Ingested plastics reduce recruitment and survival of Flesh-footed Shearwaters on Lord Howe Island – a 15-year studyhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/ingested-plastics-reduce-recruitment-and-survival-of-flesh-footed-shearwaters-on-lord-howe-island-a-15-year-study

18 August 2026 Plastic fragments in the alimentary system of a Flesh-footed Shearwater, photograph by Jennifer Lavers Jennifer Lavers (Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia) and colleagues have published open access in...

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The Solomon Sea is a hot spot for juvenile Flesh-footed Shearwatershttps://acap.aq/latest-news/the-solomon-sea-is-a-hot-spot-for-juvenile-flesh-footed-shearwaters

17 August 2026 Flesh-footed Shearwater at sea, photograph by Kirk Zufelt Jennifer Lavers (Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia) and colleagues have pre-published open access on movements of satellite-tracked fledglings...

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Flesh-footed Shearwaters contain more plastic than just about any seabird studiedhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/flesh-footed-shearwaters-contain-more-plastic-than-just-about-any-seabird-studied

15 April 2026 Removing plastic fragments from a Flesh-footed Shearwater chick on Lord Howe Island, photograph by Ian Hutton Alexander Bond (Bird Group, The Natural History Museum, Tring, United Kingdom) and Jennifer Lavers have published in the journal Environmental...

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No evidence of sex ratio bias in plastic loads of Flesh-footed Shearwater chickshttps://acap.aq/latest-news/no-evidence-of-sex-ratio-bias-in-plastic-loads-of-flesh-footed-shearwater-chicks

28 January 2026 Removing plastic fragments from a Flesh-footed Shearwater stomach, photograph by Ian Hutton Alex Bond (Bird Group, Natural History Museum, Tring, United Kingdom) and colleagues have published open access in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin on a...

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THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. The Convention on Migratory Species considers the Flesh-footed Shearwater for inclusion on its Appendix II. ACAP listing to follow?https://acap.aq/latest-news/the-acap-monthly-missive-the-convention-on-migratory-species-considers-the-flesh-footed-shearwater-for-inclusion-on-its-appendix-ii-acap-listing-to-follow

22 December 2025 Flesh-footed Shearwater at sea, photograph by Kirk Zufelt Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) have submitted proposals to add 27 species of procellariiform seabirds to CMS appendices. The proposed...

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Flesh-footed Shearwaters found breeding at a new locality on Phillip Islandhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/flesh-footed-shearwaters-found-breeding-at-a-new-locality-on-phillip-island

17 November 2025 A pair of Flesh-footed Shearwaters, photograph from the Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden The Norfolk Island National Park and Botanic Garden reports on Facebook that the Near Threatened Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carnepeis has...

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Age of Flesh-footed Shearwaters returning to Lord Howe Island for the first timehttps://acap.aq/latest-news/age-of-flesh-footed-shearwaters-returning-to-lord-howe-island-for-the-first-time

09 September 2025 A Flesh-footed Shearwater on Lord Howe Island, photograph by Tim Reid Jennifer Lavers (Gulbali Institute, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia) and Alex Bond have published in the journal Emu – Austral Ecology on age at...

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Flesh-footed Shearwaters add nutrients to Lord Howe Islandhttps://acap.aq/latest-news/flesh-footed-shearwaters-add-nutrients-to-lord-howe-island

30 July 2025 Flesh-footed Shearwater on Lord Howe Island, photograph by Tim Reid Megan Grant (Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Newnham, Australia) and colleagues have published open access in the journal Ecology and Evolution on...

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Quantitative photography used to assess plastic pollution in Flesh-footed Shearwatershttps://acap.aq/latest-news/quantitative-photography-used-to-assess-plastic-pollution-in-flesh-footed-shearwaters

19 December 2023 A Flesh-footed Shearwater in flight, photograph by Mike Double Joseph Hollis (Bird Group, Natural History Museum, Tring, UK) and colleagues have published open access in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution on using automated image analysis to...

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UPDATED. THE ACAP MONTHLY MISSIVE. Australia’s Lord Howe Island is declared free of introduced rats and mice following a successful eradication operation in 2019https://acap.aq/latest-news/the-acap-monthly-missive-australias-lord-howe-island-is-declared-free-of-introduced-rats-and-mice-following-a-successful-eradication-operation-in-2019

10 October 2023 Lord Howe Island; photograph by Ian Hutton UPDATE: An early-review publication, recently available open access, details the success of taking two non-target land birds into temporary captivity on Lord Howe while the rodent eradication was underway....

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