Bermuda Petrel returns to Nonsuch Island after 400 years

By Charlie March 24, 2008 No comments yet

Excellent news from Birdlife re the Bermuda Petrel or Cahow. Thought extinct for almost 300 years 18 pairs were rediscovered breeding on sub-optimal rocky islets in 1951. Birds were moved to Nonsuch, and in the last four years a total of 81 chicks have been translocated, of which 79 have fledged successfully and adult petrels have now been observed entering artificial nesting burrows.


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