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And then there were chicks!
28 August 2020 - Very happy news - we have had our first chicks. The season started 2 weeks ago with the hatching of 4 little chicks, by last week the count had increased to 13. In addition, many penguins are sitting on eggs, so we are expecting more to have hatched by next week.
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Changing of the guards - 26 January 2022
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Clean-out and expansion of the colony - 15 February 2021
Nesting boxes - a safe habitat for moulting too - 8 January 2021
The last chick of the season has fledged! - 17 December 2020
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Flashing 'Little Blue Penguin' signs - 26 September 2020
And then there were chicks! - 28 August 2020
Signage coming to a beach near you - 10 July 2020
Penguin box replacements - 2 May 2020
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Little penguin sites likely topping 300 - 6 September 2019
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New Trust formed - 7 June 2019
