVyJyIsImJhbm5lcidzIl0=)) **CAMPBELL ISLAND** ![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA ](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/WAD_Campbell_ACAP_Kevin_Parker_Kalinka_Rexer_Huber_20_Nov_shrunk.jpg)  Kevin Parker (left) and Kalinka Rexer-Huber with their WAD2020 banner "Action for Albatross Conservation!" on Campbell Island ([Read full post here](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3473-new-zealand-s-wad2020-banner-gets-to-campbell-island-but-does-not-come-back)) **NORTH EASTERN ISLAND, SNARES ISLANDS** ![Albatross Day banner at The Snares Mar 2020](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Albatross_Day_banner_at_The_Snares_Mar_2020.jpg)  From left: David Thompson, Paul Sagar and David Sagar (in front) on North Eastern Island, Snares Islands with Buller's Albatrosses ([Read full post here](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3567-new-zealand-s-world-albatross-day-banner-is-photographed-with-buller-s-albatrosses-on-the-snares-islands?highlight=WyJzbmFyZXMiLCJiYW5uZXIiLCInYmFubmVyIiwiYmFubmVyJyIsImJhbm5lcidzIl0=)) ****** **ROSEMARY ROCK, THREE KINGS ISLANDS** ![WAD banner Three Kings Matt Rayner by Kevin Parker](https://acap.aq/images/WAD/WAD_banner_Three_Kings_Matt_Rayner_by_Kevin_Parker.jpg) *Matt Rayner holds up a ‘WAD2020’ banner on Rosemary Rock, Manawatāwhi/Three Kings Islands, with Northern Buller’s Albatross chicks on both sides, photograph by Kevin Parker* ([Read full post here](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3584-new-zealand-s-world-albatross-day-banner-gets-to-rosemary-rock-in-the-three-kings-islands?highlight=WyJyb3NlbWFyeSIsInJvY2siLCJyb3NlbWFyeSByb2NrIl0=)) ![Royal Albatross Centre](https://acap.aq/images/WAD/Royal_Albatross_Centre.jpg) *A virtual banner from Taiaroa Head Nature Reserve* ([Read full post here](https://acap.aq/latest-news/3646-covid-19-gets-in-the-way-of-the-world-albatross-day-banner-challenge-at-new-zealand-s-taiaroa-head?highlight=WyJiYW5uZXIiLCInYmFubmVyIiwiYmFubmVyJyIsImJhbm5lcidzIiwiJ2Jhbm5lciciLCJiYW5uZXInLiIsInRhaWFyb2EiLCJ0YWlhcm9hJ3MiXQ==))  *Updated 11 August 2020*         [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/new-zealand-banner-challenge.md) ## South Africa banner challenge **MARION ISLAND, PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS** ![Marion Banner Ships Cove](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Marion_Banner_Ships_Cove.jpg) *From left: Elena Reljic, Laurie Johnson & Stefan Schoombie pose near breeding Sooty Albatrosses on the cliffs of Ship’s Cove on Marion Island* ([click here for full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3415-possession-and-marion-two-more-sub-antarctic-islands-support-next-year-s-inaugural-world-albatross-day-with-banners?highlight=WyJiYW5uZXIiLCInYmFubmVyIiwiYmFubmVyJyIsImJhbm5lcidzIiwibWFyaW9uIiwibWFyaW9uJ3MiXQ==)) ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Marion_GHA5.Stefan_Schoombie.JPG) ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Marion_GHA4.Stefan_Schoombie.JPG) *Stefan and Janine Schoombie display their new World Albatross Day banner next to a small group of breeding Grey-headed Albatrosses on Marion Island* ([click here for full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3484-a-wad2020-banner-gets-to-grey-headed-albatross-ridge-on-marion-island?highlight=WyJtYXJpb24iLCJtYXJpb24ncyIsImJhbm5lciIsIidiYW5uZXIiLCJiYW5uZXInIiwiYmFubmVyJ3MiXQ==)) **BANNER AT SEA** ![ATF South Africa 7 shrunk](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/ATF_South_Africa_7_shrunk.jpg) *Crew members on the*Augusta 1*point to Albatross Task Force - South Africa's 'WAD2020' banner* ([click here for full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3559-the-world-albatross-day-banner-at-sea-challenge-reaches-south-africa?highlight=WyJyZWFzb24iXQ==)) **FITZPATRICK INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN ORNITHOLOGY** ![ ](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Fitz_AGM_alby_banner_8628_shrunk.jpg)  *Attendees at the Fitztitute 2020 AGM with a World Albatross Day banner, held by ACAP's Information Officer and Andrea Angel* ![ ](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Alby_Banner_8632-1_shrunk.jpg) *From left: Ben Dilley, ACAP's Information Officer, Peter Ryan, Andrea Angel and Kim Stevens with the Albatross Task Force's WAD2020 banner* ([click here for full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3557-internationally-renowned-fitzpatrick-institute-of-african-ornithology-lends-its-support-to-world-albatross-day?highlight=WyJmaXR6cGF0cmljayIsImJhbm5lciIsIidiYW5uZXIiLCJiYW5uZXInIiwiYmFubmVyJ3MiXQ==)) *Posted 13 April 2020*           [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/south-africa.md) ## United Kingdom banner challenge **GOUGH ISLAND** ![](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Tristan.10.jpg) *The very first World Albatross Day 2020 banner next to a Tristan Albatross chick with (from left) researchers *Chris Jones*, *Alexis Osborne* and Michelle Risi on Gough Island* ([Click here for full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3346-world-albatross-day-issues-a-banner-challenge?highlight=WyJnb3VnaCIsImdvdWdoJ3MiLCInZ291Z2gnIiwiYmFubmVyIiwiJ2Jhbm5lciIsImJhbm5lciciLCJiYW5uZXIncyJd)) ![Gonydale hut Chris Jones.Michelle Risi](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Gonydale_hut_Chris_Jones.Michelle_Risi.jpg) *Michelle Risi (left) and Chris Jones outside the Gonydale field hut on Gough Island* ![Michelle Risi Sooties Gough.1](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Michelle_Risi_Sooties_Gough.1.jpg) *Michelle Risi with a Sooty Albatross colony on a Gough Island cliff* ![Alexis Osborne Gough Banner.3](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Alexis_Osborne_Gough_Banner.3.jpg) *Alexis Osborne in a*Phylica*copse with breeding Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatrosses on Gough Island* *Posted 13 April 2020* [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/united-kingdom-banner-challenge.md) ## United States of America banner challenge **JAMES CAMPBELL NATIONALM WILDLIFE REFUGE, OAHU** ![PRC WAD2020 banner Liliana Tobar](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/PRC_WAD2020_banner_Liliana_Tobar.jpeg) ([Read full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3659-pacific-rim-conservation-interns-practice-social-distancing-to-display-their-world-albatross-day-art)) **KAHUKU POINT (KALAEOKAUNAʻOA), OAHU** ![Kahuku Point shrunk](https://acap.aq/images/WAD/Kahuku_Point_shrunk.jpg) ([Read full post](https://www.acap.aq/index.php/en/latest-news/3632-hawaii-s-north-shore-community-land-trust-supports-both-breeding-laysan-albatrosses-and-world-albatross-day)) **EASTERN ISLAND, MIDWAY ATOLL** ![Midway Atoll Eastern Island Albatross Census 2020 1 shrunk](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Midway_Atoll_Eastern_Island_Albatross_Census_2020_1_shrunk.jpg)  From left: Caren Loebel-Fried (who took the “ussie”), Craig Thomas, Martha Brown, Breck Tyler, [Maura Naughton](https://www.acap.aq/en/news/news-archive/22-2009-news-archive/443-status-assessment-of-laysan-and-black-footed-albatrosses-published-by-the-usa?highlight=WyJuYXVnaHRvbiJd) and [Susan Scott](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3482-the-laysan-albatrosses-of-midway-atoll-creating-artworks-from-plastic-pollution?highlight=WyJzdXNhbiIsInN1c2FuJ3MiLCJzY290dCIsInN1c2FuIHNjb3R0Il0=) ![Midway Atoll Eastern Island Albatross Census 2020 1 shrunk](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Midway_Atoll_Eastern_Island_Albatross_Census_2020_2_shrunk.jpg) From left: Dan Cullinane, Breck Tyler, Caren Loebel-Fried, Martha Brown, Kerstin Schmidt, Genny Hoyle, Susan Scott, Jill McIntire, Tanya Rogers, Chris Forster and Louise Barnfield Photograph by Craig Thomas ([Read full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3508-crossing-the-equator-the-wad2020-banner-challenge-reaches-midway-atoll?highlight=WyJlYXN0ZXJuIiwiYmFubmVyIiwiJ2Jhbm5lciIsImJhbm5lciciLCJiYW5uZXIncyJd)) **SAND ISLAND, MIDWAY ATOLL** ![Sand Island Amanda Boyd cropped shrunk](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Sand_Island_Amanda_Boyd_cropped_shrunk.jpg)  From left: Jimmy Breeden, Kelly Goodale, Elaine Beaudoin, Joanna Morelli, Nicole Faber, Joey Latsha, Emily Jankowski, William Kennerley, Jon Plissner, Tim Clark, Virginie Ternisien, Tristen Luxner, Suzanne Pluskat, Alex Chmielewski, Amanda Boyd and Stephen Barclay, 29 February 2020; photograph by Amanda Boyd ([Read full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3550-the-conservation-team-on-midway-atoll-helps-advertise-world-albatross-day)) ![Midway Atoll USFWS](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Midway_Atoll_USFWS.jpg) Sand Island, Midway Atoll, US Fish & Wildlife Service, 19 June 2020 *Updated 21 June 2020*         [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/united-states-of-america-banner-challenge.md) ## Antarctica banner challenge ![SANAE 1](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/SANAE_1.jpg) *A ‘WAD2020’ poster in Antarctica.  Zachn**Mogale is in the front row on the right, with members of the 59th overwintering team* ([click here for full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3719-antarctica-joins-the-banner-challenge-on-world-albatross-day)) [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/antarctica-banner-challenge.md) ## Disputed Territories banner challenge ** BIRD ISLAND, SOUTH GEORGIA/ISLAS GEORGIAS DEL SUR*** ![BI WAD Greta 230819 Small](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/BI_WAD_Greta_230819_Small.JPG) Bird Island's World Albatross Day banner displayed in the snow.  A [Vulnerable](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/wandering-albatross-diomedea-exulans) Wandering Albatross *Diomedea exulans* chick is visible on the skyline, photograph by Rosie Hall ![ ](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/Peter_Prince_House_Rosie_Hall_shrunk.jpg) Rosie Hall, Albatross Zoological Field Assistant (right) displays her World Albatross Day bsanner with Claire Fraser, Seal Zoological Field Assistant (left) outside Pete Prince House on Bird Island.  [Peter Alexander Prince, PM](https://www.falklandsbiographies.org/biographies/376)(1948-1998) studied albatrosses on the island in several innovative ways, including pioneering the use of artificial nests that incorporated weighing balances to record meal sizes and growth.  Photograph by Mark Whiffin ([click here for the full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3379-bird-island-responds-to-the-world-albatross-day-banner-challenge?highlight=WyJiaXJkIiwiYmlyZCdzIiwiYmlyZCcsIiwiYmlyZCdzLWV5ZSIsIidiaXJkIiwiYmFubmVyIiwiJ2Jhbm5lciIsImJhbm5lciciLCJiYW5uZXIncyIsInJvc2llIl0=)) ![BLBAL RO RH 160120 FB Small](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/BLBAL_RO_RH_160120_FB_Small.JPG)  [Rachael Orben](https://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/research-labs/seabird-oceanography-lab/people/rachael-orben) (Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University) and Rosie Hall with Black-browed Albatrosses, photograph by Freya Blockley ![BLBAL AD 160120 RH Small](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/BLBAL_AD_160120_RH_Small.JPG) Alex Dodds with breeding Black-browed Albatrosses *Thalassarche melanophris*, photograph by Rosie Hall ![LMSAL RH AD 160120 RH Small](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/LMSAL_RH_AD_160120_RH_Small.JPG) Rosie Hall and Alex Dodds (new Albatross Zoological Field Assistant) with a Light-mantled Albatross *Phoebetria palpebrata* on its nest behind, photograph by Rosie Hall  ([click here for the full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3510-bird-island-in-the-south-atlantic-gets-its-wad2020-banner-out-again-for-the-summer?highlight=WyJiYW5uZXIiLCInYmFubmVyIiwiYmFubmVyJyIsImJhbm5lcidzIiwicm9zaWUiXQ==)) ![](https://acap.aq/images/WAD/IMG_3213_resized_-_Alex_Dodds-1.jpg) Alex Dodds with her WAD2020 Banner and downy Wandering Albatross chicks on Bird Island ([Click here for the full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3671-a-new-world-albatross-day-banner-for-bird-island-in-the-south-atlantic)) **NEW ISLAND,** **FALKLANDS ISLANDS/iSLAS MALVINAS*** ![New Island Martin Beal 1](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/New_Island_Martin_Beal_1.JPG) From left at back: Aude Boutet, Jaime Catry, Paulo Catry; at front: Tash Gillies, Amanda Kuepfer, Martin Beal, Francesco Venture & Lisa Gouck in the 'The Bowl' colony ([Click here for the full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3674-researching-black-browed-albatrosses-on-the-south-atlantic-s-new-island-with-a-world-albatross-day-banner))  **STEEPLE JASON, FALKLANDS ISLANDS/iSLAS MALVINAS*** ![WAD Falklands SteepleJason Banner 01](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/WAD_Falklands-SteepleJason_Banner_01.jpg) From left: Sarah Crofts, Megan Tierney and Peter Wessels on Steeple Jason ![DCIM\100MEDIA\DJI_0698.JPG](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/WAD_Falklands-SteepleJason_Banner_02.jpg) ![DCIM\100MEDIA\DJI_0699.JPG](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Posters_Books/WAD_Falklands-SteepleJason_Banner_03.jpg) The above two photos by drone: the albatrosses appear to take no notice ([click here for the full post](https://www.acap.aq/en/latest-news/3485-rising-to-the-challenge-steeple-jason-in-the-south-atlantic-gets-a-world-albatross-day-banner?highlight=WyJzdGVlcGxlIiwiamFzb24iLCJqYXNvbidzIiwic3RlZXBsZSBqYXNvbiJd))  *A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Islas Georgias del Sur y Islas Sandwich del Sur) and the surrounding maritime areas. Posted 16 April 2020 [Lees meer...](https://acap.aq/wad2020-banners/disputed-territories-challenge.md)