Birdwatching

This week Nature Seychelles, are celebrating the anniversary of one the world's greatest conservation success stories.
In 1968, Coudin Island was purchased by the ICBP to save the last remaining population of Seychelles Warbler from extinction.


Forty years on, warbler numbers have risen by 300%, and the Island has been transformed from a coconut plantation to a profitable Nature Reserve which greatly benefits local people and global biodiversity.

Cousin Island a small Island in Seychelles, is today home to a wealth of globally important wildlife.
It is the most significant nesting site for Hawksbill Turtle in the Western Indian Ocean, and supports over 300.000 nesting seabirds of seven Species.


Cousin also host five of the Seychelles eleven endemic land birds including Seychelles Magpie robin, sunbird, Fody, and Blue pigeon....

Seychelles Warbler population was so small that a single severe weather event could have caused their extinction, now a hope for nature and the birds of Cousin Island....