A rescue campaign keeps Tropical Shearwater numbers stable in the face of light pollution on Reunionhttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/a-rescue-campaign-keeps-tropical-shearwater-numbers-stable-in-the-face-of-light-pollution-on-reunion

27 October 2016 Benoit Gineste (UMR ENTROPIE, Saint-Denis Messag, France) and colleagues have published in the Journal of Ornithology on the effects of light pollution on Tropical Shearwaters Puffinus bailloni on Reunion. The paper’s abstract follows: “Seabirds are...

• Type: Article
• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
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ACAP Breeding Site No. 84. Tagomago and the western islets off Ibiza – cliff homes of the Balearic Shearwaterhttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/acap-breeding-site-no-84-tagomago-and-the-western-islets-off-ibiza-cliff-homes-of-the-balearic-shearwater

05 August 2016 The Pitiüses (Pityusic Islands) are the southernmost group of islands in Spain’s Balearic Archipelago in the western Mediterranean. This local group includes two major islands, Ibiza (known locally as Eivissa) and Formentera, plus a handful of...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
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ACAP Breeding Site No. 83. Las Malgrats, Mallorca, where Balearic Shearwaters breed free from ratshttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/acap-breeding-site-no-83-las-malgrats-islands-mallorca-where-balearic-shearwaters-breed-free-from-rats

21 June 2016 Las Malgrats are a group of two islands and a small stack off the south coast of the tourist locality of Calvià, on the west coast of the bay of Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain in the western Mediterranean. The largest island is Malgrats (88...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
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Conservation of shearwaters and petrels in the Portuguese Macaronesian islandshttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/conservation-of-shearwaters-and-petrels-in-the-portuguese-macaronesian-islands

22 October 2015 The Portuguese Macaronesian Islands (Azores and Madeira) are vital breeding areas for several species of seabirds, including 85% of the world population of Cory’s Shearwater Calonectris borealis. Cory's Shearwater ashore, photograph by Paulo Catry On...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
• Language: en-GB

Fledgling Newell’s Shearwaters downed by light pollution get a ceremonial release in Hawaiihttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/fledgling-newell-s-shearwaters-downed-by-light-pollution-get-a-ceremonial-release-in-hawaii

19 October 2015 Seven Endangered Newell’s Shearwaters Puffinus newelli or ‘A‘o fledglings that had been rescued after being grounded by artificial lights were released by school children from two Hawaiian schools on the island of Kauai last week as part of the annual...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
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Newell’s Shearwaters are rescued from ship’s lights in Hawaiian watershttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/newell-s-shearwaters-are-rescued-from-ship-s-lights-in-hawaiian-waters

03 October 2015 Land-based protection for the Endangered Newell’s Shearwater Puffinus newelli is being extended out to sea aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line’s 80 439-gt Pride of America, a large cruise ship that sails Hawaii’s waters each week (click here). “The boat’s...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
• Language: en-GB

Large numbers of Newell’s Shearwaters and Hawaiian Petrels downed by light pollution this monthhttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/large-numbers-of-newell-s-shearwaters-and-hawaiian-petrels-downed-by-light-pollution-this-month

16 September 2015 Endangered Newell’s Shearwaters Puffinus newellii and Vulnerable Hawaiian Petrels Pterodroma sandvicensis have been downed in numbers by night-time lights during foggy conditions on the Hawaiian island of Kauai over several days this month. Most of the...

• Type: Article
• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
• Language: en-GB

Seabirds and Lights. A group for knowledge sharing about seabird attraction to lightshttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/seabirds-and-lights-a-group-for-knowledge-sharing-about-seabird-attraction-to-lights

09 September 2015 A website exists which considers the issue of light pollution affecting nocturnal breeding seabirds, a subject regularly covered in ACAP Latest News (click here). Newell's Shearwater: at risk to light pollution on Hawaii, photograph by Eric Vanderwerf...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
• Language: en-GB

Green for go: reducing light pollution effects on ACAP-listed Pink-footed Shearwatershttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/green-for-go-reducing-light-pollution-effects-on-acap-listed-pink-footed-shearwaters

20 June 2015 Most burrowing petrels and shearwaters visit and fledge from their burrows in the hours of darkness. Those species that breed on inhabited islands are susceptible to becoming disoriented and being downed by bright lights at night in urban areas– as has...

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• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
• Language: en-GB

Effects of light pollution on fledging Balearic and Cory’s Shearwaters and European Storm Petrels in the Balearic Islandshttps://www.acap.aq/latest-news/effects-of-light-pollution-on-fledging-balearic-and-cory-s-shearwaters-and-european-storm-petrels-in-the-balearic-islands

09 June 2015 Airam Rodríguez (Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain) and colleagues have published in the Journal of Ornithology on the effects of light pollution on fledging procellariiform species in the Balearic...

• Type: Article
• Author: John Cooper
• Category: ACAP Latest News
• Language: en-GB