Paši skumjākie mirkļi, mamma gaida savu bērnu.

14.09
Kaimiņu bērns sagaidījis barošanu.

14.46
Āwheo nav vēl atgriezies.












Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod
He has been seen down the hill today.














Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
Āwheo is further down the hill at this time. It is normal for the chicks to wander away from the nest prior to fledging.
Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
He was near to Wet Rock.
Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC)
Āwheo is down the hill from the Plateau nest today.



Sharyn Broni (Ranger, DOC) Mod
Kia ora koutou (hello everyone)
Royalcam News
Āwheo hatched on the 22nd of January 2026 and is now 215 days old (25th August), average fledging age is 240 days. He was banded F71 on the 18th of July and received his stainless-steel band R-65203 on the 14th of August.
Āwheo has been out of view for the last few days but he is still on the headland, just down the hill from his nest area.
Āwheo was last weighed on the 6th of August, he was11kg. He was weighed out of view of the cam this morning and weighed 10.2kg. The average weight for day 215 is 10kg. He has been fed up to 4 times over the last week. The average weights have levelled out and will start to drop in the next month as is normal prior to fledging. The chicks do not require as much food now that their growing has slowed down.
https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-a ... ks-weight/
Both parents appear to have their favoured foraging locations but have also both taken significant foraging trips away from the usual areas.
2025/26 season update
A record 40 chicks hatched this season and there are a few more males than females. Weights level out from now on until dropping prior to fledging in September. All chicks have received their alphanumeric and Stainless-steel bands. Prior to fledging the chicks will regurgitate a bolus of indigestible squid beaks as part of the normal preparations for fledging. We should also start to see hovering and more wing flapping leading up to their first flight away from the headland.



















