Rappelling down a cliff to visit Fairy Prions
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Ever since finding a colony of Fairy Prions, a type of small seabird on a cliff in Dunedin, Graeme Loh has been working to explore the birds for 30 years. This is the only mainland colony of Fairy Prions in all of Aotearoa NZ, and Graeme has been consistently working to unravel interesting information on these secretive seabirds.  Learn more about Graeme's Work and  the Fairy Prion Fence https://www.facebook.com/fairyprionfence Featuring -  Graeme Loh - Wildlife Conservationist and Fairy Prion expert Producer, Sound Recordist, Sound Editor & Presenter - Karthic SS Follow the Show  Facebook : ⁠https://www.facebook.com/tuneintonature⁠  Instagram : ⁠https://www.instagram.com/tuneintonatureshow/⁠  Twitter : ⁠https://twitter.com/tunenatureshow⁠  Producer & Presenter:  ⁠http://instagram.com/karthiscool⁠  Kindly supported by the NZ Lottery Grants Environment and Heritage fund, administered by Te Tari Taiwhenua, the Department of Internal Affairs Supported by  OAR FM Dunedin, Science Communication, University of Otago and Wild Dunedin - NZ Festival of Nature. This show was broadcast on community radio⁠ OAR 105.4FM⁠ Dunedin and available at ⁠http://accessmedia.nz/⁠  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tuneintonature/message
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