Bird Island

Throughout the year at least 20 different bird species can be seen, including resident seabirds and land birds, as well as non-breeding migrants. Bird Island can claim the highest number of first-time records for any single island of the Seychelles. With 97 birds recorded, Bird Island is very close to being the first island to record 100 non-breeding migratory birds.  In 1998 Sir David Attenborough and his film team stayed at the lodge to make two episodes of his BBC nature documentary, ‘Life of Birds’. Episode 8 ‘The Demands of the Egg’ explored the lengths to which birds would go to ensure that their chicks are brought into the world. Attenborough began the 50-minute programme on Bird Island with the sooty terns, which had landed to lay their eggs having spent their lives on the wing. Further footage was shown during episode 9, ‘The Problems of Parenthood’, when the sooty terns proved that there is safety in numbers from predators.