Remarkable sighting at Intendance

Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Adrian Skerrett)

: On 10 January 2026, Adrian Skerrett visited the Le Cheval site at Intendance. together with Steve Agricole. Due to heavy rain, they were confined to Adrian's car, but were able to record several vagrant species, namely six Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler and Cotton Pygmy Goose. With no sign of a break in the weather they left the site to check out Police Bay marsh. The rain petered out and they decided to have another shot at birding the Intendance wetland. This bird flew from water near the edge of the road almost as soon as we entered the hotel grounds. It is an adult non-breeding plumage Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus, one of the most remarkable vagrant sightings in Seychelles of all time. It is a first record for the western Indian Ocean.