Another successful year complete on Cousine which we are very proud to look back on. We reached our conservation goals set out at the beginning of the year and are excited to start our new list and push a few more exciting projects on the island. A few highlights of 2012 were: A record number [...]
Cousine Island is abuzz with all the babies in nests everywhere. Even though some species are still on eggs, chicks can be found almost everywhere. All Lesser Noddy chicks have now hatched with some chicks starting to practice flapping their wings. The Brown Noddies that have made a late start this year have mostly got [...]
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Posted in Conservation, Conservation Diary, Eco Calendar
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Also tagged brown noddy, chicks, fairy terns, hatched, lesser noddy, nests, seychelles magpie robin, sooty tern, Tropic Birds
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What a Hawksbill Turtle season, way surpassing all previous years. 230 nests were laid during this season, with the last nest only laid in middle March by an untagged turtle! This brings the total number of tagged turtles this season up to 34. The previous record was a mere 113 nests during the previous season. [...]
Seychelles White-eye update The Seychelles white-eye chick mentioned in the previous diary entry was released out of the cage after 3 days inside and has since florished and is regularly seen following the adults from tree to tree. On the day of releasing the chick it was decided to try and catch an older unrung [...]
Every snorkeling experience has always been special, but the last one will probably stay with us for a while. It started off as a nice casual snorkel, a quiet exploration of our reefs, rocks and caves surrounding Cousine Island. The usual reef fish were all in attendance and an octopus gave us a nice display by turning [...]
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