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What’s in the secret box ? ⁉️ 📦 🤩 This fluff ball is one of the 47 oī or grey faced petrel chicks hatched this week up at our sea bird site 🌊 Not only is this our best-ever record yet, but we also noticed a large increase in natural burrows outside the pest-free 2ha enclosure 🙏 Before the arrival of predators, notably cats and stoats- the otherworldly calls of sea birds once echoed from the peninsulas cliffs. By the time the sanctuary was established in 2006, empty burrows and fertile soils were the only indications of a sea bird rich past. A recent visit with sea bird expert Graeme Taylor highlighted the impact of stoats, as he described an islands loss of sixty- sea birds in a single night. We recognise how vulnerable petrels are to predation, which is why our nest-boxes are located in a pest - proof, separately fenced environment within the sanctuary. Rest assured, this little ball of fluff is in the best place possible 🥰 This intensive approach is paying off as we welcome the next generation of sea birds back to the land rightfully theirs ❤️ #seabirds #birds #conservation #animalvideo #birdphotography #amazingbirds #bird #animallovers #saveourbirds #nz #nzseabirds #nzbirds #birdvideo #nestbox #capesanctuary #hawkesbay #hastings_nz