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title: "Watch the lives of a Northern Royal Albatross family with Season 10 of the “Royal Cam”"
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# Watch the lives of a Northern Royal Albatross family with Season 10 of the “Royal Cam”

*![Royal Cam Season 10](https://acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Albatrosses/N/Northern_Royal/Royal_Cam_Season_10.jpg)The male RLK incubating on the Signal Station Trig nest, photograph from the New Zealand Department of Conservation*

 Season 10 of “[Royal Cam](https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/albatrosses/royal-albatross-toroa/royal-cam/)” has started in the mainland colony of [Endangered](https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/northern-royal-albatross-diomedea-sanfordi) [Northern Royal Albatrosses](https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/albatrosses/royal-albatross-toroa) *Diomedia sanfordi* at Pukekura/Taiaroa Head.  A new breeding pair has now been chosen to become the star of what has become a popular [24-hour streaming service](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.doc.govt.nz%2Fnature%2Fnative-animals%2Fbirds%2Fbirds-a-z%2Falbatrosses%2Froyal-albatross-toroa%2Froyal-cam%2Fnamethechick%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0_Ns0PcAlXhEbwWd7VBZyhQ6GG3JMYbgvvquFF-pwmETjLJBjhNtHPcZk_aem_0N_U876g0Sd75evDqg7pSg&h=AT0g_c_Hw5uPo8gICboZykT-BAzkpnL0Vb5NfsVEZspTRBA3i-2-Qkof5PNVxmjiIfg8HcZkmE7UmSNKRThWFNPzjX1c8e1GUU2ElR9gSI-KmUMkFXQI6q9hAnbU8V-ayYe7&__tn__=-UK-R&c%5b0%5d=AT0WT5ceN4ia6J7opwYinMR19lrdHYoD4PHwpuctWcb0Y5WaiiQza1zJJiqGWR6isFrCyetwGyImA6ACtXViTYRICEcL9-0dAoLXe9_ItHRmNeMzKitcOzslBWen6pIQZMLHEMOVmXFcfV-0vf30L6JbxWpRzjj9TbtfjJlPEskpSbHUwUcQKjQXd6Pfm3sb7osTv091WaBdYBknXrHWb3kwhe8QBMRJHbB3uG7R77DzyQFOKvnn).

 The new pair are RLK (colour bands Red, Lime, Black), a 12-year-old male and GLG (Green, Lime Green), a14-year-old female.  This biennially-breeding pair first bred in 2019/20, but their egg failed.  They then successfully raised female chicks during the 2020/21 and 2022/23 breeding seasons.  In the current season GLG laid her egg on 11 November; it was candled and found to be fertile.  RLK and GLG will take turns to incubate the egg for 2.5 months before they have a new chick.

 *“Royal Albatross Cam - The new season begins, the parents are RLK and GLG”*

 Information from the [Albatross Lovers Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/groups/albatrosslovers).

 *John Cooper, Emeritus Information Officer, Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, 04 December 2024*