Every autumn, residents of Portugal’s tiny Corvo Island switch off public lights for five nights to help young seabirds find the ocean; the wider Azores rescue campaign has saved more than 30,000 fledglings since 2015
- Residents patrol Corvo’s darkened streets, rescuing stranded shearwaters and releasing them safely towards the Atlantic Ocean.
- Imagine an entire island voluntarily turning off its lights, allowing the night sky to guide thousands of young birds towards the ocean.
- On Corvo, the smallest and northernmost island of Portugal’s Azores archipelago, darkness is not a sign of inactivity but an important conservation effort.
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- Residents patrol Corvo’s darkened streets, rescuing stranded shearwaters and releasing them safely towards the Atlantic Ocean.
- Imagine an entire island voluntarily turning off its lights, allowing the night sky to guide thousands of young birds towards the ocean.
- On Corvo, the smallest and northernmost island of Portugal’s Azores archipelago, darkness is not a sign of inactivity but an important conservation effort.
Sources: Times of India