22:48 3/13 As per routine, upon returning into the burrow, the CahowCam1 male first preens and then also feeds the chick:

Monitoring and conservation of the World' largest Tahiti petrel colony, east coast of New Caledonia

The Bird Conservation New Caledonia field team, with #RadjiKainda , the traditional owner of the island and Alexandre Millon
from IMBE

Project supported by Office français de la biodiversité & Province Sud

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

Today, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands has agreed to increase protection around the archipelago by 166,000 km². This is equivalent to an area larger than England and Wales combined.

The islands in the Southern Ocean are one of…

2/23 Meet the first hatched Cahow chick Jeremy found this season during the nest checks (R819 nest, Colony A on Nonsuch Island). The chick was only 24-36 hours old and apparently was already fed.

Read the report and watch the video here:
nonsuchisland.com/blog/meet-the-…

We are pleased to continue our support for seabird research

Our research grants are now OPEN 🔓

Get your application in by the 29th February!

Do you have an exciting idea for a seabird research project this summer that needs some 💰💰💰?

More info:
seabirdgroup.org.uk/grants

HATCH ALERT
It sounds like our CahowCam1 chick is finally hatching!
The egg was first seen 'pipping' by Jeremy on Friday and now 72 hours later, when the parent shifts its body, you can hear peeping from the chick still inside the egg, which if all goes well, should fully hatch…

The Bird Conservation New Caledonia team again in the field!

Conservation and monitoring of a recently discovered colony of Gould's petrel that faces strong impacts of feral cats.

Close collaboration with Province Sud (SPAT and SGAP divisions)

In BB this month there is a paper on Zino’s Petrel off Scilly: new to Britain by Bob Flood describing the identification of the bird seen on 30 July 2020
Scilly Pelagics
➡️bit.ly/42CJ1sJ

📷Danni & Zac Hinchcliffe
📷Flood & Fisher 2013

One of the most awe inspiring experiences of my life at Kennedy Space Centre. Didn’t mind dipping Scrub Jay.

AVAILABILITY 2024 (AUG/SEP) Sold out except: Mon 5 (5 places), Sat 24 (3 places), Sun 25 (10+ places), Mon 26 (10+ places), Fri 30 to Mon 2 inclusive (10+ places) Happy New Year -- Bob & Joe (South Polar Skua, 31 July 2023, Scilly, Ross Newham)
Book online scillypelagics.com/birder-special…

Hornby's Storm-petrel, November 2023, off Peru youtu.be/Ykx1rdfjzQ0?si… via YouTube

Galapagos Petrels, November 2023, offshore Peru youtu.be/ltQtJWFDe84?si… via YouTube

Fellow pelagic lovers, vote for Scilly’s booby on the bishop

Least Storm-petrel, 5 December 2023, Panama Bight youtu.be/1GPBXryIJOI?si… via YouTube

Chapman's Storm-petrel, 5 December 2023, Panama Bight youtu.be/jcSQuLYKMeY?si…

Fisherman describes increased bluefin tuna numbers in UK seas as 'almost a problem' due to predation on mackerel & other species bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… (03.30). But, the arrival of bluefin & decline in mackerel numbers is more nuanced as both are also due to warmer seas. Thread.

Swallow-tailed Gulls followed us all night, dip feeding in the wake.

Plenty of Booby action on the yacht with this Brewster’s taking centre stage among Red-foots.

My bed on the deck for the last 24 days, in all conditions, converts to breakfast room at 05:30, living space during the day, though the day’s observations are processed in the cabin in the evening. And all around us nothing but the remote Pacific and it’s seabirds.