Little penguins active on West Island near Victor Harbor for first time in seven years

Active little penguin burrows have been discovered on West Island south of Adelaide for the first time in seven years, six months after fox attacks put the population at nearby Granite Island in dire straits.

Both islands once supported thousands of the native birds, but seal and pest predation, as well as climate change, fish stocks and human interference, have been blamed for reducing their numbers to dangerous levels.

A recent census at Granite Island, for…