@XanderFCDO

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

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Joined August 2013
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Well that's all folks. 2 years working with fab colleagues & fantastic islanders and enjoying many amazing experiences on Ascension Island. It's been a blast and I have not painted the Lizard on the way out - those who know, know. For now, I'm signing off from Ascension. – at Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan Da Cunha
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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
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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.
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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.
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Ascension Island once again provided essential tracking for a critical space launch. Tracked from ~13 minutes into the flight with the 🚀 travelling ~180km above the island 🇦🇨
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@FCDOGovUK25 Dec 2021
Today marks the start of a new era in space observation. @ESA and @NASA have launched the world's largest & most powerful space telescope. British expertise has been at the heart of this project, working alongside a global team to deliver breakthrough innovations.

UK in the James Webb Space Telescope

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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 😊
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.@AscensionAdm & Marina hosted the annual Ascension Island Christmas Carols Spectacular, where the community came together to festively celebrate & give thanks following another eventful year. From everyone on Ascension: We wish you all a safe Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!
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🇦🇨 @ascension_gov has released the Public & Government Holidays for 2022 including an extra Public Holiday for HM The Queen's Platinum Jubilee & a Government Holiday to mark the 40th anniversary of the 🇫🇰 Falkland Island Liberation Day. @40Falklands @FalklandsGov @RoyalFamily
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Volunteers have been helping to clear & restore Monkey Rock Cemetery, one of the oldest on the island. Containing graves dating back to the mid-1800s & is located on the slopes of Green Mountain, a few hundred meters below the Residency. 🇦🇨 Read more: mailchi.mp/bc150947d8b8/publ…
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.@AscensionAdm has released this year's Christmas message highlighting the work & collaboration during 2021 to keep 🇦🇨 working & safe. Full message: mailchi.mp/5b8b983619f5/publ… Photos: 🇦🇨 nurses, Cllr Nicholls at the JMC in London & the 1st vaccines arrive. Merry Christmas to all!
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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
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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
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New Year resolutions on Ascension Island often focus on protecting the island's unique environment & the vital biodiversity the Territory offers. @AIGConservation works with islanders to keep Green Mountain (& themselves!) in good shape through various restoration projects. 🇦🇨
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On Thursday 18 November there was a Formal meeting of the Ascension Island Council 🇦🇨 Minutes of the meeting are below. Minutes for past meetings can be found on the @ascension_gov website: ascension.gov.ac/government/… Discover more about the Councillors:ascension.gov.ac/government/…
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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
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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
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It's #InternationalMountainDay & 🇦🇨has arguably one of the most unique in the world with the artificial greening that has happened on Green Mountain the past several hundred years. With over 40 prominent volcano🌋cones there's plenty of mini mountains on this tiny 34sqm island!
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xitter.cf/XanderFCDO/status/1343… ⛰️Green Mountain National Park is full of history & natural beauty. Rising to 859m, the mountain is lush and cool compared to the arid lowlands, with many trails for visitors to explore & fruit to forage. Find out more: ascension.gov.ac/map-marker/… 🇦🇨
Xander@XanderFCDO27 Dec 2020
Replying to @XanderFCDO
In the 1840s Darwin worked with Hooker, who proposed in 1847 that the Royal Navy import tree species, a project started in 1850, which led to the creation of an artificial cloud forest on what is now Green Mountain.
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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. 📻🎙️🎵🎶
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🚨🚨JOB ALERT🚨🚨 🇦🇨is looking for a humanities teacher at Two Boats school. You'll teach History, Geography & RE to Years 7-11 (to IGCSE) to meet requirements of the UK Curriculum adapting to local circumstances. Latest TBS newsletter attached! More: ascension.gov.ac/vacancy/hum…
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