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 [...]
By Cousine
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Posted in Conservation, Conservation Diary, Eco Calendar
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Also tagged brown noddy, chicks, fairy terns, hatched, hawksbill turtle, lesser noddy, seychelles magpie robin, sooty tern, Tropic Birds
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With thousands of seabirds again collecting leaves to build their nests, sounds of birds covering the island, white guano marking the usual spots and now finally, the first eggs having been recorded, the Seabird breeding season is officially in full swing. For the next 6 to 8 weeks the Lesser Noddies will be incubating their [...]
The last turtle nest for the season have hatched and the 80 little hatchlings were released to sea on the 14th of May 2011. This last season proved to be a real record breaker with a total of 230 nests laid during the period from the 24th of September 2010 to the 16th of March 2011. [...]
Returning to the island after a month’s leave, it was quite obvious that the number of birds on the island have significantly increased. Lesser Noddies and Brown Noddies have started coming in during April and the numbers are constantly increasing. Some Lesser Noddies have been seen roosting in old nests that survived since last year [...]
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. [...]
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