On 8 August the Crown Beach Hotel, Pointe aux Sel, Mahé, hosted an official launch of our children’s book, “Sootina’s story”, on the life of a female Sooty Tern on Bird Island. Attendance was limited by Covid-19 restrictions but Angelique Pouponneau, CEO of the Seychelles Conservation and Climate Adaptation Trust (SeyCCAT), which funded the publication … More “Sootina’s story” is launched in Seychelles
On 30 July 2021 we took a day out to do some essential shopping, followed by a drive around southern Mahe. During the journeys we came across five species of herons, all with different histories in the archipelago. First on the list were Cattle Egrets, small white members of the heron family that develop buffish … More Herons: old and new arrivals in Seychelles
Greater Crested Terns may at one time, before human settlement, have nested on Bird Island. By the 1970s a few Crested Terns still nested on African Banks in the Amirantes Islands but it is doubtful if they ever reared any young because all birds’ eggs were targeted by fishermen, and the same is likely to … More Greater Crested Terns change their behaviour
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