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Seychelles Seabird Group News:Volunteer helps with seabird census

Wednesday, 31 August 2005 09:09

A volunteer from Germany has been helping out with counts of birds on Cousin and Cousine. Harald Legge spent the months of May and June engaged in the project, which has provided vital data for Seychelles Seabird Group. His work programme took him to Cousin island to carry out counts of Lesser Noddy, Fairy Tern, White-tailed Tropicbird and Brown Noddy.

Harald counting noddy birds © L. Seaton

He then went on to Cousine island to continue the work programme of Conservation Officer Quentin Hagens who was on annual leave, to continue an ongoing study of Lesser Noddy breeding success. The photograph shows Harald monitoring Lesser Noddies on Cousin island.

In addition to his help with the seabird monitoring, Harald carried out a Seychelles Fody or Toktok count on Denis island. His work was part of the Nature Seychelles Volunteer International Programme.

Seychelles Seabird Group – comprises managers of important seabird nesting sites in Seychelles.

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