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Lights off as shearwater chicks take off

Apr 13 2023 Updated April 13, 2023

Sentinel-Times

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Bridge lights will be off and drivers are urged to use caution on the roads this April and May as Short-tailed shearwaters depart on their annual migration north.

PHILLIP Island Nature Parks has called for extra community support to help protect about 700,000 Short-tailed shearwater chicks preparing to embark on their first migration.

Phillip Island Nature Parks Deputy Research Manager Dr Duncan Sutherland said this breeding season had produced the second highest number of chicks on the island in the past decade.

“This year, there has been an 80 per cen...