Westland petrel fledglings have been hitting the roads, possibly mistaking the lights for bioluminescent fish they feed on
In an attempt to save a rare bird species, a small New Zealand village is trialling an innovative strategy: it is switching off all its street lights to stop baby birds becoming confused and crash landing onto the road.
Westland petrels, which are blackish-brown with ivory beaks, breed only along an eight-kilometre stretch of coastal forest in the foothills near Punakaiki, a South Island town of fewer than 100 people and popular with tourists for its pancake rock formations and gushing ocean blowholes.
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