Stitches made it

It is all very exciting here at our yellow-eyed penguin colonies as we are discovering who has made it so far. We found Stitches on her first egg - those of you who remember Stitches will realise that she is super precious: she came to us as a youngster with a horrendous belly bite that was superbly stitched up by our vet Tony and it healed beautifully and she has bred since then. Unfortunately no chicks for her last year, they died young, but hopefully this year she and her mate will get to raise their chicks - with help from us if required of course. She is super special to us and we are delighted she is back!