| BIRDS SEEN IN THE SEYCHELLES, JUNE 1991 |
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| Surely some of the most beautiful islands in the world, with an incredibly relaxed ambiance. Bird Island just has to be seen (and heard!) to be believed. In the breeding season (when we were there), this tiny island which one can walk right round in 20 minutes is populated by a huge and noisy colony of sooty terns (half a million or more) and a much smaller number of the delightful fairy terns. Most of the birds are very approachable and I took probably the best photographs of my life here, particularly of noddies and fairy terns. Click here to go to the Bird Island Photo Album. | |||
| Audubon's shearwater | green backed heron | sanderling | |
| barred ground dove | greenshank | Seychelles blue pigeon | |
| bridled tern | grey heron | Seychelles bulbul | |
| cattle egret | grey plover | Seychelles fody | |
| common noddy | Indian myna | Seychelles paradise flycatcher | |
| crab plover | lesser frigate bird | Seychelles sunbird | |
| crested tern | lesser noddy | swiftlet | |
| curlew | Madagascar fody | turnstone | |
| curlew sandpiper | magpie robin | turtle dove | |
| fairy tern | red headed forest fody | whimbrel | |
| greater frigate bird | roseate tern | white tailed tropicbird | |
| TOTAL: 33 | |||
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