Seychelles Islands
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Isola di Praslin - febbraio 2020
Denis Island, Seychelles.
Once considered to be the rarest bird in the world - in the late 20th Century just 15 individuals remained, all on Frégate Island. Conservation efforts and translocations to create new populations (including to Denis in 2008) have seen numbers grow to around 300 birds across 5 islands, but it remains one of the rarest birds in the world.
Most have multiple brightly coloured leg rings for individual identification but reduced monitoring during the pandemic means this is one of a few to have escaped the ringers (making this bird rarer still).
Cousin Island, Seychelles
Cousin Island Special Reserve was established in 1968 to protect the last remaining 26 Seychelles Warblers that survived in a small patch of Mangrove on the island. Following successful conservation efforts including the re-establishment of native forest and translocations to other islands, the total population of Seychelles Warblers is today around 3,300 birds.
Cousin Island, Seychelles
The endemic Fody does not do well where introduced rats are present but successful conservation efforts on Cousin and translocations to other predator free islands have increased numbers and there are now over 3,000 birds, with thriving populations on 6 islands. The Seychelles Fody mainly eats seeds, fruit and insects but will predate Fairy Tern eggs, knocking them to the ground if the adult is disturbed.
Denis Island, Seychelles
This is a male. Not the most colourful Fody (a family of birds related to Weavers), but endemic to the Seychelles, only occurring on 6 small islands. It was reintroduced to Denis in 2004 following the eradication of rats.
Denis Island, Seychelles
Another conservation success story. In 1968 just 26 Seychelles Warblers were left in a small patch of mangrove on Cousin island leading to the establishment of the Cousin Island Special Reserve. Coconut palms were removed and native forest re-established and by 1982 Cousin had reached carrying capacity of around 320 birds, so some were transferred to other predator free islands including Denis (in 2004). Today the total population is around 3,300 birds across 5 islands.