Article: Special delivery on man-made island.(News)

By JOHN YELD

Environment & Science Writer

Conservationists are popping the champagne corks to celebrate the arrival of more than 100 newcomers to the world who, with a bit of luck, could be followed soon by a thousand or more others of their kind.

These newcomers are Lesser Flamingo chicks that have just hatched on the specially-constructed artificial island at Kamfers Dam, a large pan just north of Kimberley - the second successful annual breeding effort since the S-shaped island was completed.

January was the first time chicks of this species have hatched naturally in South Africa, and the massive breeding effort currently underway - ...

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