Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)
Had a bath, maybe have a lie down!
Noddys caught in the mist net!
Fariy tern (Gygis alba) chick looking very cute
Ready to release an annoyed looking noddy that got caught in one of the mist nets.
Lesser noddy chick
Seychelles skink (Manbuya seychellensis)
Wright's skink (Trachylepis wrightii), also endemic
The Aldabra giant tortoise was close to extinction with the only population found on the remote Aldabra atoll.
Aldabra giant tortoise (Geochelone gigantea). They love a good scratch in those hard to reach places!
Seychelles magpie-robin (Copsychus sechellarum).
.....ending up like this!
Seychelles fody (Foudia sechellarum), listed as Near-threatened on the IUCN redlist, but common at the dinner table.
....moving on to look like this, before eventually......
The White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) starts out like this......