Nonsuch Expeditions

  • Field Station based on the World-renowned Nonsuch Island Nature Reserve in Bermuda which is 60 years into a ground breaking re-wilding effort home to several Lazarus species including the Bermuda Petrel or Cahow. http://www.nonsuchisland.com

  • Caribbean
  • Castle Island Nature Reserve
  • Bermuda
  • St Davids
  • 32
  • 64
  • jp@nonsuchexpeditions.com
  • 2000
  • 2026
  • Jean-Pierre Rouja
  • jp@nonsuchexpeditions.com
  • J-P Rouja
  • director@nonsuchexpeditions.com
  • J-P Rouja
  • billing@nonsuchexpeditions.com
  • 1-100
  • Other
  • 1-2
  • 3-5
  • 0
  • 0
  • Solar or Off Grid
  • 21-40 minutes
  • No
  • Marine
  • Intertidal - salt marsh, pelagic, benthic, abyssal
  • Tropical Dry Forest
  • 0-100 meters
  • 0-100 meters
  • A (tropical)
  • 100
Year Founded
2000
Year Joined OBFS
2026
Size of Field Station (hectares)
1-100
FSML Web Address

Private nonprofit organization?
Yes
Universities affiliated / Parent Organization
No
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
Other:
Member of the Virtual Field
No

Additional Information

Private nonprofit organization?
Names of Universities affilated
0
Federal, state, or local governmental partners?
Other
Name of partner
Tribal partners/users
No
MSI/HBCU users
No
Community College users
Member of the Virtual Field
No

Visiting a FS/ML

Open to the Public
No
Year round staff
1-2
Seasonal staff
3-5
Overnight housing facilities/# of beds
0
Distance to emergency services
21-40 minutes
Library
No
Hiking trails
Internship employment
Yes

Environmental Information

Biomes
Intertidal - rocky, Intertidal - sandy, and Intertidal - salt marsh, pelagic, benthic, abyssal
Minimum Elevation
0-100 meters
Maximum Elevation
0-100 meters
Köppen climate classification
A (tropical)
Freshwater habitats
Yes
Urban or rural
Agricultural fields
No

Research

REU host station
No
Dry lab space
No
Wet Lab space
Research vessels available
No
GIS capacity on site
Long term data sets
Yes
On site herbarium or voucher species
Formal Data Management Plan
Mesocosms, plots, stream diversions, or other sets ups for outdoor manipulative experiments
No
Date Joined OBFS
February 3, 2026