This is a curious note. Today, Ladbrokes.com will launch the Big Bird Race, highlighting the plight of the near extinct Albatross. The eighteen tagged birds Albatrosses; The Ecologist, The Ancient Marine, and Ocean Spirit, among others, will be released from the southern coast of Tasmania and will race to South Africa while being tracked with satellite technology. The birds are expected to arrive at the Cape of Good Hope around the 5th of August.

You will be able to watch the race from Ladbrokes.com ‘Grandstand’. Alternatively the event can be watched live at Frankie’s Italian Bar & Grill, 3 Yeoman’s Row, London. All raised profits will go to future seabird conservation projects.