As at 5th November 26 eggs present at Te Rae o Atiu – 6 in the last 2 days. Numbers of birds are looking good – with about 100 at last download of the dataloggers.
Thus far 48 adults have been weighed this season, with the average being 363g, the heaviest 407g and the lightest 320g.
This year we seem to be getting more adult crash-landers than usual with 6 in the last 5 days handed in (as at 10th November 2026), and I was told last night of significant numbers of birds crash landing on Mt Fyffe in the fog – most of them should have been able to take off under their own power at dawn. If you do happen to find one – please contact Ted on 027 442 4281. All of the crash landed wild birds have been lighter than the lightest bird seen at Te Rae so far.
In foggy weather, particularly with no moon, it is very easy for birds to be disoriented by artificial lights, so please try and minimise light reaching skyward.