Eggs and feathers: A pair of king penguins have made a very half-hearted effort to breed at KEP again this year. Last year the first recorded penguin laying had us hopeful of a colony forming right on the doorstep, but failed after a few weeks. This year we no sooner realised another egg had been laid than it was abandoned.
Things are going much better at Penguin River where the number of breeders has doubled once more, with more than 20 pairs with chicks and eggs. For variety, mixed in amongst them is a handful of moulting chinstrap penguins.
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