Blue pigeons and Wedge-tailed shearwater sighted on North Island
Unel Bristol, warden of North Island saw two adult and two juvenile
Seychelles blue pigeons on North Island during his monitoring walk on
November 12th 2005. This is good news for the island as the species was
not observed on the island during the Biodiversity Surveys carried out
by Nature Seychelles. North Island was the only one of the granitic
islands visited where this species appeared to be absent (Hill et al,
2002).
Unel also observed that wedge-tailed shearwaters with chicks and eggs on the island on November 26th 2005. This means that the species are now breeding on the island. This might be significant news to conservation work on the island, because there was no evidence of breeding of any species of seabirds on the island during the Biodiversity Survey (Hill et al, 2002). The nesting of the wedge-tailed shearwaters on the island results from major conservation efforts of the island management.
Reference:
Hill, M., Vel, T., Holm, K., Parr, S. and Shah, N. 2002. North Island, in Biodiversity Surveys and Conservation potential of inner Seychelles Islands edited by Michael Hill. Atoll Research Bulletin. Washington, D.C.
 Blue pigeon © Gideon Climo .jpg) Wedge-tailed shearwater chick © S. Hazell  Wedge-tailed shearwater © Lucie Faulquier |
Unel also observed that wedge-tailed shearwaters with chicks and eggs on the island on November 26th 2005. This means that the species are now breeding on the island. This might be significant news to conservation work on the island, because there was no evidence of breeding of any species of seabirds on the island during the Biodiversity Survey (Hill et al, 2002). The nesting of the wedge-tailed shearwaters on the island results from major conservation efforts of the island management.
Reference:
Hill, M., Vel, T., Holm, K., Parr, S. and Shah, N. 2002. North Island, in Biodiversity Surveys and Conservation potential of inner Seychelles Islands edited by Michael Hill. Atoll Research Bulletin. Washington, D.C.
