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Endangered bird has most successful breeding season in over 20 years
Our work to protect the Little Tern has seen record numbers of the endangered coastal bird at Karagi Point North Entrance, officially marking the site as crucial for the species’ ongoing conservation.
In December last year we knew we were on track for a record baby boom of the feathered kind, but even then our estimated numbers were still shy of the final results and the Karagi Point breeding colony was considered the most important nesting site in NSW for the 2020/21 breeding season.
With an estimated 72 breeding pairs, 97 nests, 236 eggs (approximately 2.4 eggs per nest) and 152 chicks being observed, these figures were greater than what was observed at any other site in NSW for the 2020-21 breeding season.