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title: "Shy Albatrosses to get artificial nests"
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# Shy Albatrosses to get artificial nests

Artificial nests are to be constructed in order to improve the breeding success of [globally Near Threatened](http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/22729604)Shy Albatrosses *Thalassarche cauta*, an ACAP-listed species endemic to Australia where it is listed as nationally [Vulnerable](http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=1010).

 “With $110,000 from the federal government, as well as funding from the Tasmanian Department of the Environment, the CSIRO and WWF Australia, [Rachel] Alderman plans to install 100 nests this year before the breeding season starts in September.  The nests will be approximately 1 metre wide and 30 cm high.”

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/S/Shy/Shy_Albatross_on_Albatross_Island_by_Drew_Lee.jpg)

 Shy Albatross, photograph by Drew Lee

 Read more [here](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/30/tasmania-trials-artificial-shy-albatross-nests-to-help-seabird-fight-extinction).

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 03 July 2017*