Re: Ziemeļu karaliskie albatrosi Jaunzēlandē 2025/2026

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Lidojumā ir ļoti daudz albatrosi.

17.14
Sarunas.

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18.20
Tuvojas vakars.

20.55

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18.februāris
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Nakts barošana.

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4.00

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8.31
Ligzdā atgriezusies mamma BOK.

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9.15
Svēršanas reize.

9.16
Drīz svēršanai būs vajadzīgs grozs.

9.16
Albatrosu bērns atgriežas ligzdā.

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9.17
Tiešraides bērna svēršana beigusies.

9.19
Bet šodien tiek svērti arī citi mazulīši.

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10.43
BOK ar mazulīti.

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11.06
Pārsvarā mamma stāv.

11.12

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Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod

Kia ora koutou (hello everyone)

Royalcam News

WYL and BOK and Plateau chick at Plateau nest.

The chick hatched on the 22nd of January 2026 and is now 27 days old (18 Feb) and weighs 2.02kg

This was approximately a 500g increase from the previous weight of 1.49kg last week and is the average weight for a male, heavier females can also easily be this weight. Changeovers by the parents have been frequent, with 4 occurring since the last update and foraging trips have been relatively short.


GPS tracking of BOK over the last 4 days (right) and the last 30 days (left) show BOK has been taking short trips off the Otago coast.


GPS tracking from WYL shows he has ranged much further than his mate. His recent trip to Cook Strait was around 20km from the Wellington sewage spill and he only fed his chick once following that trip.

As the chick gets bigger longer trips will need to be taken as the parents need to provide enough food for a growing chick and themselves.
2025/26 season update

A record 40 chicks hatched this season; however one 2-day old chick has died leaving us with 39 chicks to manage. Monitoring each chick’s weight is now the big task until fledging in September. It takes 2 parents to raise a toroa chick and if for some reason they are unable to supply enough food we will step in and supplementary feed any chicks who require it. As it is important for the supplementary feeding work to be accurate knowing the sex of each chick is important. We should have this information from the recent blood samples in about 2 weeks’ time.

Read more about our work with the toroa here: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-a ... albatross/

In non-breeding news many adolescents have arrived, and gams have been seen on the headland and the surrounding ocean on windy days. Feeding trips are interspersed with time on the headland. It takes 2 inexperienced birds 3 seasons to find a mate before they start breeding. It appears that foraging is better this season compared with the last season and more adolescents are spending time on the headland.
Non-breeders will sometimes interact with breeders even with no familial relationship. It is practice in bonding for the non-breeders and an opportunity for the breeders to have the head lice scratched while their mate is away.

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15.45
BOK un mazais albatrosiņš.

17.33
Arī šodien jaunieši sapulcējušies.

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17.53
Bērns izskatās liels, bet kad paliks viens ligzdā izskatīsies pavisam maziņš.

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Mazulītis drošībā.

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20.11
Vakara barošana.

20.11

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20.46
Visa nogāze pilna ar jauniešiem.

20.46
Kaimiņu ligzdā arī vecāks ar bērnu.