The West Coast Penguin Trust celebrated the symbolic closing of its 2.6km penguin protection fence on Friday with great pride. […]
Category: News
Productive research trip draws to a close
KerryJayne Wilson reports that the ship, the Aurora Australis (photo from digplanet.com), will set sail for Hobart soon, leaving Antarctica behind. “This is one of the most productive research expeditions I have had the privilege to take part in” she writes. […]
Kerry-Jayne Wilson MNZM
The West Coast Penguin Trust is delighted and hugely proud to share the news that our Chair and Scientist, Kerry-Jayne Wilson, has been awarded MNZM – Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit – in the New Year’s Honours for services to seabird conservation. “No one achieves anything alone – seabird work is a […]
Subantarctic island seabird survey published
Subantarctic island seabirds were monitored on an expedition four years ago and the findings, showing some decline, have just been published. […]
More predator traps to protect Cape Foulwind’s seabirds
As the penguin breeding season comes to a close, the sooty shearwaters are preparing for their own breeding season and the Trust is installing new traps to help. […]
Bumper year for Westland petrels!
Westland petrel chicks are fledging now and the annual chick check found high survival rates … and chunky chicks. […]
Improved tawaki season at Jackson Head
Monitoring of Fiordland crested penguins (tawaki) for the fourth breeding season has come to an end and initial comments are that it was better than the two last disastrous years … but could have been better. […]
Great Annual West Coast Blue Penguin Count
NatureWatch has proved to be a useful tool for recording penguin tracks, which have been counted and reported over the length of the West Coast! […]
Tracking tawaki in Milford Sound
Trust Chair, Kerry-Jayne Wilson spent a week in Milford Sound earlier this month helping Dr Thomas Mattern from The Tawaki Project, and filed this report. […]
Education round up
Lucy Waller, Education Ranger, has been working with local schools as they make the most of the Trust’s educational resource. […]
