Hutton's Shearwater Charitable Trust
Saving the world's only alpine breeding seabird!
Audio from Radio New Zealand show Our Changing World with Alison Ballance, Ruth Beran and Veronika Meduna.
The Hutton’s Shearwater Charitable Trust is translocating chicks to establish a new colony on the Kaikoura Peninsula.
Fewer than half of the expected 100 endangered hutton’s shearwater chicks were plucked from their nests and relocated to the man-made colony on the Kaikoura Peninsula due to the late breeding season.
‘‘We want them here for a long enough period of time so that we can reprogramme their GPS and make them think that this is home,’’ Mr Bell said.
There is great demand in the Hutton’s shearwater chik feeding volunteer spots, so much so that the roster is now full!
Please check back here or on Facebook for the latest updates.
The annual Hutton’s shearwater translocation project starts next week and the Hutton’s Shearwater Charitable Trust is keen to give the local community plenty of opportunity to come and have a look at the work being done at the peninsula colony.
On Tuesday February 26th, Hutton’s shearwater chicks will be translocated from the Kowhai River mountain colony to the Kaikoura Peninsula / Te Rae O Atiu colony. There is public opportunity to view the arrival of the chicks and the subsequent chick feeding programme.
Meet at the South Bay carpark at 1 pm, to walk to the Kaikoura Peninsula colony to be there for the arrival of the chicks by helicopter at 2 pm.
Arrival of chicks and all visits to the colony are weather and project manager dependent. Please check the website or Facebook page for the latest information.
Join us for a sensational autumn morning at the Kaikoura Peninsula colony to farewell the Hutton’s shearwaters as they depart for the winter.
Article by Nicola Toki
Hundreds of metres above the multitude of seabirds to be found on Kaikoura’s beautiful coastlines, the Hutton’s shearwaters have the ultimate ocean view from their mountain perches. But why does a seabird choose to breed high up in the mountains?
Join us Saturday 22nd Sept 2012 for the Hutton’s Welcome Home family street party.
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