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Checking on the progress of this year's chicks at the small king penguin colony at Penguin River [South Georgia] makes a good excuse for a couple of hours walk from KEP. Five chicks have survived so far - there were six a while ago but as the parent birds tend to lay on a small island in the middle of the river it a bit precarious, especially for very young chicks, if the river floods. At least one chick is known to have been washed away after heavy rain.

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