Mystery remains as petrel fledglings continue to crash-land on West Coast
Waka Kotahi / New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) agreed to switch off the lights. Westland Petrel Conservation Trust chair Bruce Stuart-Menteath said that it seemed to have lessened the problem in Punakaiki, but it was now worse further south in Greymouth. "DoC told me they had at least 20 so far and we found another four squashed on the roadside - this is in Greymouth. "I only found one squashed on the roadside in Punakaiki, so far this season." The Department of Conservation (DoC) said with the street lighting turned off in Punakaiki this year, 10 of the birds had crash landed there, inste...
Source: newshub.co.nz