Big yawn for big albatross chick! 🥱 It’s tiring stuff being a seven month old albie baby..waiting for food, picking some grass, having a nap..goodness me! #albatross #dunedinnz 📷 Laura Findlay

66 new season arrivals have now been seen on the headland and pairs are establishing their nest sites for the next year! Voting is also open for Bird of the Year 2022, get online and vote toroa! ✨ #birdoftheyear #votetoroa 📷 Laura Findlay

Albatross zoomies 🤍 Some good flying activity this afternoon once the wind picked up! 📷 Laura Findlay

Cute albatross chick for your mid-week slump! These guys are now three months old and are growing quick - some are weighing close to their parents weight at 7 kilos! That’s a big baby 🤍 📷 Laura Findlay

Have you ever seen such a stoked albatross chick!? Then again, this is how excited I am when my food arrives too.. 😁 📷 Laura Findlay #albatrosscentre #dunedin

Happy Friday! Almost the weekend 🎉 enjoy this beautiful albie, gotta love that face! #royalalbatross #dunedinnz 📷 Laura Findlay

The ever so gorgeous Observation Post chick! Beautiful wee female, her parents are called Larry (lime red yellow) and Lyl (lime yellow lime) 💚 #royalalbatross #dunedinnz 📷 Laura Findlay

Did you know albatross drink salt water? They have a built in desalination plant in their head - a pair of salt glands that filter salt from the bloodstream and expel it through a tube out the nostrils! That’s why they’re called tube nosed birds 🌊 #albatross 📷 India Sawyer

A scientific guide to albatross features! Now you can share new fun facts with your friends and family - happy days! #royalalbatross 📷 Laura Findlay

Big yawn for big fluff ball! It’s tiring stuff being a four month old albatross chick 🥱😴 #sleepy 📷 Royal Cam - Department of Conservation & Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Local to Dunedin? We have a locals discount! Let us know when you want to book a tour and we can apply the discount for you! #dunedinnz #otepoti 📷 Laura Findlay

It’s almost the most important day of the year…World Albatross Day! 19 June, four days to go! #worldalbatrossday 📷 Laura Findlay

L coming in for the landing! Paddles out, ready to feed her chick #albatross 📷 James Slater

Happy World Albatross Day! The best day to celebrate the best birds 🤍 #worldalbatrossday #albatross 📷 Hob Osterlund

Sharing another ACAP poster, this time of Northern Royals with an image by Sharyn Broni 🤍

And in other exciting news, introducing the Royal cam chicks name… everyone meet Manaaki, which means to provide support, protection, hospitality, kindness and admiration 🤍 #royalcam #albatross

Giant fluff ball says hi 👋🏼 How can you not love this face? #albie 📷 Laura Findlay

Don’t you think albatross would make great goalies? No football is getting past those wings! ⚽️ Who’s got their tickets to FIFA games? #footballotepoti #albatrosscentre 📷 Laura Findlay

The queen of preening ✨ Fledging has begun for the albatross chicks at Taiaroa Head, a few have left so far, and any day now we will see the first returnee for the new season! Get those bells ready 🔔 #albatross #dunedin 📷 Laura Findlay