West Coast Penguin Trust Ranger, Lucy Waller, makes the case for penguins, loving them, conserving them and presenting them to children as a gateway to more conservation conversations. […]
Category: News
A busy year for the Trust
The Trust produces an Annual Report to update supporters and sponsors about all the work we do. From penguins to petrels and trapping to tamariki, in the year to 31st March 2018 we have been busy! […]
Fantastic Field Trips for the Symposium!
There are three field trips on offer on Friday 15th June as part of the Community Conservation Symposium, with a choice of morning trips to Cobden (restoration project and trapping workshop) or to Moonlight (kiwi crèche) and, in the afternoon, up the Coast Road to discover a variety of community conservation projects. […]
Superb speakers for Symposium
We are delighted and excited to have a fantastic line up of speakers for the Community Conservation Symposium on 14th June at Shantytown and would like to introduce the first three. […]
Tawaki: Trust four year study concludes …
The West Coast Penguin Trust’s four-year study of the threats predators pose to Fiordland crested penguins (tawaki) concludes that control of stoats appears to be required in some years, in some colonies. […]
World Penguin Day, 25 April 2018
World Penguin Day is an opportunity, shared around the world, to celebrate penguins. In New Zealand and Australia, the date is shared with a far more important day of remembrance as it falls on 25th April, Anzac Day. But we can still spare a thought for the penguins… […]
Study into the effects of artificial lights on seabirds
While light pollution is a growing concern around the world, a wide ranging three year study funded by the European Union, including a “global review of seabird mortality in relation to land-based artificial lights” has identified ways to minimise the negative effect of artificial lights on penguins and shearwaters. […]
Why are penguins black (or blue) and white?
The long standing theory of penguin camouflage is debunked by scientist Dr Thomas Mattern in an excellent blog and video article. […]
Annual Report celebrates progress for penguins
The West Coast Penguin Trust bases its conservation work on sound science. That science continues to underpin improved understanding of the threats facing penguins and seabirds in the region for improved conservation management, and the Annual Report, published today, updates readers on all of our projects. […]
Tumbleweed Tees for Tawaki!
Tumbleweed Tees have created a stunning Fiordland crested penguin or tawaki image for their tee shirts and will donate $5 to the Trust for every adult shirt sold. […]
