Cahow Petrel Burrow Nest Cam

A Global Conservation Milestone

The Bermuda Petrel, known locally as the Cahow, was believed extinct for nearly three centuries before a handful of survivors were rediscovered in 1951. This burrow, opened in 2013 as part of Translocation Colony A, is one of the artificial nesting sites created to give the species a fighting chance against rising seas and hurricanes.

Inside the Burrow

The infrared camera peers directly into the nesting chamber, showing the packed earth walls and entrance tunnel where a breeding pair incubates its single annual egg. Minimal-disturbance monitoring lets the Nonsuch Expeditions team and researchers observe courtship, incubation and chick-rearing without ever entering the burrow.

Nonsuch Island Nature Reserve

Set on a protected island reserve, the colony sits alongside sister burrows and an above-ground surface camera covering the wider reserve. The site is part of a broader rewilding project restoring Nonsuch Island's native habitat as a refuge for the Cahow and other seabirds.

A Long-Running Research Effort

Footage from this burrow has supported the Nonsuch Expeditions team's research and outreach for over a decade, offering the public a rare front-row seat to one of conservation biology's most celebrated recovery stories.