Re: Ziemeļu karaliskie albatrosi Jaunzēlandē 2025/2026

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20.48
Īstie vēji un pilnas debesis ar albatrosiem,

21.07

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6.decembris
5.30
Rīts ar mēnestiņu.

5.56
WYL apskata oliņu.

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10.41
Skaistais WYL.



11.22

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15.12
WYL iemidzis.

15.34
Ar kādu sarunājas.

19.00
Vakars.

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7.decembris

6.38
WYL un kuģis.

8.51
Sharyn apgriež zāli pie kameras.

8.53
Tiek sabārta, jo laikam pārāk tuvu ligzdai.

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15.07
Kāds albatross nolaižas ļoti tuvu WYL.

15.08
YA40, tātad albatross, kurš nesen kliboja kameras tuvumā.

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15.09
Atpūšas kameras redzamības zonā.

15.55
WYL krāsu joslas un oliņa.

17.04
Laikam jau YA40 mēģina ieskrieties lidojumam, bet neveiksmīgi.

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18.32
Vakars un kuģis pamet ostu.

20.12
Albatrosi lidojumā, bet viens klīst gar ligzdām.

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8.decembris
7.42
Albatrosi lidojumā.

7.47

7.49
Daži izdomā nolaisties tieši pie WYL ligzdas.

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7.52
Īsu brīdi paviesojas pie perējošā WYL un aizlido.

7.52
Pacelšanās ir iespējama bez ieskrējiena.

7.53

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Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod

Kia ora koutou (hello everyone)

Royalcam News

WYL and BOK who raised a chick at Top Flat Track during 2024 are the new Royalcam pair this season. They are nesting at Plateau this season. The fertile egg was laid on the 6th of November and will be incubated for an average of 79 days before hatching. Give or take a few days the chick is due to hatch near the end of January 2026.

Like last year’s Royalcam pair WYL and BOK will receive GPS trackers, we will be able to follow their foraging journeys as they take turns to incubate the egg. BOK now has a GPS tag and WYL will be fitted with his tag after he returns from his foraging trip. BOK had been on the nest for 12 days when WYL came back from his foraging trip.


BOK has travelled over 650km on her foraging trip so far.

2025/26 season update

Egg laying is over, 47 eggs were laid in total, 2 eggs have broken and 2 were infertile, the rest are viable so far. This was determined by candling, ie shining a light through the eggshell. This is best done after 10 days for toroa eggs. One egg has been established as not being viable using this technique, but the pair will be held on a dummy egg in case we need to use them as foster parents.

Parents take turns incubating their large, single egg for the next 2.5 months until the chick hatches. Incubation stints can be quite short at the beginning and the end of the eggs incubation but often become quite long during the middle as they need to find enough food for themselves and the new chick to come.

If a parent is on the nest for 13 days, we remove the egg to the incubator room for safe keeping as there is a risk of desertion. The toroa are happy to incubate a dummy egg.