tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58555795861066102302024-03-28T20:28:28.859-07:00The Skokholm BlogNews and updates from the original 'Dream Island'Skokholm Islandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15965313095907294590noreply@blogger.comBlogger3110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855579586106610230.post-30547085268454204322024-03-28T16:32:00.000-07:002024-03-28T16:32:23.191-07:00<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What was for the most part an exceedingly wet day saw us
prepping the Pantry and Obs Kitchen for the fast approaching Work Party, whilst
we also indulged in a bit more bedroom decorating. The avian highlight was
something of a surprise; we have seen between 1500 and 800 </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Lesser Black-backed Gull</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> pairs nesting each year for over a decade and
a fair number of passage birds from elsewhere, all of which have seemingly been
of the western European subspecies </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Larus
fuscus graellsii</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, so our first darker bird from further east, in amongst a
very small North Pond roost, brightened the wet day. Although the </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">L. f. intermedius</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">L. f. fuscus</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> subspecies can be separated
when they’re younger (their moult strategies are so different that some
consider the latter a separate species), adult birds can be indistinguishable,
indeed there is no way of telling if our bird breeds in southwest Scandinavia (</span><i style="font-family: inherit;">L. f. intermedius</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">) or the Baltic (</span><i style="font-family: inherit;">L. f. fuscus</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">). Either way it was a first
during our time on Skokholm. A flyover </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Grey
Plover</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> was the first of the year and made this only the 11th year with a
sighting in this month (March records in 2015, 2018 and 2021 are the most
recent). Other birds logged included 11 dead </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Manx Shearwater</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (the first double-figure count of the year as more
shearwaters return and the </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Great
Black-backed Gulls</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> prepare for the breeding season ahead), eight </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Gannet</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, a </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Cormorant</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, four </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Shag</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">,
two </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Shelduck</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, 11 </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Mallard</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, singles of </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Merlin</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Moorhen</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, 128 </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Oystercatcher</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">,
the </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Lapwing</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, two </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Snipe</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, the </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Whimbrel</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, a </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Curlew</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, only
52 </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Puffin</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, a </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Dunnock</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, two </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Stonechat</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">
(hopefully the pair which had started nest building, although they were out
beyond South Pond), nine </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Wheatear</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, a
big </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Redwing</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, three each of </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Blackcap</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Chiffchaff</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, a </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Willow Warbler</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">,
four </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Goldcrest</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, a </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Linnet</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and the </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Reed Bunting</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Mb1d7KujFSMGLog3T-PUDaI3yrdGoKcAlPDCcwvdUH-hAjF9xlPhbnshmYQyShyphenhyphengZk-VfLHFrwegUhs4msfvSWgtblWZzAPks-PuqNVGNJ8tCV-AgxyXevhaDgO5435CPNCU6sklheeF55n34OQ5X5Dbq4eWI3abHE0SuVnAQHc3-Zs94b4mnt9A4Ujo/s1586/5C9A5285.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="1586" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Mb1d7KujFSMGLog3T-PUDaI3yrdGoKcAlPDCcwvdUH-hAjF9xlPhbnshmYQyShyphenhyphengZk-VfLHFrwegUhs4msfvSWgtblWZzAPks-PuqNVGNJ8tCV-AgxyXevhaDgO5435CPNCU6sklheeF55n34OQ5X5Dbq4eWI3abHE0SuVnAQHc3-Zs94b4mnt9A4Ujo/w640-h426/5C9A5285.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1PK92U363axBGu7RL66Kvp-Vql83a4oW3wkN1oLgpagljRj2GhdcJMMlQt90-2UjU9i8GVZ7NYCBQsMT3SHLYqVYlfCtYonmqjsrHnRbC-XmthlBpnBSAQkW5VsD3xiuHPlZQ7Yog5L-mA5yks2sliqRlVYAw1S15RiczuTFILrW_2ZIqny7as-OQEsz/s2000/5C9A5312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1PK92U363axBGu7RL66Kvp-Vql83a4oW3wkN1oLgpagljRj2GhdcJMMlQt90-2UjU9i8GVZ7NYCBQsMT3SHLYqVYlfCtYonmqjsrHnRbC-XmthlBpnBSAQkW5VsD3xiuHPlZQ7Yog5L-mA5yks2sliqRlVYAw1S15RiczuTFILrW_2ZIqny7as-OQEsz/w640-h428/5C9A5312.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwuvFq4iKeOT2YKcLRp_t-1n236GtegIdbfuMS4tmtRJkANouamDYAM2qtshuLtehkMgzHU7GERkxl0uPWy7UNCxOxUQ-bDcn5noBh4f7FqnWeCCHMzkvORxlpzK4XUY1DxCOCGYy_hWD2bCFxsFL8x7jhWw3_aJZrciTH8WSYN5Cot3QhbTxQmk97nVG/s1678/5C9A5313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1678" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwuvFq4iKeOT2YKcLRp_t-1n236GtegIdbfuMS4tmtRJkANouamDYAM2qtshuLtehkMgzHU7GERkxl0uPWy7UNCxOxUQ-bDcn5noBh4f7FqnWeCCHMzkvORxlpzK4XUY1DxCOCGYy_hWD2bCFxsFL8x7jhWw3_aJZrciTH8WSYN5Cot3QhbTxQmk97nVG/w640-h430/5C9A5313.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">There are only a handful of accepted British </span><i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">L. f. fuscus </i><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">records, all of which are
either adults ringed in colonies with no known hybrids or young birds
identifiable on their moult. </span><i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">L. f.
intermedius </i><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">overwinter in the UK in varying numbers, although they are
seemingly scarce (or under-recorded) in Wales. The limited winter hood in this
bird is more typical of the rarer subspecies (although recent moult may have
reduced its extent) and the bare part colouration perhaps suggests a younger
bird (which coupled with the adult-like plumage may also suggest </span><i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">L. f. fuscus</i><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">), however it lacks the
classic dainty and attenuated structure typical of </span><i style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">L. f. fuscus</i><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">. © Richard Brown</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZdbodfJ_8vfyez-tXBqRzc9CyN8FgPKHJh47vJEqlAmNSUY3r9lCVvwOWCoj-iL9KXe0OSfLSXwSvi4-Ss40K91q3lNsDscchh3-ZCNM44l_DONDF1wyFyICFtqgvw11TKfxkMjA50QW25WZIqrrUIrj9fD-yavhyJlOYPnqS3kuXRWZIkylsxdwkooS/s2420/5C9A5233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1617" data-original-width="2420" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZdbodfJ_8vfyez-tXBqRzc9CyN8FgPKHJh47vJEqlAmNSUY3r9lCVvwOWCoj-iL9KXe0OSfLSXwSvi4-Ss40K91q3lNsDscchh3-ZCNM44l_DONDF1wyFyICFtqgvw11TKfxkMjA50QW25WZIqrrUIrj9fD-yavhyJlOYPnqS3kuXRWZIkylsxdwkooS/w640-h428/5C9A5233.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Skokholm Islandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15965313095907294590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855579586106610230.post-26950550745850648332024-03-27T15:43:00.000-07:002024-03-27T15:43:28.458-07:00<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">A spectacular day of stiff southeasterlies was punctuated
with regular showers and a couple of intense hail squalls which briefly left a
wintery scene in their wake. This continuing run of rough weather looks set to
extend over the weekend, meaning that the spring Work Party (which was due to
start on Friday) will be postponed for a few days (probably until Monday on the
current forecast). So it remains just the two of us for now, our attentions
again focussed on getting the guest bedrooms ready for the season ahead. The birding
was uneventful, with a small number of spring migrants sheltering out of the
wind, many of which were feeding on the ground. The totals came to seven <b>Gannet</b>, a <b>Shag</b>, two each of <b>Shelduck</b>
and <b>Teal</b>, 158 <b>Oystercatcher</b> (this the third highest daycount since 1990), singles
of <b>Lapwing</b>, <b>Snipe</b>, <b>Whimbrel</b> and <b>Curlew</b>, 19 <b>Kittiwake</b>, a few hundred <b>Puffin</b>,
a <b>Woodpigeon</b>, 14 <b>Skylark</b>, singles of <b>Dunnock</b> and <b>Stonechat</b>, 13 <b>Wheatear</b>,
eight <b>Blackcap</b> (all males), seven <b>Chiffchaff</b>, five <b>Willow Warbler</b>, a <b>Goldcrest</b>,
a <b>Linnet</b> and what was probably the
same <b>Reed Bunting</b> at near opposite
ends of the Island.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6Ev-unR1NcHz3C-zEmrBDYPpuWNu3R-rNm3MuJ1IrAr0lp1ruNsDqLsW6ds7h0xYbdkw_57x8z8maOcXTwpkpIR5AKIUFLXk42WdeLu6-IybAHXkK2TCw1I2mUGGD6BBHxb5Up3HHkOS3N3PTU2EEahKydY9JL82lLQJYa09b0jXj3sFdFf0_QjOKDnD/s1730/5C9A5208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="1730" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP6Ev-unR1NcHz3C-zEmrBDYPpuWNu3R-rNm3MuJ1IrAr0lp1ruNsDqLsW6ds7h0xYbdkw_57x8z8maOcXTwpkpIR5AKIUFLXk42WdeLu6-IybAHXkK2TCw1I2mUGGD6BBHxb5Up3HHkOS3N3PTU2EEahKydY9JL82lLQJYa09b0jXj3sFdFf0_QjOKDnD/w640-h428/5C9A5208.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Puffin was enough to encourage one of the Raven pair to pursue
a Peregrine at spectacular speeds around the Lighthouse. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJ3wMhc83n166JrGxVX1VPcaoXi4E6GQVHRuDDvDlYdtt_XNGGOgK3KJZx18HrMJoaKIixUIgecJPXEYqPvI_Cn1JYr2pgqwd6FH4KMDFmD02dp2jZTb5WvOMxPTHmdvEd7Q5V1UDYwyOyD3aFVHIxLJa8ZyDhVyiwIBbn2nW6Uu9eFg33mmtWlYgUPvY/s2414/5C9A5165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1617" data-original-width="2414" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJ3wMhc83n166JrGxVX1VPcaoXi4E6GQVHRuDDvDlYdtt_XNGGOgK3KJZx18HrMJoaKIixUIgecJPXEYqPvI_Cn1JYr2pgqwd6FH4KMDFmD02dp2jZTb5WvOMxPTHmdvEd7Q5V1UDYwyOyD3aFVHIxLJa8ZyDhVyiwIBbn2nW6Uu9eFg33mmtWlYgUPvY/w640-h428/5C9A5165.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We have probably now lost Reed Bunting as a breeding species
on Skokholm. There were seven pairs as recently as 2017 but just two in 2022
and none last year (following a lone sighting of a female in March last year,
there were no more encounters until September). © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis26b-fgt15IsCE6LFPv5bE6uOGKFT0ALbNTHYLl2BD0UtUWle8KCZ3UVPLnbIzA9AE8lDpk2YgNXYe347ZzdsN7JXPFV_j6tXRt3910HMx38lwowLEl4M90_k1CzmdG_7P72RM4nYiqTJlweiLod2S7oZFcUEZv2nboXL6YHnb3hzB9MhboatB5X0MhcF/s1466/5C9A5179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="1466" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis26b-fgt15IsCE6LFPv5bE6uOGKFT0ALbNTHYLl2BD0UtUWle8KCZ3UVPLnbIzA9AE8lDpk2YgNXYe347ZzdsN7JXPFV_j6tXRt3910HMx38lwowLEl4M90_k1CzmdG_7P72RM4nYiqTJlweiLod2S7oZFcUEZv2nboXL6YHnb3hzB9MhboatB5X0MhcF/w640-h428/5C9A5179.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A smart looking Rock Pipit which will perhaps be breeding
farther north than our resident birds. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfZqRovNruot9O1BxPhauyiXwuxtRofUkUiop21tndH8ON2Z0E7hsuf8geleTf8GW-Oo06IlQs-eqR0yaYVO7-hX2qMW2oodvLfJVsqOJ1MK6r5NhB7YNCtgCkA1groNhgn_pQkaTJ9XfTkMJwUuNo5Gnsn-BbEJlJVSZsxCvoNSMZT46qqVt-wSQPHN6/s5472/DSC02970.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfZqRovNruot9O1BxPhauyiXwuxtRofUkUiop21tndH8ON2Z0E7hsuf8geleTf8GW-Oo06IlQs-eqR0yaYVO7-hX2qMW2oodvLfJVsqOJ1MK6r5NhB7YNCtgCkA1groNhgn_pQkaTJ9XfTkMJwUuNo5Gnsn-BbEJlJVSZsxCvoNSMZT46qqVt-wSQPHN6/w640-h426/DSC02970.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv19Oq8wOcbDK3-Wea8Zo5NQ4x1EyyIY5B8csEExhuwBFTjg3JWZ0-cnrxf8LwiciQA1pnO2jRGcY2y_pzuef9wNd-35BTTcadJMn_lHuMuEs-qKkwZq3s0f1BflfL-wZ5p_OKt6X2l91QDvIvD9R278eGBFtjOFpUxIsDNtF5F1sCbcALLmRQtI7wg_SY/s4960/DSC02971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3314" data-original-width="4960" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv19Oq8wOcbDK3-Wea8Zo5NQ4x1EyyIY5B8csEExhuwBFTjg3JWZ0-cnrxf8LwiciQA1pnO2jRGcY2y_pzuef9wNd-35BTTcadJMn_lHuMuEs-qKkwZq3s0f1BflfL-wZ5p_OKt6X2l91QDvIvD9R278eGBFtjOFpUxIsDNtF5F1sCbcALLmRQtI7wg_SY/w640-h428/DSC02971.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjz23xRaHLFFg_WqRJ-hsUuzdUOdWA7KervJudNIxqCKtgUqwjvtQSdttIQ7hPJzkfiAANzYoq0Ij3hHRkLVHEBiehXXM1m3cfUTd-ZxFQSDsCuNja0t6rRtW6AZhAsvcOxRpnQnskkTbz4xUcr3TCdgFVQ_2Pdl06tuqF2W3sAimoBEVzZ7NXacsEo_U/s5472/DSC02965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjz23xRaHLFFg_WqRJ-hsUuzdUOdWA7KervJudNIxqCKtgUqwjvtQSdttIQ7hPJzkfiAANzYoq0Ij3hHRkLVHEBiehXXM1m3cfUTd-ZxFQSDsCuNja0t6rRtW6AZhAsvcOxRpnQnskkTbz4xUcr3TCdgFVQ_2Pdl06tuqF2W3sAimoBEVzZ7NXacsEo_U/w640-h426/DSC02965.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
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kept much of the path network a slippery torrent, a pleasantly dry day of
spectacular cloudscapes was ideal for enjoying migrants busily feeding after
the rougher weather. However the day began with something of a surprise, with a
<b>Chough</b> (complete with a bill full of
nest material) peering in through our bedroom window at the Lighthouse. Another
two <b>Chough</b> were watching on from the
Compound, the windowsill bird probably one of those from the Dip who have been
building for the last few days. Although it was too windy for the mist nets
which would have given us a better idea of numbers, there were five <b>Blackcap</b>, 16 <b>Chiffchaff</b>, 11 <b>Willow
Warbler</b> and three <b>Goldcrest</b> logged;
it was a pleasure to hear <b>Blackcap</b>
and <b>Willow Warbler</b> song for the
first time this year. Other birds logged included 19 <b>Gannet</b>, a <b>Shag</b>, two
extra <b>Canada Goose</b> (taking us to
six), 180 <b>Common Scoter</b>, a <b>Red Kite</b> (see the blog from the 24th
for further kite details), 143 <b>Oystercatcher</b>,
the <b>Lapwing</b>, singles of <b>Snipe</b> and <b>Woodpigeon</b>, 19 <b>Skylark</b>,
13 <b>Wheatear</b>, 41 <b>Jackdaw</b>, two <b>Starling</b>, a
<b>Goldfinch</b>, three <b>Linnet</b> and a <b>Reed Bunting</b>. The non-birding portion of the day was unsurprisingly
spent cleaning and decorating, with the majority of our attention again
focussed on Lockley’s Cottage.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFcyNUldWfzADP326ckK9HyXFOgc1f261TJb2_wmYBkKn3Ygt20BvTK_Euo6Kjzk9FeuWBu21wvtJ7XG3h8s0GjQysEaHpRb-uyY6eNfNNsVGn7RF6p2bwVg-2Ss2pqf4DvgqKqUtKJ6FHYMDTmE0eTLaWDEAy-fGnzxTnHfspqvAT8uCGfeyTsqmcrOW/s3138/5C9A5102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2095" data-original-width="3138" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFcyNUldWfzADP326ckK9HyXFOgc1f261TJb2_wmYBkKn3Ygt20BvTK_Euo6Kjzk9FeuWBu21wvtJ7XG3h8s0GjQysEaHpRb-uyY6eNfNNsVGn7RF6p2bwVg-2Ss2pqf4DvgqKqUtKJ6FHYMDTmE0eTLaWDEAy-fGnzxTnHfspqvAT8uCGfeyTsqmcrOW/w640-h428/5C9A5102.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAilOt5HTjNa7nsB-_dCz2xazVpkrN2WF4pQWQfNBn8VLLXYo9sAsISkVrroy3l6mUFW9IM2NZi-psh5hKdtZ2fF2Wz_mv6S0xrDwpwpLyvO5Cp4I72cIuCg-KwFk7daFzBAqCGIZSJsHJ92TkOgmhTlMX3oW7RvRce8a0RpZZ1ECHjnmjTSKEMhWAVHa/s5024/5C9A5140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3355" data-original-width="5024" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAilOt5HTjNa7nsB-_dCz2xazVpkrN2WF4pQWQfNBn8VLLXYo9sAsISkVrroy3l6mUFW9IM2NZi-psh5hKdtZ2fF2Wz_mv6S0xrDwpwpLyvO5Cp4I72cIuCg-KwFk7daFzBAqCGIZSJsHJ92TkOgmhTlMX3oW7RvRce8a0RpZZ1ECHjnmjTSKEMhWAVHa/w640-h428/5C9A5140.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4W0D0FEk0IDTD1MC-0mb87raTmc47tzmw2UtpQvfVaY2PFpGHt5CvVu_qGz_1w9xYHraQuY8MQnIfQS1cKgi_8ZX_CIjhoEHkkFRg23l_lG-nx10CZu2PuftQMGdbe4xrkKNF1v1_t-Ob-FoAHJbax3i0wGDNkiImxSjEP7rzMaO2DunAxdyyY8HSedRO/s4001/5C9A5145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2670" data-original-width="4001" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4W0D0FEk0IDTD1MC-0mb87raTmc47tzmw2UtpQvfVaY2PFpGHt5CvVu_qGz_1w9xYHraQuY8MQnIfQS1cKgi_8ZX_CIjhoEHkkFRg23l_lG-nx10CZu2PuftQMGdbe4xrkKNF1v1_t-Ob-FoAHJbax3i0wGDNkiImxSjEP7rzMaO2DunAxdyyY8HSedRO/w640-h428/5C9A5145.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Although the seabird season has been slow to get going, with
the cliff nesting auks being particularly conspicuous by their very regular
absences, there were signs that the breeding season is upon us, with mating
Great Black-backed Gulls and another Puffin landfall. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8ykbcBsVja80ZMa6bTYmia5BVfZ0hlWrQHpIX5MDDTOAqY9GEqlb7zzHYxFUStgpQ33fsTBIkqWtZR4swbzHtr_6yiNvXZs6LStr4mN1pkBRTYTPtnxqW8zoR6R3wuDyfQFeJ_K2yCLz7AOonM6cY9hUAhkAp7i3L080iKsphn1vfYZ7Y5IDcRnoja62/s3224/5C9A5127.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="3224" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV8ykbcBsVja80ZMa6bTYmia5BVfZ0hlWrQHpIX5MDDTOAqY9GEqlb7zzHYxFUStgpQ33fsTBIkqWtZR4swbzHtr_6yiNvXZs6LStr4mN1pkBRTYTPtnxqW8zoR6R3wuDyfQFeJ_K2yCLz7AOonM6cY9hUAhkAp7i3L080iKsphn1vfYZ7Y5IDcRnoja62/w640-h428/5C9A5127.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There were again 19 Skylark, a pleasing number given that
this species has been struggling on Skomer. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGk-4d0YxNdH2xC0mDfY24E33a6mRqSvfshH5zBKezjwWxvB-hDMM-EowmETIxFH1t-R3ESCEUnFgse0GwwNVeuJ1pqblK2OlRu5NFzc7merdmnqn-ZyjsAnk2jMUku6_wxM7v88rZ0ULVWT4VZstcta65XWnn9WfDzcjMmd1S6bcDJGSa5DCg_jTjpd9c/s4053/5C9A5108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2704" data-original-width="4053" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGk-4d0YxNdH2xC0mDfY24E33a6mRqSvfshH5zBKezjwWxvB-hDMM-EowmETIxFH1t-R3ESCEUnFgse0GwwNVeuJ1pqblK2OlRu5NFzc7merdmnqn-ZyjsAnk2jMUku6_wxM7v88rZ0ULVWT4VZstcta65XWnn9WfDzcjMmd1S6bcDJGSa5DCg_jTjpd9c/w640-h426/5C9A5108.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A flock of 17 Crow on North Plain took the daycount to 42,
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border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Skokholm Island is owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Skokholm Islandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15965313095907294590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855579586106610230.post-27966321807677411002024-03-25T15:49:00.000-07:002024-03-25T15:49:51.193-07:00<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">A very wet early morning of lashing rain soon improved,
although the continued stiff wind kept the majority of avian heads down. The
wind dropped as the day went on, but the rain returned, this seemingly dropping
a few migrants in at the Farm (at one point four <b>Chiffchaff</b> spiralled into the Cottage Garden, although these were
perhaps relocating from elsewhere on the Island in the calmer conditions). <b>Puffins</b> famously accumulate in wet
weather, this afternoon seeing a massive landfall of birds soon brown of belly
and bejewelled of back; although conditions were again unsuitable for a whole
Island count, it was a fine opportunity to pick up a few colour rings
(particularly in areas which will soon be obscured by Bracken growth, one of
these a bird not seen last year). The non-birding portion of the day was spent
cleaning the Cottage in preparation for the fast approaching Work Party. Birds
logged included two <b>Shag</b>, seven male
<b>Mallard</b>, no raptors at all
(following yesterday’s raptorfest), 141 <b>Oystercatcher</b>,
two each of <b>Snipe</b> and <b>Curlew</b>, over 7000 <b>Puffin</b> from the Neck to Crab Bay, nine <b>Skylark</b>, seven <b>Wheatear</b>,
13 <b>Chiffchaff</b>, two <b>Goldcrest</b> and a <b>Linnet</b>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sLejXL_YLcVFGuUqFpvONP06ne_mgUjelo18aH1Cigyzfm_fQaPt5aMx__iU5N5Rwo45n_6kK9sokLp7yFn93Dl_VNE__UVWNl_a71Sp0eJtbffcCUS3EINEuVAXpLYUNmg33zIJSGXD37KSO9y0XR_BO_1L4jwKZhloCP4yoEOllMpdMMY1-GCiEoaL/s4869/5C9A5088.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3251" data-original-width="4869" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sLejXL_YLcVFGuUqFpvONP06ne_mgUjelo18aH1Cigyzfm_fQaPt5aMx__iU5N5Rwo45n_6kK9sokLp7yFn93Dl_VNE__UVWNl_a71Sp0eJtbffcCUS3EINEuVAXpLYUNmg33zIJSGXD37KSO9y0XR_BO_1L4jwKZhloCP4yoEOllMpdMMY1-GCiEoaL/w640-h428/5C9A5088.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnIi8WMmfyhB4uJ_yB3XPZJvwsoIDYTfDWRdBb3TYUS_ViMPew7ubA7lYlMAoZuIXqcs54qw9H7P0N8zwOdy68ZF6Eb1t2sblduapRstA0DfR_VvEn4ytLVkE-T5q7w3VmJwDs2L1JrbH-n9yloumh9elwQI2vDDauGbseZZq-M8GUzPTg2dOEGGAne9w/s4328/5C9A5095.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2888" data-original-width="4328" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOnIi8WMmfyhB4uJ_yB3XPZJvwsoIDYTfDWRdBb3TYUS_ViMPew7ubA7lYlMAoZuIXqcs54qw9H7P0N8zwOdy68ZF6Eb1t2sblduapRstA0DfR_VvEn4ytLVkE-T5q7w3VmJwDs2L1JrbH-n9yloumh9elwQI2vDDauGbseZZq-M8GUzPTg2dOEGGAne9w/w640-h428/5C9A5095.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thousands of Puffins gathered during the morning before an
afternoon landfall. Watching the rafts surfing a choppy sea is hypnotising. ©
Richard Brown</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_mSDz6xxjyXQi-rfAxr6Sut2MjyXFlNkyMOfLRw4GO22KBlExFjiJdis4pmM5PSdHMwgD7lM41UYznu7u0j7ds1OtUneV5iFfllG2SRrA_yWEjizbGcXdG0oL3UlSqo5z_N5veK_dIpO3PX-RIIqjWr2i6z5hp8TlvFviYbML0UGBVfFwRnOoKG0A/s1289/2013-2022%20covers.jpg" style="color: #7b5341; display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1147" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_mSDz6xxjyXQi-rfAxr6Sut2MjyXFlNkyMOfLRw4GO22KBlExFjiJdis4pmM5PSdHMwgD7lM41UYznu7u0j7ds1OtUneV5iFfllG2SRrA_yWEjizbGcXdG0oL3UlSqo5z_N5veK_dIpO3PX-RIIqjWr2i6z5hp8TlvFviYbML0UGBVfFwRnOoKG0A/w570-h640/2013-2022%20covers.jpg" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; 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nocturnal migrants, or at least very few were grounded on Skokholm. But as the
wind dropped during a sunny late morning, Skokholm seemingly looked attractive
to mainland birds which seldom visit. Specifically a group of three <b>Red Kite </b>drifted over, these the first
of the year and a record-equalling daycount. One of the Kites was later found feeding
on a Rabbit near the Lighthouse, the alarming Great Black-backed Gulls watching
on perhaps suggesting that it had robbed the meal. The explosive alarm calls of
Snipe were indicative of another diurnal arrival, with the first <b>Hen Harrier</b> of the season watched over
South Pond and the Hills; this ringtail was a scarce March sighting, indeed there
have been records in just eight previous Marches, including five of those since
2016. A smart pale <b>Buzzard</b> near the
Bluffs was not one of our resident birds, this another raptor encouraged to
make the crossing in the sunshine. Despite these arrivals, many species were
conspicuous by their absence; there were very few gulls ashore, almost no auks
at all (a few hundred <b>Puffin</b> arrived
to South Haven in the afternoon) and only low numbers of <b>Fulmar</b> and <b>Oystercatcher</b>.
Other birds logged included three <b>Shag</b>,
two <b>Teal</b>, a male <b>Merlin</b>, the <b>Lapwing</b>, six <b>Snipe</b>,
singles of <b>Whimbrel</b> and <b>Curlew</b>, 18 <b>Skylark</b> (including a flock of eight), 71 <b>Meadow Pipit</b> (including a flock of 35), five <b>Stonechat</b>, eight <b>Wheatear</b>
and four <b>Chiffchaff</b>. The non-birding
portion of the day was spent transporting the second half of things which came
onto the Island on the 10th to the Lighthouse, restarting the water system
(after it was flushed out yesterday) and painting at the Obs.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbws1ZUh2jYLZAlW5QZ59AwfYP3gJWD3BuURsCSgrcMwQBPdiedIxfzluflskt2L3z8lGyXdFEonpRTJDoEC9I-OBwnNAy4lrIMUWoyaVFwS7QVDx7CWHX0rj2xES0Rz1r54dHOcqaHYhwj2kIdhebG8CqvdHIvkdp51DIM6W4DnRuK6ISQFRqolZcH_k/s2271/5C9A5065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="2271" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGbws1ZUh2jYLZAlW5QZ59AwfYP3gJWD3BuURsCSgrcMwQBPdiedIxfzluflskt2L3z8lGyXdFEonpRTJDoEC9I-OBwnNAy4lrIMUWoyaVFwS7QVDx7CWHX0rj2xES0Rz1r54dHOcqaHYhwj2kIdhebG8CqvdHIvkdp51DIM6W4DnRuK6ISQFRqolZcH_k/w640-h426/5C9A5065.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pNpGNhK1TLghsG-TodnDe5rB8vaiNaWeSlETYYKOUzV2_56y-bFnMpVoB47noWqwVENqQm_EWed8Xem5vx8ReMg86cfHeyn7OH-1wu528ifZZHVAULl0MHPqhIIkLCmyUSN1ALqr5CWsqWjigJV5ZsZell_TkFUOWCbxrwSMaPfj3e5-uvYSJgH9GStv/s2276/5C9A5064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="2276" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pNpGNhK1TLghsG-TodnDe5rB8vaiNaWeSlETYYKOUzV2_56y-bFnMpVoB47noWqwVENqQm_EWed8Xem5vx8ReMg86cfHeyn7OH-1wu528ifZZHVAULl0MHPqhIIkLCmyUSN1ALqr5CWsqWjigJV5ZsZell_TkFUOWCbxrwSMaPfj3e5-uvYSJgH9GStv/w640-h428/5C9A5064.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2XyD5HZIsc2hziUHsI8T7YRfqB_PO0IsF1F4I3yPBVkdZeKAqB56dvuOEecAHLrw6yBi1M6HgncyKA6VBwajRBCHeffEOsNPMQuLfaG_ZZeVsaA33Y47IWVlDPgWbNg3XsoCe4XKu1UT3VRDkF0kgPOlUQNJ1QAeB6Je71E1nN1yh3iOnPcS73AlJa93/s2558/5C9A5069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1709" data-original-width="2558" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2XyD5HZIsc2hziUHsI8T7YRfqB_PO0IsF1F4I3yPBVkdZeKAqB56dvuOEecAHLrw6yBi1M6HgncyKA6VBwajRBCHeffEOsNPMQuLfaG_ZZeVsaA33Y47IWVlDPgWbNg3XsoCe4XKu1UT3VRDkF0kgPOlUQNJ1QAeB6Je71E1nN1yh3iOnPcS73AlJa93/w640-h428/5C9A5069.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VG3waCDMQUkVqqlXJ9Z6gHT-xJwcRypqxab-Meu_QAKMkCJpr7AgU2Qr9-pv0czn94jJ61LjDVxmAjb4hiH9VASAFKpR9kzmKvS1mbMcW0MNlS4LaiX8bnJI0YcPqLsEHdxJ-dpto2rZ-r926mIqhtSggKQfsqfwrxfY-xZjItTp0Us8Y3nZT8x1kgtw/s2162/5C9A5032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="2162" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VG3waCDMQUkVqqlXJ9Z6gHT-xJwcRypqxab-Meu_QAKMkCJpr7AgU2Qr9-pv0czn94jJ61LjDVxmAjb4hiH9VASAFKpR9kzmKvS1mbMcW0MNlS4LaiX8bnJI0YcPqLsEHdxJ-dpto2rZ-r926mIqhtSggKQfsqfwrxfY-xZjItTp0Us8Y3nZT8x1kgtw/w640-h428/5C9A5032.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Red Kite have been recorded in 11 previous years, including
annually since 2015, although the sightings only total 50 bird-days (with highs
of nine in 2000 and 2021 and ten in 2022). There were three together today,
this matching the highest previous daycount logged on 27th April 2022. ©
Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcaVY7I4XGHS8KzyknUZ5yjW3zkO5Xhcutx0yk4FWFMhQnoMNjQDPuPb1FueCstZp8oDSH-vjen31qYV6NTAT6EWT0mR6hLTzgSabp2ZLz4L0gfzutBCkisjOyYaL-4rX6GUr0rday-OlldFyWBeZoEZ_8fNdI25ouV2dw-tKmp1O0M4xWWCHB2v14eOK/s1535/5C9A5006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1535" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcaVY7I4XGHS8KzyknUZ5yjW3zkO5Xhcutx0yk4FWFMhQnoMNjQDPuPb1FueCstZp8oDSH-vjen31qYV6NTAT6EWT0mR6hLTzgSabp2ZLz4L0gfzutBCkisjOyYaL-4rX6GUr0rday-OlldFyWBeZoEZ_8fNdI25ouV2dw-tKmp1O0M4xWWCHB2v14eOK/w640-h426/5C9A5006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The majority of Wheatear logged have been here for a few
days, the current weather seemingly enough to delay the next wave of arrivals. ©
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birding, indeed numbers were well down on recent days. There were however a
couple of surprises in the Well Heligoland, first with a pair of <b>Mallard</b> and later with a <b>Moorhen</b>. Most of the day was spent
de-moulding bedrooms after the wet winter; both Bullhouse and the Ringing Room
will need a bit of a touch-up tomorrow, but then they’ll be ready for the
season ahead. The drinking water system was cleaned and flushed out ready for
starting the ram tomorrow (which should refill the header tank pretty quickly
given how much water there is in the Well). Birds logged included just 35 <b>Fulmar</b> (the lowest count since our
return), 21 <b>Gannet</b>, two <b>Shelduck</b>, two <b>Merlin</b>, two <b>Moorhen</b>, 103
<b>Oystercatcher</b> (101 of which were on
the Anticline), a <b>Snipe</b>, two <b>Curlew</b>, no auks at all, 11 <b>Skylark</b>, seven <b>Pied Wagtail</b>, five <b>Wheatear</b>,
five <b>Chiffchaff</b> (at least two of
which were present yesterday) and two <b>Goldcrest</b>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMIjYsBp_C1gJ3hIsMgFcfOzXpwNBNwCyosADG9x94wcpxVkEV4zmGKMT6_d4N5wUcORK_Pec6qFgfRkqSLJhwZ_qJszO1o6jGh7i9ODpYxm1TU0-FOJOHO8mkA76b1dYKqAmqsWka9yIGfeVgg4x25_ZaqKq2TlMcXJr50FRyVuDQV9ad6bZD2seaLSr/s3466/DSC02879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2313" data-original-width="3466" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMIjYsBp_C1gJ3hIsMgFcfOzXpwNBNwCyosADG9x94wcpxVkEV4zmGKMT6_d4N5wUcORK_Pec6qFgfRkqSLJhwZ_qJszO1o6jGh7i9ODpYxm1TU0-FOJOHO8mkA76b1dYKqAmqsWka9yIGfeVgg4x25_ZaqKq2TlMcXJr50FRyVuDQV9ad6bZD2seaLSr/w640-h428/DSC02879.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDn-i7sZdJ5qv6PecDVj0Tvjw-XA-IJV65-GOiHyKl2m9wKnooPrN2Fwcwi_fW2cs25Qe2yYPAenDAk5E5NsEO6QkhrYxPfoalkaX3DQ-KAmWp_2_Y2Id_Anl9bb1bpA62QGiOsVGppzHGLpBGPyl_F2UMFxpowG146E4W2LDSGXHKM4uREy45AskpptNV/s4328/DSC02903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2888" data-original-width="4328" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDn-i7sZdJ5qv6PecDVj0Tvjw-XA-IJV65-GOiHyKl2m9wKnooPrN2Fwcwi_fW2cs25Qe2yYPAenDAk5E5NsEO6QkhrYxPfoalkaX3DQ-KAmWp_2_Y2Id_Anl9bb1bpA62QGiOsVGppzHGLpBGPyl_F2UMFxpowG146E4W2LDSGXHKM4uREy45AskpptNV/w640-h428/DSC02903.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjupT8l1z4N8GHLRKL6beMgLmXRYbEB9agrx-AD90HrWQ8LhIPqIUG8d9zPnp2giroQYIbmeIo3gUIPzLVeqGHv65D6MvSQDeyDojlcn28qywrbVyq3VPlXcME0pEYO4MeBEfm5N9NzpHwRHBmg08lpCbZNcs_6CJQaMRY7QwpSsMQBNLiZX1PUtRQ2Le/s4265/DSC02895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2848" data-original-width="4265" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjupT8l1z4N8GHLRKL6beMgLmXRYbEB9agrx-AD90HrWQ8LhIPqIUG8d9zPnp2giroQYIbmeIo3gUIPzLVeqGHv65D6MvSQDeyDojlcn28qywrbVyq3VPlXcME0pEYO4MeBEfm5N9NzpHwRHBmg08lpCbZNcs_6CJQaMRY7QwpSsMQBNLiZX1PUtRQ2Le/w640-h428/DSC02895.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofv5ZcvncMkjQ5eHWFBj_mKwHp98keB1XZy31BCbGF4xV-sONwkR4tqF7cLfvilP4gFUYSVdiaJxsmj3O-DOaJXGq-FjxwNAqPUe653co9iQuZ8Voi9ecY52-GkWPioHUhoqwSZdjB7uMYJXn-XHARmvubJU7IyGrxpVExLWx9g5C2w3t3dOM8V-fpNNl/s4397/DSC02899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2934" data-original-width="4397" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofv5ZcvncMkjQ5eHWFBj_mKwHp98keB1XZy31BCbGF4xV-sONwkR4tqF7cLfvilP4gFUYSVdiaJxsmj3O-DOaJXGq-FjxwNAqPUe653co9iQuZ8Voi9ecY52-GkWPioHUhoqwSZdjB7uMYJXn-XHARmvubJU7IyGrxpVExLWx9g5C2w3t3dOM8V-fpNNl/w640-h428/DSC02899.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5pQgDY7XS2a9pL9vbKXuAFQst5Jf2Sv0JghMDGS4RQ5yJR7aUljP2KJNbB_AoKowfEPzpyrGj6SOK8Kt21yi1ehb249ApGWkEzE0qQgRLH89_c1unHJxLcgSRKlWxEoSCbQCf3FRpchad8vXK-3-uisRjkurN-Szed7n2NZgHo9dnBi5UF7WXaS47pv7/s2006/DSC02909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="2006" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5pQgDY7XS2a9pL9vbKXuAFQst5Jf2Sv0JghMDGS4RQ5yJR7aUljP2KJNbB_AoKowfEPzpyrGj6SOK8Kt21yi1ehb249ApGWkEzE0qQgRLH89_c1unHJxLcgSRKlWxEoSCbQCf3FRpchad8vXK-3-uisRjkurN-Szed7n2NZgHo9dnBi5UF7WXaS47pv7/w640-h428/DSC02909.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
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little brisk at times in a cool northwester) saw a couple of additions to the
2024 yearlist. Two <b>Willow Warbler</b>
were three days later than the first of last year, but six days earlier than
the 2013-2023 first bird mean, indeed two birds last year are the only earlier
individuals ever seen on Skokholm. A flyover <b>Rook</b> this afternoon was our first March bird since 2016 and made
this only the 85th bird-day to be logged in this month (21 of which were in
1929). Other birds logged today included seven <b>Gannet</b>, 11 <b>Mallard</b>,
singles of <b>Merlin</b>, <b>Water Rail</b> and <b>Lapwing</b>, five <b>Snipe</b>,
only a handful of <b>auks</b>, 18 <b>Skylark</b>, 64 <b>Meadow Pipit</b>, what was probably the same <b>Black Redstart</b> (although now it is ringed, so we will have more of
an idea in future), the <b>Stonechat</b>
pair, nine <b>Wheatear</b>, two <b>Redwing</b>, 15 <b>Chiffchaff</b>, seven <b>Goldcrest</b>,
five <b>Starling</b> and singles of <b>Goldfinch</b> and <b>Linnet</b>. The non-birding portion of the day was spent cleaning
Central Block bedrooms, painting in Officer’s Mess and putting up another four
mist nets (although it was again too windy to keep them open). All of the
permanent mist net sites now have a furling stick holder to keep wooden handles
off what is currently very wet ground.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEsEoeTc5979KvQnR6FaQ7kxVfk-qFy9gBoY_JuoLe43W9psElZww92jkb5C2LWLP6TRpk6ka3JLZsvX3Jq0dHgcbE0Eh401FiONmPzeqHRnrnDbqo2dbRX6SrzKI6PqDCgddkmuRkKWGIhFcW6Ke-ti-5UPnGWt6u_sNWPuNmWdrfqsZLrnyLoomp25n/s3035/5C9A4982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2031" data-original-width="3035" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEsEoeTc5979KvQnR6FaQ7kxVfk-qFy9gBoY_JuoLe43W9psElZww92jkb5C2LWLP6TRpk6ka3JLZsvX3Jq0dHgcbE0Eh401FiONmPzeqHRnrnDbqo2dbRX6SrzKI6PqDCgddkmuRkKWGIhFcW6Ke-ti-5UPnGWt6u_sNWPuNmWdrfqsZLrnyLoomp25n/w640-h428/5C9A4982.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb_uHONjY4S8ma-n8zTLj8-YQw3HpFMDZivKKBlGp58QbKB2ih0Fk4h_hI7WekqYjq6oxospXZlfVZ5aYQ9bLO4NgQkap5bxGlk3hEmgZ-yE0GuOdLytCu2Dlbc3kTn8YHGt1p5l1f_Wl_bvJGZClo_WdJs2VOGnabGRmDQj6r-irLSqD60rWlibGcbo_/s3058/5C9A4993.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2043" data-original-width="3058" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb_uHONjY4S8ma-n8zTLj8-YQw3HpFMDZivKKBlGp58QbKB2ih0Fk4h_hI7WekqYjq6oxospXZlfVZ5aYQ9bLO4NgQkap5bxGlk3hEmgZ-yE0GuOdLytCu2Dlbc3kTn8YHGt1p5l1f_Wl_bvJGZClo_WdJs2VOGnabGRmDQj6r-irLSqD60rWlibGcbo_/w640-h428/5C9A4993.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
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Wheelhouse Heligoland, whilst both Willow Warbler eventually made their way
into the Well Heligoland. © Richard Brown</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_mSDz6xxjyXQi-rfAxr6Sut2MjyXFlNkyMOfLRw4GO22KBlExFjiJdis4pmM5PSdHMwgD7lM41UYznu7u0j7ds1OtUneV5iFfllG2SRrA_yWEjizbGcXdG0oL3UlSqo5z_N5veK_dIpO3PX-RIIqjWr2i6z5hp8TlvFviYbML0UGBVfFwRnOoKG0A/s1289/2013-2022%20covers.jpg" style="color: #7b5341; display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1147" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_mSDz6xxjyXQi-rfAxr6Sut2MjyXFlNkyMOfLRw4GO22KBlExFjiJdis4pmM5PSdHMwgD7lM41UYznu7u0j7ds1OtUneV5iFfllG2SRrA_yWEjizbGcXdG0oL3UlSqo5z_N5veK_dIpO3PX-RIIqjWr2i6z5hp8TlvFviYbML0UGBVfFwRnOoKG0A/w570-h640/2013-2022%20covers.jpg" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; 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putting up the first of the mist nets for the season ahead (although it was
again too windy to leave them open) and cleaning and decorating at the Obs
(with attention today turning to glosswork in the kitchen and painting in the
Officer’s Mess bedrooms). Although it was cool and grey, breeding was very much
on the agenda for some birds, with <b>Chough</b>
pairs at both the Dip and Peter’s Bay nest building, as were the <b>Stonechats</b> at the South Coast Cut
(although the latter were nowhere to be seen this evening, a <b>Merlin</b> again sat within only a few
metres of their new nest). Another small fall of early migrants saw 16 <b>Goldcrest</b> and 12 <b>Chiffchaff</b> logged, eight of the former together in the splash zone
at Crab Bay. The first 13 <b>Sand Martin </b>of
the year headed north (11 of which were together), these four days later than
the first of last spring but one day earlier than the 2013-2023 mean. Other
birds logged included two <b>Teal</b>, the <b>Lapwing</b>, a <b>Woodpigeon</b>, 20 <b>Skylark</b>,
what was presumably the same lingering <b>Black
Redstart</b>, another three <b>Stonechat</b>,
12 <b>Wheatear</b>, two <b>Starling</b> and the first <b>Goldfinch</b> of the year. Eight <b>Grey Seal </b>were hauled out in Crab Bay, whilst
the only <b>Slowworm</b> logged was eaten
by a <b>Jackdaw</b>. We received news that the female <b>Blackcap </b>trapped yesterday had been ringed as a juvenile on 19th September 2022 at Durlston Country Park, Dorset. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gt1JnhkgSurlGH6upKXsScX6Z6zNscXGbBvyA7eTszeegqBvIZCABagpjqlWKUNFK3wrWlFsGMJH_ddxacUNp6HmDsSeVRLMODvfc6AcNQohkouKOF1FfMsphraQ4HqnU1P7hKjXwaUuYLB3ehvVq5t5b8SBl9985YZTtBM6hK2ohKKTexX3vOWCqecZ/s3052/5C9A4923.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2037" data-original-width="3052" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gt1JnhkgSurlGH6upKXsScX6Z6zNscXGbBvyA7eTszeegqBvIZCABagpjqlWKUNFK3wrWlFsGMJH_ddxacUNp6HmDsSeVRLMODvfc6AcNQohkouKOF1FfMsphraQ4HqnU1P7hKjXwaUuYLB3ehvVq5t5b8SBl9985YZTtBM6hK2ohKKTexX3vOWCqecZ/w640-h428/5C9A4923.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftEQLWCawkjZE7XiOwP66tuZhficf74Izv1VrVS2HXHjU1X0onKcG8NIHGjH0xqKt8vQ_6QImfRWJxbR5dWUs4ryBeHAUNaCXIgvAY37Z4h_TyEPGBALkc5R0kIZXNCtfkOsv6TzEc-YoJMMfqjh_iG_g2hnIhEVcP26fzTyNLThob3qlpmdNTULAH9X_/s2448/5C9A4914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="2448" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftEQLWCawkjZE7XiOwP66tuZhficf74Izv1VrVS2HXHjU1X0onKcG8NIHGjH0xqKt8vQ_6QImfRWJxbR5dWUs4ryBeHAUNaCXIgvAY37Z4h_TyEPGBALkc5R0kIZXNCtfkOsv6TzEc-YoJMMfqjh_iG_g2hnIhEVcP26fzTyNLThob3qlpmdNTULAH9X_/w640-h428/5C9A4914.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Goldcrests down on the Crab Bay rocks. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYarAVYuNZYgvIct6YnRjG_4RcEWRV2MI_Los0khviG6Voq-eCx4Nd8SRuGmo_1-1vlCMCQ791uqAbTUrztjUYu6FOuql3Mta1JkppI3lyGhSha0CI6IRc-N7GOVrS6-76DrAu2LB16yCFzhTrsV1TGfT28pcM92hcBgeLOO58YmuwRNx_YkoUc6PgISuF/s1173/5C9A4907.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1173" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYarAVYuNZYgvIct6YnRjG_4RcEWRV2MI_Los0khviG6Voq-eCx4Nd8SRuGmo_1-1vlCMCQ791uqAbTUrztjUYu6FOuql3Mta1JkppI3lyGhSha0CI6IRc-N7GOVrS6-76DrAu2LB16yCFzhTrsV1TGfT28pcM92hcBgeLOO58YmuwRNx_YkoUc6PgISuF/w640-h426/5C9A4907.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitL-1to6qFcDQrQ82IMbxxAKUI6xpLnAPXKiJ43lRXUgh7CIuguAm2z3UOt7-2Fd80gKBorBTIF0-shkdLfy3BD6c5DZbV_PggB1Gk6KnGsaDTBXWX92WBg9JpsD6YFmb0OXcJiei5XGhbLW7B-CyLJRxETooDOGIQC70Prr4Th4606MYXKjP8kE5WbK3T/s1874/5C9A4940.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="1874" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitL-1to6qFcDQrQ82IMbxxAKUI6xpLnAPXKiJ43lRXUgh7CIuguAm2z3UOt7-2Fd80gKBorBTIF0-shkdLfy3BD6c5DZbV_PggB1Gk6KnGsaDTBXWX92WBg9JpsD6YFmb0OXcJiei5XGhbLW7B-CyLJRxETooDOGIQC70Prr4Th4606MYXKjP8kE5WbK3T/w640-h426/5C9A4940.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stonechat and Chough collecting nest material. © Richard
Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitaG7V6FAMb7OVhH9Ot2-xLsArAOGdrbUz5v4CmUQ4pksiKEMRrjz1ffTgpE6f26EF2Z9gSP7chJGpF-Vjq-CPqXUJ_Q5RGiIE5OnyisRcRbjZDfwtNYh1iEFX3m7vETkZDtEJP5oeCg-1YlsbJzSNC7TZ6NQsSYf_nW25mJcHFFg4tfxsGwg1Fo1Yqfw/s2897/DSC02854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1933" data-original-width="2897" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitaG7V6FAMb7OVhH9Ot2-xLsArAOGdrbUz5v4CmUQ4pksiKEMRrjz1ffTgpE6f26EF2Z9gSP7chJGpF-Vjq-CPqXUJ_Q5RGiIE5OnyisRcRbjZDfwtNYh1iEFX3m7vETkZDtEJP5oeCg-1YlsbJzSNC7TZ6NQsSYf_nW25mJcHFFg4tfxsGwg1Fo1Yqfw/w640-h428/DSC02854.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Great Black-backed Gull W:365 was ringed as a chick in 2020.
It was back on Skokholm in September 2021, was on the Hayle Estuary (Cornwall)
in March 2022, was back on Skokholm in September 2022 and May 2023 and was on
Lundy Island (Devon) in July 2023. Today it was on a North Plain erratic. ©
Giselle Eagle</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_mSDz6xxjyXQi-rfAxr6Sut2MjyXFlNkyMOfLRw4GO22KBlExFjiJdis4pmM5PSdHMwgD7lM41UYznu7u0j7ds1OtUneV5iFfllG2SRrA_yWEjizbGcXdG0oL3UlSqo5z_N5veK_dIpO3PX-RIIqjWr2i6z5hp8TlvFviYbML0UGBVfFwRnOoKG0A/s1289/2013-2022%20covers.jpg" style="color: #7b5341; display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1147" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_mSDz6xxjyXQi-rfAxr6Sut2MjyXFlNkyMOfLRw4GO22KBlExFjiJdis4pmM5PSdHMwgD7lM41UYznu7u0j7ds1OtUneV5iFfllG2SRrA_yWEjizbGcXdG0oL3UlSqo5z_N5veK_dIpO3PX-RIIqjWr2i6z5hp8TlvFviYbML0UGBVfFwRnOoKG0A/w570-h640/2013-2022%20covers.jpg" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; 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border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Skokholm Island is owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Skokholm Islandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15965313095907294590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855579586106610230.post-6192348982892481972024-03-20T14:03:00.000-07:002024-03-20T14:03:49.334-07:00<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">A damp, drizzly morning saw another small fall of <b>Chiffchaff</b> and a flyover <b>Little Ringed Plover</b>, the plover the second
of the spring but only the 27th to be logged here (21 of which have been since
2013). We were in a biosecurity meeting for a couple of hours, but emerged to a
few Chiffchaffs in the Heligolands along with a female <b>Blackcap</b>, the latter the first of the year (six days earlier than
the 2013-2023 first bird mean) and wearing a ring! We await the details, but
she was ringed as a youngster in 2022. What was presumably the same <b>Black Redstart</b> was bouncing around the
Obs for a third day and a <b>Fieldfare</b> appeared
at the Well, this the first for a couple of days. The <b>Stonechat</b> pair we got excited about yesterday were visited by a <b>Merlin</b> which sat on a post in their territory
for a while, the female Stonechat nowhere to be seen; a check of the same area
this evening revealed that both birds of the pair were still going strong.
Other birds logged on a day otherwise spent painting in the Obs Kitchen and
cleaning and prepping in the Officer’s Mess bedrooms included four <b>Gannet</b>, two <b>Shelduck</b>, two <b>Peregrine</b> duelling
over the Quarry, singles of <b>Lapwing</b>,
<b>Whimbrel</b> and <b>Curlew</b>, 829 <b>Lesser
Black-backed Gull</b> (the highest count of the year so far), just two <b>Guillemot</b>, 166 <b>Razorbill</b> and 1285 <b>Puffin</b>,
seven <b>Skylark</b>, another <b>Stonechat</b>, ten <b>Wheatear</b> (the first double-figure daycount of the year), 14 <b>Chiffchaff</b>, two <b>Goldcrest</b>, two <b>Starling</b> and
a <b>Linnet</b>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bBDQ5Ek1R6hTvjft5BGClMqlWbkPy3lEK1rTJs5Y7UT_HaSC9mgu5FAxAertl7xnRHo1_Gpe4HKl5zwwi7SpC68cdXvFVEJrvJeMxeOX6bhVp_GhXgUNI5VGIvDAHSsc53GmXcQwjOTw4ptyHbVEvTE7TtuS29eFAhdpRmiLblnDBiP9kSB5zem_xtp4/s1954/DSC02830.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1954" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-bBDQ5Ek1R6hTvjft5BGClMqlWbkPy3lEK1rTJs5Y7UT_HaSC9mgu5FAxAertl7xnRHo1_Gpe4HKl5zwwi7SpC68cdXvFVEJrvJeMxeOX6bhVp_GhXgUNI5VGIvDAHSsc53GmXcQwjOTw4ptyHbVEvTE7TtuS29eFAhdpRmiLblnDBiP9kSB5zem_xtp4/w640-h428/DSC02830.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At least two different Merlin have been on the Island this
week. © Giselle Eagle</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-CDNtE_XCroZu_SMRiZHkYSz8V5qO1VhPTGfERy-8AnM0al3dV7qg_vJRJoUE92svE0TP-c7iUriYU51pDkbz10qXFVc7MOydNu-o_w5UrjkPS5jjY94PZibToyYfPVWIxMYJgBKIkPX9fdTVWIR5tsFdbG0friB1Cvej3isqKmtTlLFEZnTx4da1sBE/s3012/5C9A4892.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2008" data-original-width="3012" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-CDNtE_XCroZu_SMRiZHkYSz8V5qO1VhPTGfERy-8AnM0al3dV7qg_vJRJoUE92svE0TP-c7iUriYU51pDkbz10qXFVc7MOydNu-o_w5UrjkPS5jjY94PZibToyYfPVWIxMYJgBKIkPX9fdTVWIR5tsFdbG0friB1Cvej3isqKmtTlLFEZnTx4da1sBE/w640-h426/5C9A4892.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another Puffin landfall saw birds exploring muddy burrows. ©
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the Farm where all of the doors and windows were again open in an attempt to
dry things out after a very wet winter. The last of the painting was finished
in the Food Shop and the provisions which have been stored in the Pantry were
moved back onto the shelves. The Kitchen contents, also stored in the dry and mouse-proof
Pantry during the winter months, also began to make their way back into cleaned
drawers. Further logistical preparations were made for the upcoming Work Party
and at the Lighthouse we continued the long process of cleaning and unpacking.
The birding was a little quieter than of late, although there was excitement
near South Pond where a singing male <b>Stonechat</b>
was in the company of a nest building female; this species has only nested on
Skokholm in four previous years, with records in 1928, 1932, 2021 and 2022. The
latter two attempts were by the same pair, both of which were ringed (neither
of this year’s pair are currently wearing a ring). Further highlights today
included a different <b>Merlin</b> (a male)
and the lingering <b>Black Redstart</b> at
the Obs. Other birds logged included a <b>Wigeon</b>,
two <b>Teal</b>, 12 <b>Mallard</b>, 104 <b>Oystercatcher</b>,
singles of <b>Lapwing</b>, <b>Snipe</b>, <b>Whimbrel</b> and <b>Curlew</b>,
only 88 <b>Razorbill</b> but again
thousands of <b>Puffins</b> (some of which
again came to land), a <b>Woodpigeon</b>,
15 <b>Skylark</b>, 20 <b>Pied Wagtail</b> (the highest count of the year so far and probably including
birds which will not nest here), another <b>Stonechat</b>,
five <b>Wheatear</b>, four <b>Chiffchaff</b>, no crests after a total clear-out,
a lone <b>Starling</b> and a <b>Linnet</b>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84VUYsw_ZdP6IVws5dXQUfESgP_VeYSozj4kQz1zLcbJSN-G5PtVbf2CH8KQMXX6fe-sIBX05NHpVzoHj3VqFMMjJe6TF322wGxj5sB7rek6lgvechE9szhUJSu0zebTQlkYoVEX3Tu93ZUfW_uHr8DmZJvHyLZFiyzQ34lmHznHykbAHsS2D4pMrqDOK/s4731/DSC02796.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3159" data-original-width="4731" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84VUYsw_ZdP6IVws5dXQUfESgP_VeYSozj4kQz1zLcbJSN-G5PtVbf2CH8KQMXX6fe-sIBX05NHpVzoHj3VqFMMjJe6TF322wGxj5sB7rek6lgvechE9szhUJSu0zebTQlkYoVEX3Tu93ZUfW_uHr8DmZJvHyLZFiyzQ34lmHznHykbAHsS2D4pMrqDOK/w640-h428/DSC02796.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUs0DzDuH3WcYNQpChee9KshdEteHgMwjGKWYyUPQSVvBkVY459rG6CFxGdti7ElVO1gftN64AiwL6bVGb9ttWDS1ZFllWsYpBYGpgfRRATgm9Ym4FudKZW8OGJp6gBGd9mWT9cSHJyCyqaDWCF5-TitgUk92QrW3-g-lNK3IDr0Phd8KnWD4rZP9uVhm/s3489/5C9A4875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2330" data-original-width="3489" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGUs0DzDuH3WcYNQpChee9KshdEteHgMwjGKWYyUPQSVvBkVY459rG6CFxGdti7ElVO1gftN64AiwL6bVGb9ttWDS1ZFllWsYpBYGpgfRRATgm9Ym4FudKZW8OGJp6gBGd9mWT9cSHJyCyqaDWCF5-TitgUk92QrW3-g-lNK3IDr0Phd8KnWD4rZP9uVhm/w640-h428/5C9A4875.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Searching for colour ringed gulls up Spy Rock. You need to
go here to get views of Lesser Black-backed Gull 3NF, a bird which was ringed
as a juvenile on Flat Holm Island, off Cardiff, on 2nd July 2006 and which was
seen on Gloucester Landfill in 2006 and 2010 and in Portugal in 2010 and 2011
before it was first found here in 2022. © Giselle Eagle and Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyP7SJ7aTUCw3T0U_USh0hTfMTul-wOV8UyThFSYPAPkmngymoCMRcqii5ZdtLkAbBuxvg3XDeIyFfvI_l8xJDpe570DTK8SDumssH4DIY5fuMdNqQImeoj3dlSvGRk-CAdCSUQOrreLS2Am6ohO0fGK3rmZfsuF_Jt1G2_VX4WmNPEZ_jmKt9-yNhi2P/s5472/DSC02793.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyP7SJ7aTUCw3T0U_USh0hTfMTul-wOV8UyThFSYPAPkmngymoCMRcqii5ZdtLkAbBuxvg3XDeIyFfvI_l8xJDpe570DTK8SDumssH4DIY5fuMdNqQImeoj3dlSvGRk-CAdCSUQOrreLS2Am6ohO0fGK3rmZfsuF_Jt1G2_VX4WmNPEZ_jmKt9-yNhi2P/w640-h426/DSC02793.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Although it was a much calmer, and eventually still day, a
rough sea continued to push spray up the cliffs. © Giselle Eagle</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTgxTGzqKKu3RUCOp58C6H_6NK-M1jGVB3taTL3QFFlVuFjkGkXZl6-LXv9ge9ckSO3fUDJ-y0jherbtcloyVXt4QXNb2UCCjyM176U_o5O6R2iu6NxAsINEHNJWwA2795BNExQ9BN8bXdyBcafN_CT6-Efw3y42ydRW9cYXT67KZqKV-B1KlVv3X_hHN/s3092/5C9A4668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2066" data-original-width="3092" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTgxTGzqKKu3RUCOp58C6H_6NK-M1jGVB3taTL3QFFlVuFjkGkXZl6-LXv9ge9ckSO3fUDJ-y0jherbtcloyVXt4QXNb2UCCjyM176U_o5O6R2iu6NxAsINEHNJWwA2795BNExQ9BN8bXdyBcafN_CT6-Efw3y42ydRW9cYXT67KZqKV-B1KlVv3X_hHN/w640-h428/5C9A4668.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Up to 18 Skylark have been seen in recent days, including a
flock of six which are still feeding around the Farm. © Richard Brown</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_mSDz6xxjyXQi-rfAxr6Sut2MjyXFlNkyMOfLRw4GO22KBlExFjiJdis4pmM5PSdHMwgD7lM41UYznu7u0j7ds1OtUneV5iFfllG2SRrA_yWEjizbGcXdG0oL3UlSqo5z_N5veK_dIpO3PX-RIIqjWr2i6z5hp8TlvFviYbML0UGBVfFwRnOoKG0A/s1289/2013-2022%20covers.jpg" style="color: #7b5341; display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1147" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_mSDz6xxjyXQi-rfAxr6Sut2MjyXFlNkyMOfLRw4GO22KBlExFjiJdis4pmM5PSdHMwgD7lM41UYznu7u0j7ds1OtUneV5iFfllG2SRrA_yWEjizbGcXdG0oL3UlSqo5z_N5veK_dIpO3PX-RIIqjWr2i6z5hp8TlvFviYbML0UGBVfFwRnOoKG0A/w570-h640/2013-2022%20covers.jpg" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; 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border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Skokholm Island is owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Skokholm Islandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15965313095907294590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855579586106610230.post-19353812975216456402024-03-18T15:29:00.000-07:002024-03-18T15:29:16.483-07:00<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a classic early spring day, with a nice variety of
migrants and a huge early landfall of Puffins. The first <b>Black Redstart</b> of the year was at the Obs, conveniently (for a
photo) feeding just under the Obs Kitchen window (unfortunately we have not as
yet had time to clean the windows); this arrived on the date of the 2013-2023
first spring bird mean, but was our earliest spring sighting since 2017. What
looked to be a different <b>Firecrest</b>,
either our second or third of the spring, was in Crab Bay, whilst <b>Chiffchaff</b> numbers increased to 12 and
nine <b>Goldcrest</b> was the highest
daycount of the year so far. An arrival of <b>Wheatear</b>
finally brought some company for F22 who has been here for at least nine days
(he was with an unringed female on Home Meadow), with another four birds
including three ringed males (all at least three years old). Although it was
far too windy and choppy for a whole Island count, <b>Puffins</b> amassed through the day and made landfall during the
afternoon, with thousands of birds ashore. Other birds logged, on a day spent
cleaning and painting at the Obs, included singles of <b>Cormorant</b> and <b>Shag</b>, two <b>Wigeon</b>, four <b>Teal</b>, singles of <b>Merlin</b>
and <b>Moorhen</b>, 141 <b>Oystercatcher</b>, the male <b>Lapwing</b>, two <b>Curlew</b>, 824 <b>Lesser
Black-backed Gull</b> (the highest count of the year so far), just 356 <b>Guillemot</b> and 1103 <b>Razorbill</b>, a <b>Woodpigeon</b>,
17 <b>Skylark</b>, ten <b>Pied Wagtail</b>, four <b>Stonechat</b>
(including a male with a striking amount of white in the uppertail), a <b>Redwing</b> and two <b>Linnet</b>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdV6sOp7VL8K7JZsJ4OZFUvirUfTeaVHAee-KO6JNm-pJfLXKndQ2qE-zb9ZmdEgS3ErAnMwdD2Z8pZ3D-1QYc8dkdw0cgbkKytIAy9imji7uWWzFO_st1nmIInAJlCUdnFARHGvWLJB1JtKz11JCN-fxktlRogHAklCPQypsBxx9-jBBmMELiJK7t4P7/s2765/5C9A4760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1841" data-original-width="2765" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdV6sOp7VL8K7JZsJ4OZFUvirUfTeaVHAee-KO6JNm-pJfLXKndQ2qE-zb9ZmdEgS3ErAnMwdD2Z8pZ3D-1QYc8dkdw0cgbkKytIAy9imji7uWWzFO_st1nmIInAJlCUdnFARHGvWLJB1JtKz11JCN-fxktlRogHAklCPQypsBxx9-jBBmMELiJK7t4P7/w640-h426/5C9A4760.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZ4J4eBwsE_ETF7zB62tm_X4u-1ClhS5UQFlaZN2uIsv_5EBtlAJxb0twsyTy_5EJy40bs7OaEx022gZvqbBzxDfYp-91wvfZQqGBDCp-8toQXyC_xFIImlXJyfsaPx37rwFV37LzK6cLNE5qH7hz7hJLelHiPEVbqWV1APGqcBBYbh2xu5gvcf8fq4Id/s3185/5C9A4768.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2117" data-original-width="3185" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZ4J4eBwsE_ETF7zB62tm_X4u-1ClhS5UQFlaZN2uIsv_5EBtlAJxb0twsyTy_5EJy40bs7OaEx022gZvqbBzxDfYp-91wvfZQqGBDCp-8toQXyC_xFIImlXJyfsaPx37rwFV37LzK6cLNE5qH7hz7hJLelHiPEVbqWV1APGqcBBYbh2xu5gvcf8fq4Id/w640-h426/5C9A4768.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5kGvSDO3EWY7gCJ4fNRFaIKZOURssZQEqR_ZHdGQhRXdbMqF72IAbG5kv2v0wzm76zeK05d-NG1_BtX7cCkLDEZPUj6kS2g2DCEig4IIqJtRh5_m0lrc9BPTzKIm6pllUg4MRY6JvQ3rCKCKZ9Se0yGtI2yaQQRBH5FogZLrYO7bp33LSqvt6OFtb4WT/s2535/5C9A4757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="2535" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5kGvSDO3EWY7gCJ4fNRFaIKZOURssZQEqR_ZHdGQhRXdbMqF72IAbG5kv2v0wzm76zeK05d-NG1_BtX7cCkLDEZPUj6kS2g2DCEig4IIqJtRh5_m0lrc9BPTzKIm6pllUg4MRY6JvQ3rCKCKZ9Se0yGtI2yaQQRBH5FogZLrYO7bp33LSqvt6OFtb4WT/w640-h428/5C9A4757.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first Black Redstart of the year. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ6TU5Av94f2h4EPpRkrX2ZeI2RJKwruvAyLGUjhyphenhyphenWfOYNnmFIwoLPrF85EgTYsnfkHZiRC9tbdhrO_ty1dahPOyLSt8-c_YBjv2_O8Tax0b7vfdlYK-IbBwO6V62ws5if4R8dH2zUXjPY6J0koxob_R5H5Iup5C4C9Nby7CTY5KeVgNtzx7TCgS__IZ0/s4713/DSC02785.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3142" data-original-width="4713" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHZ6TU5Av94f2h4EPpRkrX2ZeI2RJKwruvAyLGUjhyphenhyphenWfOYNnmFIwoLPrF85EgTYsnfkHZiRC9tbdhrO_ty1dahPOyLSt8-c_YBjv2_O8Tax0b7vfdlYK-IbBwO6V62ws5if4R8dH2zUXjPY6J0koxob_R5H5Iup5C4C9Nby7CTY5KeVgNtzx7TCgS__IZ0/w640-h426/DSC02785.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqv4ZNjUvwEovLGQaTvKLRrOMCjL75yvnw4BFmkAozVpRR0v2gnLGT-eCTfmywNCUZDQckAhMnoQqVxHecBvURY_RzTuRXzpqX67OsGkahVMlT1-oE4zRS8PPoJm2QPtGp3IV_68G-o2zNSAaAiuU7oiXslVZoX533N7t59wAepTFrAVHxtmx5BRea4ZO/s5242/5C9A4850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3498" data-original-width="5242" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsqv4ZNjUvwEovLGQaTvKLRrOMCjL75yvnw4BFmkAozVpRR0v2gnLGT-eCTfmywNCUZDQckAhMnoQqVxHecBvURY_RzTuRXzpqX67OsGkahVMlT1-oE4zRS8PPoJm2QPtGp3IV_68G-o2zNSAaAiuU7oiXslVZoX533N7t59wAepTFrAVHxtmx5BRea4ZO/w640-h428/5C9A4850.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-9_fZv6m3x7FPfGqsnWMGXg-7SXC8eEAiTX01duTo7llpc7-4G5k4tVsstL5KSFLfaE7J5WwMUn07p4LCr2T1wpPbdSIMnRmrQLZ1yM12rJ1fYX0jDf9cadmbOjvKOeTDTnHn1GUKJYZlgNThq-7PqXKDLnDjO42o8eTs1nYntmMDoUkNBBOZHokXm2W/s3799/5C9A4827.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2537" data-original-width="3799" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-9_fZv6m3x7FPfGqsnWMGXg-7SXC8eEAiTX01duTo7llpc7-4G5k4tVsstL5KSFLfaE7J5WwMUn07p4LCr2T1wpPbdSIMnRmrQLZ1yM12rJ1fYX0jDf9cadmbOjvKOeTDTnHn1GUKJYZlgNThq-7PqXKDLnDjO42o8eTs1nYntmMDoUkNBBOZHokXm2W/w640-h428/5C9A4827.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Puffins were in. © Giselle Eagle and Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVGBt5vGwk30my9I1zf3QQTYlQB87AGITqWqaZGpgLLKw1XDlnE4v-ZOdDBcn08bEsLyTtJZJuap-J3aO2pcxTCptHfwLojyfuQ86zoo1XOgCwkUlM5aF33FlnvDiPd9EDH_wiIbgWHwUX8SKF6BhfHXsIWCHs6_dLit667l-Egth3lYdyx4Ps2B2bRDG/s920/DSC02770.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="920" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVGBt5vGwk30my9I1zf3QQTYlQB87AGITqWqaZGpgLLKw1XDlnE4v-ZOdDBcn08bEsLyTtJZJuap-J3aO2pcxTCptHfwLojyfuQ86zoo1XOgCwkUlM5aF33FlnvDiPd9EDH_wiIbgWHwUX8SKF6BhfHXsIWCHs6_dLit667l-Egth3lYdyx4Ps2B2bRDG/w640-h424/DSC02770.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The striking Stonechat. © Giselle Eagle</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIySPYQpfLVZ_rlC8sKQnCSxskYNuDAmj6HOBE2bgXfbqlULJ6RuOgTy0nlBYdremRPQuxX9TmZQncSNcxM1cXFRZqjLF1PwJ3kjM7NBafpa425MuYeyhIgGFh3URjzs9ngMafURZzaKyA0ZPpeg1PR_NFcJ1K_ysPtLo3wqQxlGfiV5QnBr0sAbp7nSe/s1896/5C9A4715.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="1896" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIySPYQpfLVZ_rlC8sKQnCSxskYNuDAmj6HOBE2bgXfbqlULJ6RuOgTy0nlBYdremRPQuxX9TmZQncSNcxM1cXFRZqjLF1PwJ3kjM7NBafpa425MuYeyhIgGFh3URjzs9ngMafURZzaKyA0ZPpeg1PR_NFcJ1K_ysPtLo3wqQxlGfiV5QnBr0sAbp7nSe/w640-h428/5C9A4715.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPIwAy7ADs1qOI8k5cIiicRGd-DQH9c39OhvKHlbHexjSvXBngUdtlnlVdqu259xa_Ht5TVrRV0McEHFdjH4UaUagdm9n9glLkug-WEf2S-PSBMEiGuxGr4PY4XIvZuPbbtjhzQ5XDGpjSsKdmcGTcC47rY8MVaNoxidRccq3B2INrCkDstadYGrX-m19/s2592/5C9A4742.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1732" data-original-width="2592" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPIwAy7ADs1qOI8k5cIiicRGd-DQH9c39OhvKHlbHexjSvXBngUdtlnlVdqu259xa_Ht5TVrRV0McEHFdjH4UaUagdm9n9glLkug-WEf2S-PSBMEiGuxGr4PY4XIvZuPbbtjhzQ5XDGpjSsKdmcGTcC47rY8MVaNoxidRccq3B2INrCkDstadYGrX-m19/w640-h428/5C9A4742.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There were more Wheatear and Chiffchaff. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaqtTUFbBHXxBH014c8g_KF-VI5jLoHv0nh9r7Sm6Jw3pXnB2N2HmGxFKnDBMMR3E__G2ke7A4AXo8rqPBejuBPdi8pcQdDkb_PbbXX_JTlfWYJEMBNRmSviD2G4-yR3b7Zo6NFryNZ9VC_4vCwWqGARjI-GRm71_Ip23DgXK_2gyNe4AetF4GmC2cHhu/s1500/DSC02761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaqtTUFbBHXxBH014c8g_KF-VI5jLoHv0nh9r7Sm6Jw3pXnB2N2HmGxFKnDBMMR3E__G2ke7A4AXo8rqPBejuBPdi8pcQdDkb_PbbXX_JTlfWYJEMBNRmSviD2G4-yR3b7Zo6NFryNZ9VC_4vCwWqGARjI-GRm71_Ip23DgXK_2gyNe4AetF4GmC2cHhu/w640-h428/DSC02761.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
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rain, however the cloud soon moved on and we were left basking in a warm sun
which was ideal for drying out the buildings, every door left wide to try and
evaporate as much winter dampness as possible. Patches of paint which have been
wet for a couple of days finally dried and other areas were dry enough to take
a bit of overdue glosswork. An early afternoon visit was made to the Top Tank
where the anti-gull ropes were reattached, a setup which keeps dirty cloacas
from our drinking water. It was during the anti-gull work that we picked up the
distinctive call of a <b>Little Ringed
Plover</b>, a bird which did a wide circle of the Island before spiralling down
for an afternoon on North Pond; this was the earliest Skokholm record by ten
days (birds on the 27th in 2012 and 2022 were the earliest prior to today). Other
birds logged included singles of <b>Cormorant</b>
and <b>Shag</b>, seven <b>Teal</b>, ten <b>Mallard</b>, a
female <b>Merlin</b>, 127 <b>Oystercatcher</b>,
two <b>Lapwing</b> (our territorial male
again in the company of what looked to be a female), 11 <b>Snipe</b>, three <b>Curlew</b>, 729
<b>Lesser Black-backed Gull</b> (the
highest count of the year so far), 11 <b>Kittiwake</b>,
only 61 <b>large auks</b> (none of which
were ashore), at least 2370 <b>Puffin</b>
(all offshore), a <b>Woodpigeon</b>, 16 <b>Skylark</b>, 52 <b>Meadow Pipit</b>, ten <b>Pied
Wagtail</b>, two <b>Robin</b> (including
one ringed as a youngster in 2020), three <b>Stonechat</b>,
the same lone male <b>Wheatear</b>, a <b>Fieldfare</b>, seven <b>Chiffchaff</b>, no Goldcrest for the first time since our return and 55
<b>Jackdaw</b>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3MdR9rYZ3TMCo-tnLql8_Eb7OVmo42JWa9xEDyYgpKDoINpaSLyBZdMWogBTwXzzrurx8bwr3ERZaW00BV5lEGGRYHl4qoEwm3zSPZ17FdpmOS1UhnjmN2s0or_QA5D0CoBxa0QaYP6C_KHz0JSQBfOR1JaE6r7-guVcHlUERhbgvXRGFe4ED77TRUST/s1851/5C9A4659.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="1851" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3MdR9rYZ3TMCo-tnLql8_Eb7OVmo42JWa9xEDyYgpKDoINpaSLyBZdMWogBTwXzzrurx8bwr3ERZaW00BV5lEGGRYHl4qoEwm3zSPZ17FdpmOS1UhnjmN2s0or_QA5D0CoBxa0QaYP6C_KHz0JSQBfOR1JaE6r7-guVcHlUERhbgvXRGFe4ED77TRUST/w640-h428/5C9A4659.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first Little Ringed Plover of the year was the earliest
Skokholm record by ten days and only the 26th individual to be seen here, 20 of
which have occurred since 2013. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqeyX5O4ojyoNHlTn0HEIiQh2lAhHl9LhkxAiaBSj3QfxHIOTESn59HvwQKuLCpzAfw5ecqUBQJJ4v9yTgW5uxg92YRGjRpkQwcNLlkDQPFhnBK5NOzgYTG2-r2EQpse_FigdlZAqGcbYq80nLYrWUqGCID-TcjwrOmHQ8HhLJyYy78emPpAOLn9LQ6gp/s1690/5C9A4631.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1690" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqeyX5O4ojyoNHlTn0HEIiQh2lAhHl9LhkxAiaBSj3QfxHIOTESn59HvwQKuLCpzAfw5ecqUBQJJ4v9yTgW5uxg92YRGjRpkQwcNLlkDQPFhnBK5NOzgYTG2-r2EQpse_FigdlZAqGcbYq80nLYrWUqGCID-TcjwrOmHQ8HhLJyYy78emPpAOLn9LQ6gp/w640-h428/5C9A4631.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">F22 seemingly remains the only Wheatear on Dream Island. It
has now spent a week alone on Home Meadow. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6ED3d7gkz52e8FFRnOKE64a_HifNQOXg7fQWdNXaMHiGq6JnVR17CaMN3c3oIXnJ8PBM8PfyEFcgbpj2Cz9MDcSM2wF8RRjU4HkM26D9h1OMM0ihQx03KA434tWW3ZGANArCOe9gV4im02d0gtmLOO2HRP_9vuVZWVTywrGsgyLR6-vQo5bIVrDBiBOm/s4214/DSC02706.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2814" data-original-width="4214" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6ED3d7gkz52e8FFRnOKE64a_HifNQOXg7fQWdNXaMHiGq6JnVR17CaMN3c3oIXnJ8PBM8PfyEFcgbpj2Cz9MDcSM2wF8RRjU4HkM26D9h1OMM0ihQx03KA434tWW3ZGANArCOe9gV4im02d0gtmLOO2HRP_9vuVZWVTywrGsgyLR6-vQo5bIVrDBiBOm/w640-h428/DSC02706.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Many burrows are still flooded after what has been an
incredibly wet month. Manx Shearwaters returning to the Island may find their
homes flooded, increasing the chances that Great Black-backed Gulls will find
them on the surface. The first shearwater wings indicative of an overnight kill
were found this morning. © Giselle Eagle</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVX1s03yorcFCPRDCtpZb-G9vqZlB7RU2bstCzpt6cik3GAedrtEjfvhO_IfSsSKXFYzkogWbKANTiDVQzGhbm4Go8g1iLYo9embDOZXX49NeafY0A6YB16qIy3DZj6JqXWyIUV_v7NktO1g7U1u00B_tawYtjWpB6rx4DDmEVNPP0JS6VsM7DpMZRwRV-/s5472/DSC02714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVX1s03yorcFCPRDCtpZb-G9vqZlB7RU2bstCzpt6cik3GAedrtEjfvhO_IfSsSKXFYzkogWbKANTiDVQzGhbm4Go8g1iLYo9embDOZXX49NeafY0A6YB16qIy3DZj6JqXWyIUV_v7NktO1g7U1u00B_tawYtjWpB6rx4DDmEVNPP0JS6VsM7DpMZRwRV-/w640-h426/DSC02714.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The path to Little Bay Point is seldom wet, never mind under
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temperatures left everything damp, the walls at the Obs running wet, difficult
to clean and far from suitable for painting. A few patches of yesterday’s
painting were still wet. So it was a change of plans, with our attention
turning to loose tiles in the Obs Kitchen and more cleaning and unpacking at
the Lighthouse. The weather forecast promises a wet week ahead, conditions
which will make it awkward to get things ready for this spring’s Work Party.
Pleasingly there were lots of exciting encounters to distract us from the fact
that we’re not progressing as we had hoped. It began with a cracking group of
at least nine <b>Common Dolphin</b> off the
Lighthouse, these the first of the year and a reminder of how lucky we are to
live alongside such a productive feeding area. It was the <b>Puffins</b> which stole the show however, with a minimum of 2322
rafting around the coast, this again the highest number to have been logged
this early in the year. At least four birds snuck ashore in the afternoon, the
second earliest landfall ever. A <b>Firecrest</b>
in the Courtyard was potentially that seen at Migration Rocks two days ago,
although it could just as easily have been another bird. Other birds logged
included 17 <b>Gannet</b>, three <b>Cormorant</b>, a <b>Shag</b>, four <b>Teal</b>, 11 <b>Mallard</b>, a female <b>Merlin</b>, 151 <b>Oystercatcher</b>,
the displaying <b>Lapwing</b>, the <b>Whimbrel</b>, two <b>Curlew</b>, only 35 <b>Guillemot</b>
and 223 <b>Razorbill</b> (despite the
arrival of smaller auks), 14 <b>Skylark</b>,
65 <b>Meadow Pipit</b>, eight <b>Pied Wagtail</b>, three <b>Robin</b>, the same lone male <b>Wheatear</b>, 14 <b>Blackbird</b> (including a couple of new birds ringed, one of which was
a massive northern female), a <b>Fieldfare</b>,
three <b>Chiffchaff</b>, six <b>Goldcrest</b> and 70 <b>Jackdaw</b>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TiwKKbG3_3SQji_p9hHWo4Gy2Lgnin-uxVwIu7Zc_Zwg0BvvduyBP501o8j7x6QD72ddp2hBvtyBSTPRv-zymdByqYDuXsy9AnCwkYJdBgD3yedo5VCfEZk8RGimQ3BnP4fXuP35q2BhRVDGIoQ9X9Kko1EdxRrw_iCYvJ0-8PO3vGcgBZZKVDG-Rui3/s4834/5C9A4582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3228" data-original-width="4834" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TiwKKbG3_3SQji_p9hHWo4Gy2Lgnin-uxVwIu7Zc_Zwg0BvvduyBP501o8j7x6QD72ddp2hBvtyBSTPRv-zymdByqYDuXsy9AnCwkYJdBgD3yedo5VCfEZk8RGimQ3BnP4fXuP35q2BhRVDGIoQ9X9Kko1EdxRrw_iCYvJ0-8PO3vGcgBZZKVDG-Rui3/w640-h428/5C9A4582.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A minimum of 2322 Puffin today was four days later than the
first four-figure daycount of last year and one day later than the first of
2022, but the third earliest to date and five days earlier than the 2013-2023
mean. It is the earliest ever count of more than 2000. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAW-a90Japvnjpot1dzG5pSInAr3teDFjYa-5tEEHBl_wpgmrHEN-tQA7LlNmgPdFltLuZVHa30jZmKNkonPdLjdEImexdKvHid_TkWLCW9U3x4G5rkqC_arhGHKyihpQH5EL9GhiKPihtdwZzjHwcjyN2xjAVOmLta-7LIoDPp2_N8od-Od2OgLHWh1n/s995/5I7A7497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="995" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAW-a90Japvnjpot1dzG5pSInAr3teDFjYa-5tEEHBl_wpgmrHEN-tQA7LlNmgPdFltLuZVHa30jZmKNkonPdLjdEImexdKvHid_TkWLCW9U3x4G5rkqC_arhGHKyihpQH5EL9GhiKPihtdwZzjHwcjyN2xjAVOmLta-7LIoDPp2_N8od-Od2OgLHWh1n/w640-h426/5I7A7497.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first few Puffin were ashore today, this the second
earliest landfall ever, one day later than birds ashore in 2022 but eight days
earlier than the 2013-2023 mean. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMP7SDTwcnKtlN24eUEZTakJ5rftiPmLF_hxYzefLaEf1YS0kpgzxSpSx_tE3PBiTWLip0tz86fSUl7rHJuLZL3p88aGnEScQ1XzIP2ZRRUTYzylB4fFzjLcPnsXInYXCe3-Ny7lkQQg_tG50WX4HsGje8gwU6PZ5WNn2VusJIgYs4jKg8p4BQLRoY1Qi/s2241/5C9A4562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="2241" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMP7SDTwcnKtlN24eUEZTakJ5rftiPmLF_hxYzefLaEf1YS0kpgzxSpSx_tE3PBiTWLip0tz86fSUl7rHJuLZL3p88aGnEScQ1XzIP2ZRRUTYzylB4fFzjLcPnsXInYXCe3-Ny7lkQQg_tG50WX4HsGje8gwU6PZ5WNn2VusJIgYs4jKg8p4BQLRoY1Qi/w640-h428/5C9A4562.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wCi4acKnKhmtQY-_bakY0gnx9Dgh6y7KsEKOUwtrCxrLs2I1-Eh6llSwlefR8HO7-ANlAwdxTK0dZkFZzAcJrgt4mzDnRX5ON7yJa5GTj_Cvtrkqm07oDv7a_E0YF_PG6Gpf-VXv18lBrt8xzeBu5PlsFiHSF3JrYfvtNeOC00mNzcZuRObJrzexpTKf/s1983/5C9A4569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1983" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_wCi4acKnKhmtQY-_bakY0gnx9Dgh6y7KsEKOUwtrCxrLs2I1-Eh6llSwlefR8HO7-ANlAwdxTK0dZkFZzAcJrgt4mzDnRX5ON7yJa5GTj_Cvtrkqm07oDv7a_E0YF_PG6Gpf-VXv18lBrt8xzeBu5PlsFiHSF3JrYfvtNeOC00mNzcZuRObJrzexpTKf/w640-h428/5C9A4569.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s amazing to be back in the Lighthouse, where Common Dolphins
are regularly below our garden. 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really rather pleasant, although inevitably a fair portion of it had to be
spent cleaning more of last winter’s mould growth from ceilings and walls. An
arrival of <b>Chiffchaff</b> saw a minimum
of 13 logged, this the third highest daycount to have been logged this early in
the year. There was no sign of yesterday’s Firecrest, although a couple of
extra <b>Goldcrest</b> had dropped in at
the Well. The totals for the day included eight <b>Gannet</b>, a <b>Shag</b>, four
each of <b>Wigeon</b> and <b>Teal</b>, the first <b>Kestrel</b> of the year, 130 <b>Oystercatcher</b>,
the displaying <b>Lapwing</b>, two <b>Curlew</b>, 727 <b>Lesser Black-backed Gull</b> (the highest count of the year so far),
ten <b>Kittiwake</b>, eight <b>Puffin</b>, 16 <b>Skylark</b>, 44 <b>Meadow Pipit</b>,
six <b>Pied Wagtail</b>, two each of <b>Robin</b> and <b>Stonechat</b>, the same lone male <b>Wheatear</b>
for a sixth day, singles of <b>Fieldfare</b>
and <b>Redwing</b>, four <b>Goldcrest</b> and 40 <b>Jackdaw</b>. The Obs Kitchen and Food Shop are now prepared for some
morning glosswork, unpacking at the Lighthouse continued and the batteries on
the two systems at the Farm were separated, tested, cleaned, topped up and
reassembled.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikvkQSUTpKvB68uZH5NUJzXOaVqFNU2z2vql50I0VNUxNL2Qa4HkSNJFduqZPEEuVkVmqDpUsfTt8RnshJ441VT0sQajVdT6XffMRvEh1XNdTJJyNmBd9i5IQIFDpUbDQvPLl0IJjZXoBQ2AKv8RGc6KtM-yY_dYcmedLcPYUQm2xrrcD6deudDqwN0Ut/s3018/5C9A4501.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2020" data-original-width="3018" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikvkQSUTpKvB68uZH5NUJzXOaVqFNU2z2vql50I0VNUxNL2Qa4HkSNJFduqZPEEuVkVmqDpUsfTt8RnshJ441VT0sQajVdT6XffMRvEh1XNdTJJyNmBd9i5IQIFDpUbDQvPLl0IJjZXoBQ2AKv8RGc6KtM-yY_dYcmedLcPYUQm2xrrcD6deudDqwN0Ut/w640-h428/5C9A4501.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There were at least 13 Chiffchaff present today; counts of
15 on the 10th in 1997 and of 14 on the 15th in 2012 are the only higher
daycounts to have been logged this early in the spring. Several of the birds
present had pollen horns indicative of feeding in warmer climes. © Richard
Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMqyC0M12mqDFg0vHZfBq0oo7EzL5Jy-O0rZhtrnE5UbQGiKKNyTirAr1kWWjKA30SHp2MAOL54hR47Tc0-i0fLF5HJPYvRCsQ9xFHeI7ZaIKNrU-OGTRfeXnNw0ZcVzNS3aIbOH34eVVZAxVdX-XX79_L-lwx7aCG5AqKzRo6bt0GDtM3xpPWgOW8729/s1966/5C9A4433.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1312" data-original-width="1966" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMqyC0M12mqDFg0vHZfBq0oo7EzL5Jy-O0rZhtrnE5UbQGiKKNyTirAr1kWWjKA30SHp2MAOL54hR47Tc0-i0fLF5HJPYvRCsQ9xFHeI7ZaIKNrU-OGTRfeXnNw0ZcVzNS3aIbOH34eVVZAxVdX-XX79_L-lwx7aCG5AqKzRo6bt0GDtM3xpPWgOW8729/w640-h428/5C9A4433.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">9J:W is our most resighted Lesser Black-backed Gull (away
from the Island). Having been ringed as a breeding adult in May 2014, it was
resighted on the Hayle Estuary in August 2014 before regular sightings from
Spain. It was in Malaga in December 2014, at Barbate Harbour, Cadiz in February
2015, January 2016 and February 2017, at Malaga in December 2017, January 2018,
December 2018, January 2019, February 2019, November 2019 and December 2019,
back at Barbate in September 2020, again in Malaga in October 2020, December
2020, November 2021, December 2021 and January 2022, back at Barbate September
2022, in Malaga in January 2023 and finally at a new site, at La Caleta, Cadiz
in November 2023. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FJ77eU2uBExEUK0mMzEHftq99hpyMHO6-8eVBb4qLOXxuu9DLRrmI8XUfzcVBeFu0fk35Kg6qQhHYaoqN1Xc9qyTPYJLNAHVUdWRJjCRaP5v8mSXruvFLInh8YP9y7roBQ4AzWYh1WlxxJTuEirk2Jn1ZeE5NFyNRPRD7hiz19b0l25aKsxhC8aEDNen/s1673/5C9A4542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1673" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7FJ77eU2uBExEUK0mMzEHftq99hpyMHO6-8eVBb4qLOXxuu9DLRrmI8XUfzcVBeFu0fk35Kg6qQhHYaoqN1Xc9qyTPYJLNAHVUdWRJjCRaP5v8mSXruvFLInh8YP9y7roBQ4AzWYh1WlxxJTuEirk2Jn1ZeE5NFyNRPRD7hiz19b0l25aKsxhC8aEDNen/w640-h426/5C9A4542.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">March is no longer a classic month for Kestrel observations,
now with sightings in only eight years this century (but in 34 years between
1933 and 1999, including 19 years between 1957 and 1979). © Richard Brown</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_mSDz6xxjyXQi-rfAxr6Sut2MjyXFlNkyMOfLRw4GO22KBlExFjiJdis4pmM5PSdHMwgD7lM41UYznu7u0j7ds1OtUneV5iFfllG2SRrA_yWEjizbGcXdG0oL3UlSqo5z_N5veK_dIpO3PX-RIIqjWr2i6z5hp8TlvFviYbML0UGBVfFwRnOoKG0A/s1289/2013-2022%20covers.jpg" style="color: #7b5341; display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1147" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_mSDz6xxjyXQi-rfAxr6Sut2MjyXFlNkyMOfLRw4GO22KBlExFjiJdis4pmM5PSdHMwgD7lM41UYznu7u0j7ds1OtUneV5iFfllG2SRrA_yWEjizbGcXdG0oL3UlSqo5z_N5veK_dIpO3PX-RIIqjWr2i6z5hp8TlvFviYbML0UGBVfFwRnOoKG0A/w570-h640/2013-2022%20covers.jpg" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; 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Kitchen, scrubbing the mould which has accumulated in black spots all over the
ceiling and walls, a job made all the more pleasant by good music, great
company and the antics of a <b>Moorhen</b>
which has taken up residence on the pond below the Kitchen window. The morning
census had proven to be rather uneventful, with a <b>Chiffchaff</b> along Wallsend hinting at a small arrival and a pleasing
number of <b>Fulmar</b> ashore the only
things of note. A walk later in the day revealed a little more in the way of
diversity, with the first <b>Firecrest</b>
of the year feeding around Migration Rocks, the first <b>Golden Plover</b> of the year overhead and a couple more extralimital <b>Chiffchaff</b>. The totals for the day
included a <b>Shag</b>, four <b>Wigeon</b>, nine <b>Teal</b>, 151 <b>Oystercatcher</b>
(the highest count of the year so far), the displaying <b>Lapwing</b> (but again no sign of a second bird), singles of <b>Snipe</b>, <b>Whimbrel</b> and <b>Woodpigeon</b>,
16 <b>Skylark</b>, eight <b>Pied Wagtail</b>, two <b>Robin</b>, five <b>Stonechat</b>, a
<b>Song Thrush</b>, six <b>Chiffchaff</b>, two <b>Goldcrest</b> and 52 <b>Jackdaw</b>.
The rest of the day was spent in the Lighthouse, cleaning and unpacking in the
Kitchen and Common Room.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRZHoh6DbuqrfUtuQrSvoDmhTDGBh1uoqooYIzgQRSrIVZsRJknQrpHM_oDIJmL0kkfBiudzy_-uhXRHEOjKY9gtVWiR3AadTw84K6j8-o6JXX6r_wwr4EooUVf1uZTg8EpFfl3ZbA4oXMHL5fEPeyz6W1nUlhOfjp-Le2OCk2LHy23fPUEo6aRDbDvOz/s2035/5C9A4393.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="2035" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRZHoh6DbuqrfUtuQrSvoDmhTDGBh1uoqooYIzgQRSrIVZsRJknQrpHM_oDIJmL0kkfBiudzy_-uhXRHEOjKY9gtVWiR3AadTw84K6j8-o6JXX6r_wwr4EooUVf1uZTg8EpFfl3ZbA4oXMHL5fEPeyz6W1nUlhOfjp-Le2OCk2LHy23fPUEo6aRDbDvOz/w640-h428/5C9A4393.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl33S_a656n8JzjpHzoJqQYpGrMjANuhNqq467CsYwKtprESdjU_CMF20zJutwLiFdwONNmhaYWXx7L8YXfP5KpQm3kE7O08IHf6rc7C6AzgcOUqtI2smkjYWpJXxklAOiH12qP6W1WTRXIjIACfE_GzEYs662UShcQLC86UN23WPtrR9NXDnS1GD26qbH/s1926/5C9A4411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1283" data-original-width="1926" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl33S_a656n8JzjpHzoJqQYpGrMjANuhNqq467CsYwKtprESdjU_CMF20zJutwLiFdwONNmhaYWXx7L8YXfP5KpQm3kE7O08IHf6rc7C6AzgcOUqtI2smkjYWpJXxklAOiH12qP6W1WTRXIjIACfE_GzEYs662UShcQLC86UN23WPtrR9NXDnS1GD26qbH/w640-h426/5C9A4411.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRDSas1S997jjq_S7n9kna8q21wUZJnDmCyrEJA-m1WYvo16gY3zglhyzoaNTehsxU9ckt7Uh3ZhQjoXiRWZIpkAEgfON7crQCN0xGQRxch0Dgbfmpt6pyJTxwogYSf8ShFEu3E6LvFHZwmPlY4wbTdL5c9_BfOYZJ1xLumdqdK4SaQ08Hz6gX2IIq1RY/s1840/5C9A4385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="1840" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjRDSas1S997jjq_S7n9kna8q21wUZJnDmCyrEJA-m1WYvo16gY3zglhyzoaNTehsxU9ckt7Uh3ZhQjoXiRWZIpkAEgfON7crQCN0xGQRxch0Dgbfmpt6pyJTxwogYSf8ShFEu3E6LvFHZwmPlY4wbTdL5c9_BfOYZJ1xLumdqdK4SaQ08Hz6gX2IIq1RY/w640-h426/5C9A4385.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0z8V5DfSpwR4IegCxGGHeacZqm7ADaPk2vd95v3NRLEQVgpxCK27EViOHZMUw6HmCyPyR77KL0aSKuN4c_V3jZDhTsNqnCf8DfG0vD0WQfLEyCLsdB3-MPZ6Xf0cs2ZxSJLnZg9nOo0ONN96qxL-voStl_4OLMCR3XfB8uh1cdR_aN12bpmC_eG2BrD3/s1753/5C9A4409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1753" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD0z8V5DfSpwR4IegCxGGHeacZqm7ADaPk2vd95v3NRLEQVgpxCK27EViOHZMUw6HmCyPyR77KL0aSKuN4c_V3jZDhTsNqnCf8DfG0vD0WQfLEyCLsdB3-MPZ6Xf0cs2ZxSJLnZg9nOo0ONN96qxL-voStl_4OLMCR3XfB8uh1cdR_aN12bpmC_eG2BrD3/w640-h428/5C9A4409.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_6AfpSGmpx4ZrpdGVfjBDsUG9XdH9byqhKwGn_Ty9Hh7Iy6M8skbhjDDxobt7_1xSEDS98JVEyFSu5rUAn5OyA2xLS6avuex07THlgmaT7yIR_D_avTHeWjxx3ocRDyZqXJCCGZAI3mdDHEjbTWP7Bz95-2G0K1dMxVFwOP-E7MG2Iv8Amn3tq0vmGoXK/s2023/5C9A4379.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="2023" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_6AfpSGmpx4ZrpdGVfjBDsUG9XdH9byqhKwGn_Ty9Hh7Iy6M8skbhjDDxobt7_1xSEDS98JVEyFSu5rUAn5OyA2xLS6avuex07THlgmaT7yIR_D_avTHeWjxx3ocRDyZqXJCCGZAI3mdDHEjbTWP7Bz95-2G0K1dMxVFwOP-E7MG2Iv8Amn3tq0vmGoXK/w640-h426/5C9A4379.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was an absolute pleasure on a grey day to spend some time
sitting with such a stunning little bird. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJUPoXw27HEVI12eG_xwhEVsOSlUUumMAUawGJXHqBWDQISqMJViVpWT48i4mp-7LLBv3dgdonOs3em12vkCnBAivnlwCZBNGxfTiDXY1yQBfyM42foeT0OFkULG3gChPIbYf7E2PoFTsE9JOZuZIoAFE6zVrRQ8RymxQoLr6p_mloTUNcoXykewc6kL8/s5472/5C9A4373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLJUPoXw27HEVI12eG_xwhEVsOSlUUumMAUawGJXHqBWDQISqMJViVpWT48i4mp-7LLBv3dgdonOs3em12vkCnBAivnlwCZBNGxfTiDXY1yQBfyM42foeT0OFkULG3gChPIbYf7E2PoFTsE9JOZuZIoAFE6zVrRQ8RymxQoLr6p_mloTUNcoXykewc6kL8/w640-h426/5C9A4373.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There were 29 fewer pairs of Fulmar nesting on Skokholm last
year, a total of 195 apparently occupied sites the lowest since 2016 (a high of
225 was logged in 2021). Although we cannot really draw any conclusions from
today’s observations, it was pleasing to see pairs on ledges not occupied last
year. © Richard Brown</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fafafa; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_mSDz6xxjyXQi-rfAxr6Sut2MjyXFlNkyMOfLRw4GO22KBlExFjiJdis4pmM5PSdHMwgD7lM41UYznu7u0j7ds1OtUneV5iFfllG2SRrA_yWEjizbGcXdG0oL3UlSqo5z_N5veK_dIpO3PX-RIIqjWr2i6z5hp8TlvFviYbML0UGBVfFwRnOoKG0A/s1289/2013-2022%20covers.jpg" style="color: #7b5341; display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="1147" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_mSDz6xxjyXQi-rfAxr6Sut2MjyXFlNkyMOfLRw4GO22KBlExFjiJdis4pmM5PSdHMwgD7lM41UYznu7u0j7ds1OtUneV5iFfllG2SRrA_yWEjizbGcXdG0oL3UlSqo5z_N5veK_dIpO3PX-RIIqjWr2i6z5hp8TlvFviYbML0UGBVfFwRnOoKG0A/w570-h640/2013-2022%20covers.jpg" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; 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disappear behind a grey wall of water. Although conditions improved this afternoon
(you could often see as far as St Anns Head), a pervading sense of damp
lingered throughout. Nevertheless the Obs Food Shop was surprisingly dry,
allowing us to give it a lick of paint before we retreated for an afternoon of
paperwork, cleaning and painting at the Lighthouse. The standout observation of
the day was courtesy of Eagle’s eagle eye, a walk down to South Haven revealing
a metal ring in the track above the Old Well. Inscribed in the metal were the
words ‘BUXTON NEW COLLEGE OXFORD 002425’. We have seen a ring like this before,
an artefact also found by Giselle, back in 2014; it was inscribed ‘BUXTON NEW
COLLEGE OXFORD 002360’. This first ring was a surprise, as the inscription was
very different to what we see on bird rings used today (which are printed with
the name and address (or web address) of the British Trust for Ornithology). Professor
Chris Perrins got to the bottom of the mystery back in 2014, when he found a
reference to the rings in the introductory pages of Peter Conder’s Wheatear
monograph. In this introduction Conder records that rings were in such short
supply after the War that pioneering ornithologist John Buxton had some made
for use on Skokholm. It is quite possible that both rings found by Giselle were
used for a project on Wheatears which were also colour ringed by Conder as part
of his amazing work on their ecology. Birds logged in difficult conditions
included two <b>Wigeon</b>, 20 <b>Teal</b>, 120 <b>Oystercatcher</b>, singles of <b>Whimbrel</b>
and <b>Curlew</b>, 11 <b>Skylark</b>, six <b>Pied Wagtail</b>,
two <b>Robin</b>, three <b>Stonechat</b>, the same lone male <b>Wheatear</b> for a fourth day (complete
with BTO and uniquely coded colour rings), a <b>Chiffchaff</b>, three <b>Goldcrest</b>
and three <b>Starling</b>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHurkevbwCU4uKCRf8UNOGdoeojhUuxSGT3FhgcpaOkhGDQt7kPx1-6yWnH89EIPVgFAeU6OitnkcmOIqxUbMYIBEz0KY_Jy1E9feP1Bqs-Yfd_p0cN3BDyeqE-NF0miewfwdEX6KF4kp_7nlg-mbDqgn9g46_7X1ex8ax1QEzcsLC-Dy6KJx6AuJBMRy3/s1600/Buxton%20ring.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHurkevbwCU4uKCRf8UNOGdoeojhUuxSGT3FhgcpaOkhGDQt7kPx1-6yWnH89EIPVgFAeU6OitnkcmOIqxUbMYIBEz0KY_Jy1E9feP1Bqs-Yfd_p0cN3BDyeqE-NF0miewfwdEX6KF4kp_7nlg-mbDqgn9g46_7X1ex8ax1QEzcsLC-Dy6KJx6AuJBMRy3/w640-h428/Buxton%20ring.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkj_Y1eCx5Ri0JTzWxV7G9OblkWX94OZFmqXvbZ7tUTs_Xl1hNX1IylyQw52bJ1O1lvhyPPWyzQbZday2IcoREgpZkGOxzBH9Mn-LQXn1ovtcOyTP9Q92KK3gsYpcnM1HoGhl2gm6ixi2igU64q5Rgvo5F7IguQwL6txWUzC10hCAys1SFu2erEZku2wrh/s1568/IMG-1278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1045" data-original-width="1568" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkj_Y1eCx5Ri0JTzWxV7G9OblkWX94OZFmqXvbZ7tUTs_Xl1hNX1IylyQw52bJ1O1lvhyPPWyzQbZday2IcoREgpZkGOxzBH9Mn-LQXn1ovtcOyTP9Q92KK3gsYpcnM1HoGhl2gm6ixi2igU64q5Rgvo5F7IguQwL6txWUzC10hCAys1SFu2erEZku2wrh/w640-h426/IMG-1278.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The two Buxton rings found in 2014 and 2024. © Giselle Eagle</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNo2xY682DOM30hgJRRVJNWgU8MBPXjCgChhuzcyXSagRfntV4OYDbvfHGCXDElcqJJqmRY2-bYRTm1DP4-KrSwyM6oyLu7xAJttBNvRqiCVu5cMsoyVgVSOOh6imOn668-1_sJhAne0454GoCud6HhnZ67xWqY14dzdklKmdefUt9Skhv9ZNqUmE2tZq/s4032/IMG-1269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNo2xY682DOM30hgJRRVJNWgU8MBPXjCgChhuzcyXSagRfntV4OYDbvfHGCXDElcqJJqmRY2-bYRTm1DP4-KrSwyM6oyLu7xAJttBNvRqiCVu5cMsoyVgVSOOh6imOn668-1_sJhAne0454GoCud6HhnZ67xWqY14dzdklKmdefUt9Skhv9ZNqUmE2tZq/w640-h480/IMG-1269.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpkEAGmDjs2svlU5owk6_sO0WZiyvK-Ndv4e_UiSu4fcmgbXCFTQx20Aruqpi14iOzFdbRLS8rhVggoG6AUs47o8ebjFVX3p8ScdXFAaBGbZXzmTQ3BjqmBoccDpsQ5Hlp85Am88jthyphenhyphenWN4EqYxC1NwFS080fJ2-V4aMnvkfd1cfzjZT56om8OLnL_jUC/s4032/IMG-1270.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrpkEAGmDjs2svlU5owk6_sO0WZiyvK-Ndv4e_UiSu4fcmgbXCFTQx20Aruqpi14iOzFdbRLS8rhVggoG6AUs47o8ebjFVX3p8ScdXFAaBGbZXzmTQ3BjqmBoccDpsQ5Hlp85Am88jthyphenhyphenWN4EqYxC1NwFS080fJ2-V4aMnvkfd1cfzjZT56om8OLnL_jUC/w640-h480/IMG-1270.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
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night, a saturated Island again a sea of huge puddles, overflowing ponds and
stream-like tracks. Birds were clearly on the move overnight, with a small fall
of thrushes seeing a minimum of four <b>Fieldfare</b>
and seven <b>Redwing</b> logged. Having
spent yesterday exploring and celebrating our return to the Island, today saw
our first day of hard graft; the food shop was cleaned and prepped in readiness
for a lick of paint (following its new tiled floor last autumn), the huge task
of cleaning and unpacking began at the Lighthouse and the metal pipework in the
Lighthouse bathroom was scraped and painted. Other birds logged included 89 <b>Fulmar</b>, two each of <b>Gannet</b> and <b>Shag</b>, ten <b>Wigeon</b>, 20 <b>Teal</b>, the female <b>Merlin</b>, 146 <b>Oystercatcher</b>
(including 89 on the Anticline), just the one <b>Lapwing</b>, singles of <b>Whimbrel</b>
and <b>Curlew</b>, only 61 <b>Guillemot</b>, 17 <b>Razorbill</b> and 12 <b>Puffin</b>,
the first <b>Woodpigeon</b> of the year,
nine <b>Skylark</b>, five <b>Pied</b> <b>Wagtail</b>, four <b>Robin</b> (two
of which were retraps from last autumn and one from the autumn before, this a
species which does not breed on Skokholm), seven <b>Stonechat</b>, the same <b>Wheatear</b>,
two <b>Chiffchaff</b>, four <b>Goldcrest</b> and just 14 <b>Jackdaw</b>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0op9eJYModBYdduB3Ny0CEOatMSdLdKCRwhj2c0LcjefRkA_l3FFwq71jrwbV3D2PLyPyyNNdAn48FzvkV011lUhIsU-T777xmoT1h8FccYXDGXU0xVr-GGuCYATdhXf72R9kHvB7jmx6gqu9c5vsQw1PFlhk1d2LneOhiBURPhfhnihCK5RpGpGxSaDv/s2638/5C9A4260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1761" data-original-width="2638" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0op9eJYModBYdduB3Ny0CEOatMSdLdKCRwhj2c0LcjefRkA_l3FFwq71jrwbV3D2PLyPyyNNdAn48FzvkV011lUhIsU-T777xmoT1h8FccYXDGXU0xVr-GGuCYATdhXf72R9kHvB7jmx6gqu9c5vsQw1PFlhk1d2LneOhiBURPhfhnihCK5RpGpGxSaDv/w640-h428/5C9A4260.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVbIAhCvEm2e7POxHHIXtg9jaI5Y9A8aZ2Khp9l5rLXRFbyTM83DO9CdVbmO9tdh7T8HaICjZGxEDOjGh3rmKoYr1anAEYpQ0WxmFTvvfRyIo6z4cru7z839vxdwySV2ZleMz2wougBncFuzhQBHbm_Djtb95GvsqGFOumqc8xVaNKscujkiKGuGhvKJJz/s2156/5C9A4369.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="2156" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVbIAhCvEm2e7POxHHIXtg9jaI5Y9A8aZ2Khp9l5rLXRFbyTM83DO9CdVbmO9tdh7T8HaICjZGxEDOjGh3rmKoYr1anAEYpQ0WxmFTvvfRyIo6z4cru7z839vxdwySV2ZleMz2wougBncFuzhQBHbm_Djtb95GvsqGFOumqc8xVaNKscujkiKGuGhvKJJz/w640-h426/5C9A4369.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We are constantly on the lookout for gulls ringed in
previous years. Whilst most of the Great Black-backed Gulls we encounter are
our breeding adults (such as W:404), we also see younger birds which have
gravitated back towards the colony. W:347 was ringed as a chick near the
Sugarloaf in 2020; it was resighted at Newlyn Harbour (Cornwall) in September
2020, January 2021 and May 2021, at Gothian Sands (Cornwall) in May 2022 and
back at Newlyn Harbour in January 2023, before arriving back to Skokholm today.
© Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MmtEingxYQQWRzeU7SpHCgvwrswNs2tByJo52mw2kdHMy14n8E-Nt-LcIYQu3MVftM9Yc4fzlbHmcX77uJ0-DLZcvGgycQjHaSgo3K5y6FmE-pa6EV7KXzZaabnCaS1XyyEebFmRPSyaq5-zGnKb3darBmz7aQQwMzxcxh3x16gq8SJp5hniTGuIofkz/s1574/DSC02642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1574" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MmtEingxYQQWRzeU7SpHCgvwrswNs2tByJo52mw2kdHMy14n8E-Nt-LcIYQu3MVftM9Yc4fzlbHmcX77uJ0-DLZcvGgycQjHaSgo3K5y6FmE-pa6EV7KXzZaabnCaS1XyyEebFmRPSyaq5-zGnKb3darBmz7aQQwMzxcxh3x16gq8SJp5hniTGuIofkz/w640-h426/DSC02642.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Three of the Redwing present today made their way into the
Well Heligoland. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0QtCr2N30sbcH9fHlBjz72XYC5Dy6mv2Rs1bxyzJSQc9eSBD_TkvOOd3gwVcvW-dHcUU3yLEPJ9ky_QP-8a-PEwK2gomJAOgf-m7w-YzOMwQjh6T8gHjs7TW0xqKzaCTaYqa5YeZ-YAZfpPG7cClZ4kqlga3P1OLJhNVST3x5HP7_FvaeOEN1Eq3mLl31/s4713/DSC02627.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3148" data-original-width="4713" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0QtCr2N30sbcH9fHlBjz72XYC5Dy6mv2Rs1bxyzJSQc9eSBD_TkvOOd3gwVcvW-dHcUU3yLEPJ9ky_QP-8a-PEwK2gomJAOgf-m7w-YzOMwQjh6T8gHjs7TW0xqKzaCTaYqa5YeZ-YAZfpPG7cClZ4kqlga3P1OLJhNVST3x5HP7_FvaeOEN1Eq3mLl31/w640-h428/DSC02627.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
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exploring the Island and checking how things have overwintered. In short,
things have gone well; despite what has clearly been a very wet few months, the
vast majority of the buildings seem in good repair and surprisingly dry. It
wasn’t just the piles of Narcissi and bumblebees giving things a spring-like
feel; there were six <b>Chiffchaff</b> and
seven <b>Goldcrest</b> around the Well and
Farm, yesterday’s male <b>Wheatear</b> was
still around Home Meadow and the first <b>Puffins</b>
were logged. Although there have been two earlier three-figure <b>Puffin</b> daycounts (with 204 on the 9th
in 2021 and 112 on the 3rd last year), a minimum of 316 today was the highest
daycount to have been logged this early in the year (the 2013-2023 first
three-figure daycount mean falls on the 18th). Other birds logged included 88 <b>Fulmar</b>, a <b>Cormorant</b>, two <b>Shelduck</b>,
eight <b>Wigeon</b>, 18 <b>Teal</b>, nine <b>Mallard</b>, singles of <b>Merlin</b>,
<b>Water Rail</b> and <b>Moorhen</b>, 88 <b>Oystercatcher</b>,
two <b>Lapwing</b> (could our displaying
male have found a partner?), four <b>Snipe</b>,
a <b>Whimbrel</b> (probably that which
looked set to overwinter in the vicinity of Purple Cove), six <b>Curlew</b>, a <b>Common Gull</b>, 1540 <b>Guillemot</b>,
1608 <b>Razorbill</b>, 18 <b>Skylark</b>, 38 <b>Meadow Pipit</b>, six <b>Pied
Wagtail</b>, four <b>Robin</b>, six <b>Stonechat</b>, 14 <b>Blackbird</b>, singles of <b>Fieldfare</b>
and <b>Song Thrush</b>, 44 <b>Jackdaw</b>, eight <b>Starling</b> and a <b>Linnet</b>.
There were eight <b>Grey Seal</b> offshore,
a lone <b>Slow Worm</b> was near the Red
Hut and a <b><i>Eudonia angustea</i></b> was the first moth of the year.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8nS7ahGV66M2hyVjcE2PZBovHu3af0BRwIVGl3jB8Vtlm5CJP7aYWw2oBjuwxBxZOB9BCYOSPIxLZ77P3hINcdXQUWZN5tyRwr8hzv97wqTErpLNLMQipWqBXalL2e_jrHcJVGoARavNfB0EznTVxr5CDSf6L_rl4FtC1IWBGK_FSSd4npebmf3M4_Uj/s2374/5C9A4348.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="2374" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8nS7ahGV66M2hyVjcE2PZBovHu3af0BRwIVGl3jB8Vtlm5CJP7aYWw2oBjuwxBxZOB9BCYOSPIxLZ77P3hINcdXQUWZN5tyRwr8hzv97wqTErpLNLMQipWqBXalL2e_jrHcJVGoARavNfB0EznTVxr5CDSf6L_rl4FtC1IWBGK_FSSd4npebmf3M4_Uj/w640-h424/5C9A4348.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was the earliest ever 300 plus Puffin count. © Richard
Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJ4-XrpSZeZPzAgaYZz0WTl9GigolifHDtBPfFwnj3q2aF9SXlrahsVHV7hfUcm5GkUtNhgTV93mi-pleEvA0Y-CeJXQndbiaapnbj_dRzpKp9ArYLHPZmpsRhKITqIqFwy-u5A8jnEWMD9BDMTh634P8QFZMoWl_jb00TVIGJ47QiKdV-THQmJ5NzsTR/s4032/IMG-1241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJ4-XrpSZeZPzAgaYZz0WTl9GigolifHDtBPfFwnj3q2aF9SXlrahsVHV7hfUcm5GkUtNhgTV93mi-pleEvA0Y-CeJXQndbiaapnbj_dRzpKp9ArYLHPZmpsRhKITqIqFwy-u5A8jnEWMD9BDMTh634P8QFZMoWl_jb00TVIGJ47QiKdV-THQmJ5NzsTR/w640-h480/IMG-1241.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The catch boxes were cleaned and returned to our four
Heligolands. Three new Goldcrest and a retrap Robin were handled. © Giselle
Eagle</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSM7WGB2KoWfurrYPGQ14FKR8dBAVJghIw_ithyphenhyphenQW1nGflzmZTfFa37KHZFK6ImXquFCykSpW3LwPVBUGJgVoVB0aQMhYb9St483SaqSdVlC6MjX6C1Pj42401-30lWA3DSCuXFLJWMnDwK-MieDHqCU_PCcOCw7BrOLuzhauRJbawY14Hod9AFiHaLIH/s1810/5C9A4300.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1810" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsSM7WGB2KoWfurrYPGQ14FKR8dBAVJghIw_ithyphenhyphenQW1nGflzmZTfFa37KHZFK6ImXquFCykSpW3LwPVBUGJgVoVB0aQMhYb9St483SaqSdVlC6MjX6C1Pj42401-30lWA3DSCuXFLJWMnDwK-MieDHqCU_PCcOCw7BrOLuzhauRJbawY14Hod9AFiHaLIH/w640-h428/5C9A4300.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There were at least six Chiffchaff between the Obs and the
Well. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffH89jXtf2nwadMvQ9JhFJokVfXoeOfRZ0rTgPOBgZfcNInuNmq9rhML7H4nDk4tzJybtP08bZtviioYq-j3UatJWANpzX3MycUR46yF1CnuoZnHa6dAWagtKbKiE_muxz9uSsh1W42As8Qz3962Er5LLscgQVIP0zCicKjg-TJaGWGhGMalW3l4TpRr-/s1862/DSC02611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="1862" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffH89jXtf2nwadMvQ9JhFJokVfXoeOfRZ0rTgPOBgZfcNInuNmq9rhML7H4nDk4tzJybtP08bZtviioYq-j3UatJWANpzX3MycUR46yF1CnuoZnHa6dAWagtKbKiE_muxz9uSsh1W42As8Qz3962Er5LLscgQVIP0zCicKjg-TJaGWGhGMalW3l4TpRr-/w640-h426/DSC02611.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Merlin was hunting around North Pond. © Giselle Eagle</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmDFA9-6sFgaRzjpYtl-5UdIjrwdXWMfatX2-GqbWQWvm8PtPBBi0mtg1c44wtMse93W81cnQAebXaSxxjE3f275glC38eqrSQarDfS2Qi9o_iGfpN0CImF0lh_CleXA8SBOz-f-j3KD9KEOdmH8OiRh7bEsY0TKjdwaqduMeSJu7SwZzVl52fC8UsGZV/s3949/5C9A4316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2635" data-original-width="3949" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmDFA9-6sFgaRzjpYtl-5UdIjrwdXWMfatX2-GqbWQWvm8PtPBBi0mtg1c44wtMse93W81cnQAebXaSxxjE3f275glC38eqrSQarDfS2Qi9o_iGfpN0CImF0lh_CleXA8SBOz-f-j3KD9KEOdmH8OiRh7bEsY0TKjdwaqduMeSJu7SwZzVl52fC8UsGZV/w640-h428/5C9A4316.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There were nine Chough over the Obs. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSEi_7O0Kp1JtyxmV3fybqf7lbceDQlgl5vU-vD96tIYqKlLmNrjPAu9vdFrt-_tFadgxF-UA03soL0JQFE4HOJZL_weWIQCZbKK3Ayx6FRV3txxN7GUpzI0kgpBSA-xrNUbgcQ_1TCT4FLiJlCmookDVkKsDEWZEnsOZBMZk8UIVROAyKhqbYV1QQaa6/s5472/DSC02608.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSEi_7O0Kp1JtyxmV3fybqf7lbceDQlgl5vU-vD96tIYqKlLmNrjPAu9vdFrt-_tFadgxF-UA03soL0JQFE4HOJZL_weWIQCZbKK3Ayx6FRV3txxN7GUpzI0kgpBSA-xrNUbgcQ_1TCT4FLiJlCmookDVkKsDEWZEnsOZBMZk8UIVROAyKhqbYV1QQaa6/w640-h426/DSC02608.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Thrift is currently golden brown. © Giselle Eagle</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_N5KR8XwikKAqgP1m6zG9kL-DTtChkmMPZA67BDdMIh4iCTSR8yRyDdSSNe3Th4x0uG9rFChLmE4VdD0WlsIJehHrmgo7snJIEhr0tXUBDvILiP0bpG1k2Q0XLdq6eUQrgwrGEk6Fb64lCteOOg0aT4bTKz9vjxmx2EVBHWZL6dHXSekxcRmgmHkSYPH/s4032/IMG-1232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_N5KR8XwikKAqgP1m6zG9kL-DTtChkmMPZA67BDdMIh4iCTSR8yRyDdSSNe3Th4x0uG9rFChLmE4VdD0WlsIJehHrmgo7snJIEhr0tXUBDvILiP0bpG1k2Q0XLdq6eUQrgwrGEk6Fb64lCteOOg0aT4bTKz9vjxmx2EVBHWZL6dHXSekxcRmgmHkSYPH/w640-h480/IMG-1232.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XCDeMQFNPPqTr9xk8lmBtaSrreZAaxp6uy_crm2s0LKzREg6hwwS1-XePlhKatVMmLsljHcmemBtF8QIaVc0DNSWAIPkKN0zWgZmcR8zzWh03MeeFpfMk9rufPQ3h52S28OZE-Qw1CCRkg14SE-OLNG4h8hSlQhFMVAHc6xvSmJnI1pbwjYvMbdBJU28/s4032/IMG-1236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6XCDeMQFNPPqTr9xk8lmBtaSrreZAaxp6uy_crm2s0LKzREg6hwwS1-XePlhKatVMmLsljHcmemBtF8QIaVc0DNSWAIPkKN0zWgZmcR8zzWh03MeeFpfMk9rufPQ3h52S28OZE-Qw1CCRkg14SE-OLNG4h8hSlQhFMVAHc6xvSmJnI1pbwjYvMbdBJU28/w640-h480/IMG-1236.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
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which time we have visited North Yorkshire and Northumberland, returned to
Pembrokeshire, shopped for the season ahead, sat out a couple of days of rough
weather and, as of this afternoon, returned to Dream Island. So something of a
whirlwind, but necessarily so as a late winter trip meant that we were at risk
of missing the first spring migrants. We returned today on the Helen Clare,
with Ben and Karl crewing and the crack team of Lisa, Dave, Ellyn, Nick, Rob,
Francis and Dobbins along to give us a hand lugging all of our gear on and off
the boat. The boat was loaded at low water, the lows particularly low at the
moment, meaning that everyone got a good work out on an extremely steep gangway
(thank you all)! There was a little more swell in South Haven than anticipated
and a mass of algae across the jetty steps and well up the South Haven track, all
of which made for a lively disembarkation. With the exception of a cool box
handle failure, which sent frozen green beans and spinach drifting across South
Haven, our arrival went smoothly and we were soon scrambling all of our
belongings up ice-like steps to a point where they would not be reached by a
quickly advancing, and very high, high tide. Having waved goodbye to our
fantastic helpers, the two of us made our way up to the Farm to see if the
dumper would start (it did, at the first time of asking). The journey up was
magical, albeit really rather soggy after what has been the wettest February on
record. There were migrants! A <b>Chiffchaff</b>
and a <b>Goldcrest</b> were at the Well, as
were a couple of <b>Snipe</b> and seven <b>Starling</b>. A male <b>Wheatear</b> flushed from Home Meadow, conveniently dropping in to the
north of the Wheelhouse (allowing us to grab a camera and confirm through the
window that it was a Skokholm bird, F22 which bred at Crab Bay last year); the
first Wheatear of last spring arrived on the 17th, whilst the 2013-2023 first
spring bird mean is the 11th (so we probably haven’t missed too many in our
absence). Other birds/signs of birds encountered as we made our way up to the
Lighthouse (which has overwintered beautifully) included <b>Manx Shearwater</b> guano streaking from burrows near Petrel Station
II, 11 <b>Wigeon</b>, 19 <b>Teal</b>, three <b>Moorhen</b>, 60 <b>Oystercatcher</b>,
a <b>Lapwing</b> (perhaps last year’s
territorial male?), another <b>Snipe</b>,
five <b>Curlew</b>, three <b>Pied Wagtail</b>, two <b>Robin</b>, a pair of <b>Stonechat</b>,
a <b>Song Thrush</b> and eight <b>Jackdaw</b>. Two <b>Grey Seal</b> were around the boat.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoemDb7I9jV2GmpmXbXNMC2OThea4R6879RGYfThZNI6bbOGy_zNb6RYcXd3sxY117jmj-v90oqambcpn91R8k8Matzh3-5p5bR_H42k6wTDDv07ZgyjgITsrjitPQyMAiAJJzWIb8mIJ4MDQWN3tBq0-AuXKsYgr2GgfNUCVg3h3aAm6kY7k3Do449xR/s1633/5C9A4233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="1633" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoemDb7I9jV2GmpmXbXNMC2OThea4R6879RGYfThZNI6bbOGy_zNb6RYcXd3sxY117jmj-v90oqambcpn91R8k8Matzh3-5p5bR_H42k6wTDDv07ZgyjgITsrjitPQyMAiAJJzWIb8mIJ4MDQWN3tBq0-AuXKsYgr2GgfNUCVg3h3aAm6kY7k3Do449xR/w640-h426/5C9A4233.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first Wheatear of the year, returning male F22. ©
Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXktAuDtLhRHY4PLvd_-wsIyaExAPp4I2bOsqNJOHQlkSgl2pL90mg3hlYamfAVoHmQ0-2P8vgBZsbGKzvwsNQG-iaydAo_WKRoFI1mfFZyCqV5xTTC5z61gH40YuYjCc4xpX_r3kxYyUQaF7tAYrF5vYb0xwa__OYyKkZrdhvTF6WzcYPn-DCTtlum616/s1197/IMG-20240310-WA0009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1197" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXktAuDtLhRHY4PLvd_-wsIyaExAPp4I2bOsqNJOHQlkSgl2pL90mg3hlYamfAVoHmQ0-2P8vgBZsbGKzvwsNQG-iaydAo_WKRoFI1mfFZyCqV5xTTC5z61gH40YuYjCc4xpX_r3kxYyUQaF7tAYrF5vYb0xwa__OYyKkZrdhvTF6WzcYPn-DCTtlum616/w640-h426/IMG-20240310-WA0009.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZrcpJ8VOsrE36jQnhNR3cFZbAI1pt-2o-Rqj91qF-PAwWCLVampJ4XKrITpSWmfh2DiLinrl5hSfC4JYAsRTUy9QE3ijp6JiCuqKWTBkMlav6zurXW5S4xiVqmc3mC1Io7B9mFa7Qf9ELg3fyuTjyVfvCLyEi7YKYZMFtUPj87zo-Kdcvqk4rTPAW7uC/s1195/IMG-20240310-WA0010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1195" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikZrcpJ8VOsrE36jQnhNR3cFZbAI1pt-2o-Rqj91qF-PAwWCLVampJ4XKrITpSWmfh2DiLinrl5hSfC4JYAsRTUy9QE3ijp6JiCuqKWTBkMlav6zurXW5S4xiVqmc3mC1Io7B9mFa7Qf9ELg3fyuTjyVfvCLyEi7YKYZMFtUPj87zo-Kdcvqk4rTPAW7uC/w640-h426/IMG-20240310-WA0010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWZCH-4KdlH4mPYZOyLQ-j2gus33flNfgu2uWRlhKhX6YaW5STP8uWp2Om4vs6xWRTSi_HmBsC9jdNpd2zBJcLaYUtxhlItpaOFgqyuy1-YXSgtzxHj8gUmsAXbQYGii4-W8D_KVi4EWrgeVqMrGsPoFCiOauSzN94BrpBHsb5cxMIHMI3v5KYsN7dSho/s4032/IMG-1209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWZCH-4KdlH4mPYZOyLQ-j2gus33flNfgu2uWRlhKhX6YaW5STP8uWp2Om4vs6xWRTSi_HmBsC9jdNpd2zBJcLaYUtxhlItpaOFgqyuy1-YXSgtzxHj8gUmsAXbQYGii4-W8D_KVi4EWrgeVqMrGsPoFCiOauSzN94BrpBHsb5cxMIHMI3v5KYsN7dSho/w640-h480/IMG-1209.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoxA96N_cI1kxRsX-2aoUTEANbyr9jtz00E68_zXnOtrToASa_MCM3qcjhLriURUlHZiKDULltX9_NRD0x6ZimPIs4F8QCkmbzAyrB5eAfGynt_yNdz28bbjlB6cyo-ueP56MkJ_h0GhuPnypmEHcLC0ElDQ11hAU4pzDNeT4EbsolM931DCz-Bu6b3FI/s4032/IMG-1218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoxA96N_cI1kxRsX-2aoUTEANbyr9jtz00E68_zXnOtrToASa_MCM3qcjhLriURUlHZiKDULltX9_NRD0x6ZimPIs4F8QCkmbzAyrB5eAfGynt_yNdz28bbjlB6cyo-ueP56MkJ_h0GhuPnypmEHcLC0ElDQ11hAU4pzDNeT4EbsolM931DCz-Bu6b3FI/w640-h480/IMG-1218.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPJRQpPIdJHr4FNv2vULjoWYmROHMmUloZoVruADSbqMX96kv6-L29W_BkstBw20gr8K9QZ-FAYM-R4VNy-dnuoj5ZvlIKtp7JBma09pwuzfB0n6bLJeR050Dd4SCTrYG1PEJhuxPsr_9OrYix6cz3kdV0pLrUDlwPN8vp02ucyiTA0HKnxzvFsd4ZtwR/s4032/IMG-1223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPJRQpPIdJHr4FNv2vULjoWYmROHMmUloZoVruADSbqMX96kv6-L29W_BkstBw20gr8K9QZ-FAYM-R4VNy-dnuoj5ZvlIKtp7JBma09pwuzfB0n6bLJeR050Dd4SCTrYG1PEJhuxPsr_9OrYix6cz3kdV0pLrUDlwPN8vp02ucyiTA0HKnxzvFsd4ZtwR/w640-h480/IMG-1223.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8z52xs4uJdb3Xc-M_cmYEsrgBbelR8cVzj8qFUmrRVkdmR0nQ5gCzrTYAJdixyfL9s6pqkXD6BX5H4NdiO_FNnOXgHRQjOYHUwpQTDpVnlpuY-TMoJ_M12Ix6IRtRKfM4oC9usbPaH62ehN6oyuDejaI39szpi9owK985CHBz4BvkMm_w2Wom1BUMXtiJ/s4032/IMG-1227.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8z52xs4uJdb3Xc-M_cmYEsrgBbelR8cVzj8qFUmrRVkdmR0nQ5gCzrTYAJdixyfL9s6pqkXD6BX5H4NdiO_FNnOXgHRQjOYHUwpQTDpVnlpuY-TMoJ_M12Ix6IRtRKfM4oC9usbPaH62ehN6oyuDejaI39szpi9owK985CHBz4BvkMm_w2Wom1BUMXtiJ/w640-h480/IMG-1227.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Returning to a rather lively South Haven jetty and shifting
bags up to the Obs. Thank you to Wendy James for the sheets - they make it a
lot easier to move around on the algae. Somehow we managed to miss the rain. ©
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wrong side of midnight, but it has been quite a day! It began well before dawn
as inevitably there are lots of jobs to do on departure day which cannot be
done the day before; bedding has to be packed up, breakfast dishes have to be
cleaned and packed, gas and water have to go off, the last of our belongings
need to be packed and everything then has to be transported to the boat, before
vehicles go away, the last of the rooms are locked and the departure is made.
Everything went in a blur and without a hitch, this our 11th winter departure
from Dream Island (so we’re well aware of things that can be forgotten or go
wrong). Somehow we managed to work between the showers, everything loaded onto
the Helen Clare without getting a soaking. Lee and Alex picked us up just after
13:00 and we enjoyed a pleasant cruise up the Haven. We were greeted at Neyland
by Anna and Steve who managed to cram all of our belongings, the laundry and
various other things into two cars for a journey down to their lovely house at
Mullock. It wasn’t long before we were in the Pub, a trip made under the pretext
that we had to meet Mark Burton who has generously purchased a new ‘Pyralid and
Crambid moths’ book for the Skokholm Library (it’s a cracker and we can’t wait
to get into it next year). Dinner and after dinner entertainment followed, and
all of a sudden it is tomorrow. There were no avian surprises as we left the
Lighthouse, closed up the Obs and made our way to the boat. But we can look
back on a remarkable year full of avian surprises, along with moths,
dragonflies, scenery, cetaceans, seals and a fantastic selection of the most
interesting human visitors. The coming weeks will see us looking back on
another great season, report writing, planning for 2024 and taking a bit of a
holiday. We will post occasional updates from time to time and the daily blog
will start again next March, but for now, we are officially ‘Man off Station’.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDmdcPp9BNdCTyFsDEUc22Wdf2ndesC-eQKJ1e4xwqCFeuJ90MqhlK22g5zCkhdhj31LUwqWPfM6X6ufvLo3Di4Q8cG269NmcG_fUurA-4sGGZ3iQT9eVens_SRuK6bP0EqBp_WZoyyODC1bI9pokucvF2W-w2uSnnIAC7EWz5tsJlNj1yYDQ8oQMT-t0/s4032/IMG-0471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDmdcPp9BNdCTyFsDEUc22Wdf2ndesC-eQKJ1e4xwqCFeuJ90MqhlK22g5zCkhdhj31LUwqWPfM6X6ufvLo3Di4Q8cG269NmcG_fUurA-4sGGZ3iQT9eVens_SRuK6bP0EqBp_WZoyyODC1bI9pokucvF2W-w2uSnnIAC7EWz5tsJlNj1yYDQ8oQMT-t0/w640-h480/IMG-0471.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It seems strange to be leaving as the Narcissi flower, but the
switch is now off. © Giselle Eagle</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAr2NCE3kEeLG8uY3o7TvWK_AuzzPF0iglGXwOwE4CjiZ3gKvIb5JpG3mohfl3wTIfKHzFO5QFWZ5dt2aUxws4vVDWyib0JIAVLJKyg-dz9BWS60K98kS8LZC6wNVS7k_hLetrl9tGQISEWD5PZI4XdSmZCUicVOrLIWy2VsW4ZJHu2vXzs1N7KYMzkadX/s2207/5C9A7609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1473" data-original-width="2207" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAr2NCE3kEeLG8uY3o7TvWK_AuzzPF0iglGXwOwE4CjiZ3gKvIb5JpG3mohfl3wTIfKHzFO5QFWZ5dt2aUxws4vVDWyib0JIAVLJKyg-dz9BWS60K98kS8LZC6wNVS7k_hLetrl9tGQISEWD5PZI4XdSmZCUicVOrLIWy2VsW4ZJHu2vXzs1N7KYMzkadX/w640-h428/5C9A7609.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9v-EPhDDBawkxhJ2nLBr15RdbrtC1Z_l32xBW29pU_a5Kx3zvPh2rVaBOvH3u7Kzcb4vq1gm6t29N3pPOFDE0IffCvJu7x08dzJuYzrueL1sbQIAmlrD_W8ROhH_jaI5HigQRoglhVcmjFeE6oqq0bZ8SPy49N-d8RHfJqJ-aybWXtaliGQt52vYh46ak/s3583/5C9A9453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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border-style: none; border-width: 9px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 8px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Skokholm Island is owned and managed by the Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Skokholm Islandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15965313095907294590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855579586106610230.post-44038869573844978562023-12-02T12:53:00.000-08:002023-12-02T12:53:51.754-08:00<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">We were already cleaning and packing as another glorious
sunrise turned the rooms of the Lighthouse orange. From then on the day was a
blur of cleaning and packing, briefly at the Obs but mainly at the Lighthouse
where it was time to clean the cooker, fridge, freezer and washroom. We write
now surrounded by a pile of bags and boxes, some still requiring a bit more
attention (it may well be a late night). It is looking like tomorrow will be
our first really wet departure from Dream Island, so we also need to get
everything watertight. Unsurprisingly we were a little distracted from the
birding at times, with the totals for the day coming to two <b>Mallard</b>, 20 <b>Teal</b>, nine <b>Oystercatcher</b>,
three <b>Lapwing</b> (a mobile group which
almost certainly included our lingering adult), a <b>Ringed Plover</b> on North Pond, two <b>Curlew</b>, 22 <b>Snipe</b>, seven <b>Mediterranean Gull</b>, three <b>Common Gull</b>, 59 <b>Fulmar</b> (the majority of which were rafting off North Gully), a <b>Gannet</b>, 113 <b>Jackdaw</b>, the two adult <b>Raven</b>
stood with their youngster ‘Scabz’, 383 <b>Starling</b>,
11 <b>Song Thrush</b>, 15 <b>Robin</b> and three <b>Stonechat</b>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJedBInFTkUaGULBO456Atc7hyphenhyphenBlFGffDKkj5f0q9h7hwQ9LYCX8Ub3MBlvib-esc0iZ04jAxWAn3wsQXxvJ6XMVUuxyOkYTe7_EydEW1aCZtqJNWLie3QltbFqF_5dpV9rH2qMv7XM8QQ5vcdze2lFr7Gpq2vmu6FuInKNdxyXH22wKeoJfUj6LDYLkxc/s4817/DSC02464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3213" data-original-width="4817" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJedBInFTkUaGULBO456Atc7hyphenhyphenBlFGffDKkj5f0q9h7hwQ9LYCX8Ub3MBlvib-esc0iZ04jAxWAn3wsQXxvJ6XMVUuxyOkYTe7_EydEW1aCZtqJNWLie3QltbFqF_5dpV9rH2qMv7XM8QQ5vcdze2lFr7Gpq2vmu6FuInKNdxyXH22wKeoJfUj6LDYLkxc/w640-h426/DSC02464.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1j90OYbRsmOQHEc9m1OZSMwFJyaGP4nH60ZS-_7TFhYr1taDELNjUiC_tGzFryVnQbWkKE0RpPbVOt8zvAXOQS_UXOJi2u6VeQ08OGB2Gd4PZGac1R2_uiz8HQ2nQEq66mTMN5500sOKe_WtXtuxJcFscbp59HK2uYdfFq5TMvqOcZfF6oEadtkAboixB/s5472/DSC02470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1j90OYbRsmOQHEc9m1OZSMwFJyaGP4nH60ZS-_7TFhYr1taDELNjUiC_tGzFryVnQbWkKE0RpPbVOt8zvAXOQS_UXOJi2u6VeQ08OGB2Gd4PZGac1R2_uiz8HQ2nQEq66mTMN5500sOKe_WtXtuxJcFscbp59HK2uYdfFq5TMvqOcZfF6oEadtkAboixB/w640-h426/DSC02470.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a stunning day. © Giselle Eagle</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pwx9yZEk5T_Is3gPJQrg3Zb1U0Yhis6NAkIuFM5cFMLj2SyNKu9-hxpZ8KC93CnYIYZCinQL0ByWIV1bj3dPeK8-17GitaF3NQTJKCv_cWnfG2zUnYv-gG9efbPR61US2d2G0TnooGbdfLngoVaBPqmgLtuV9gmZEEnh6cpDkCOKeyZUelVrYph0TRob/s3165/5C9A1931.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2111" data-original-width="3165" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pwx9yZEk5T_Is3gPJQrg3Zb1U0Yhis6NAkIuFM5cFMLj2SyNKu9-hxpZ8KC93CnYIYZCinQL0ByWIV1bj3dPeK8-17GitaF3NQTJKCv_cWnfG2zUnYv-gG9efbPR61US2d2G0TnooGbdfLngoVaBPqmgLtuV9gmZEEnh6cpDkCOKeyZUelVrYph0TRob/w640-h426/5C9A1931.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
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spectacular affair, with long shadows, golden vegetation and ice. Having retained
a liquid surface yesterday, today saw all of South Pond and half of North Pond
succumb to the cold. We were hoping that we might see a bit of a cold weather
movement of ducks and waders, but it remained rather quiet on that front. A <b>Mistle Thrush</b> did cross Broad Sound,
this a late addition to the yearlist which takes us to 154 species, a total a
smidge up on our average. A <b>Greenfinch</b>
over the Lighthouse was sadly something of a scarcity these days, and one of
two <b>Merlin</b> present today was looking
to make them scarcer still. A lone male <b>Chaffinch</b>
at the Well completed the lightest of finch passages. Other birds logged
included singles of <b>Water Rail</b>, <b>Lapwing</b> and <b>Ringed Plover</b>, two <b>Curlew</b>,
nine <b>Snipe</b>, nine <b>Black-headed Gull</b>, 13 <b>Mediterranean Gull</b>, ten <b>Common Gull</b>, no Fulmar for a second
day, seven <b>Gannet</b>, singles of <b>Cormorant</b> and <b>Shag</b>, a distant ringtail <b>Hen
Harrier</b>, a fine male <b>Kestrel</b>, 54
<b>Jackdaw</b>, 305 <b>Starling</b>, 25 <b>Song Thrush</b>,
16 <b>Robin</b>, four <b>Stonechat</b> and three <b>Meadow
Pipit</b>. We packed up the Ringing Hut, locked up all of the rooms at the Obs
and started packing our mainland stuff.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RgyEZxr_YxxlyjR0dKvQWza_QnfArByvrLehSScJHLgMWT6aesapf_HmZ4GpoSNtHjIDbADB3YoOktbLLsuwSNOb9yA2tHU9wqQhDdeMGmMAwNu-slggGEFJU1Uu0PdgkhKYpbu6L2XNLLrIIKkqnredtuqpNgtgMOeTXlE9E10r_Ze75HJv4B5wyx6d/s2191/5C9A1905.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="2191" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RgyEZxr_YxxlyjR0dKvQWza_QnfArByvrLehSScJHLgMWT6aesapf_HmZ4GpoSNtHjIDbADB3YoOktbLLsuwSNOb9yA2tHU9wqQhDdeMGmMAwNu-slggGEFJU1Uu0PdgkhKYpbu6L2XNLLrIIKkqnredtuqpNgtgMOeTXlE9E10r_Ze75HJv4B5wyx6d/w640-h428/5C9A1905.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkoIulYYwoELoskvWq8XlFGeSYdCMqvMO5tS_Ut1iLoZVGRxDxi4nXBctcArMrGlei23RTMG1U5qE_dJH9XrQJY__fj7VdMxJ29rmokpHLMGuHZwz3rVAmSvLPgpGYsdRpeIICwQjRPCPKRBrllkEKKtQhCkHlT3bHHHTQsy6wfiqvEoVJDlXKUVsAbtv/s1936/5C9A1899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1936" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkoIulYYwoELoskvWq8XlFGeSYdCMqvMO5tS_Ut1iLoZVGRxDxi4nXBctcArMrGlei23RTMG1U5qE_dJH9XrQJY__fj7VdMxJ29rmokpHLMGuHZwz3rVAmSvLPgpGYsdRpeIICwQjRPCPKRBrllkEKKtQhCkHlT3bHHHTQsy6wfiqvEoVJDlXKUVsAbtv/w640-h428/5C9A1899.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Although Mistle Thrush have been seen in 56 previous years,
there have only been 216 bird-days, with highs of 12 in 1929 and 1981 and 13 in
1960, 1962 and 1967. There have been just 23 bird-days this century, including
15 since 2013. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcDKwbnaTI3Aq7NX1Zof1oRgYsz855hQ1VgewPJ1_JSU522OxKxN1Epz71tOxZgutc3Jj78EsEp7l2ZzET3WRgi2XLgf4qpgUN9V6tCa-_rWDVovXzBevMjod_BKqgsfAaUg0SrHebwY5itMdQrUBv9rnwsA_BKDMk8fv7xcrMdmYW1mYVf695e7UXjtH/s5472/DSC02454.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpcDKwbnaTI3Aq7NX1Zof1oRgYsz855hQ1VgewPJ1_JSU522OxKxN1Epz71tOxZgutc3Jj78EsEp7l2ZzET3WRgi2XLgf4qpgUN9V6tCa-_rWDVovXzBevMjod_BKqgsfAaUg0SrHebwY5itMdQrUBv9rnwsA_BKDMk8fv7xcrMdmYW1mYVf695e7UXjtH/w640-h426/DSC02454.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qGBbRrSJnKQwWE-vXDOQXQB7_e5A-AkaD7J2i5SsHDPGzY0mdsU9gtyXuVUhACEMFmNGCAkVHfHmZgLG2pE47NWPntgr2vACCv18VVFm2wkVnbSvrr4btu-7rJcvxBoVWh2dIaobXHbYXCA-JbShlzG2TXt6pxCHTCxIR480yHqsFoJqeXTsuWyep4n1/s5472/DSC02452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qGBbRrSJnKQwWE-vXDOQXQB7_e5A-AkaD7J2i5SsHDPGzY0mdsU9gtyXuVUhACEMFmNGCAkVHfHmZgLG2pE47NWPntgr2vACCv18VVFm2wkVnbSvrr4btu-7rJcvxBoVWh2dIaobXHbYXCA-JbShlzG2TXt6pxCHTCxIR480yHqsFoJqeXTsuWyep4n1/w640-h426/DSC02452.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
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shadows, the edges of the smaller ponds, slower streams and puddles encrusted
with carpets of shattered ice. The wind was bitter and the scenery spectacular
in equal measure. It was almost as-you-were on the bird front, although the
Broad Sound gulls beat their way east towards St Ann’s, the majority well out
of territorial waters by census o’clock. The female <b>Hen Harrier</b> perhaps spent the night, as she was again patrolling
the Western Plain this morning, scattering pockets of Starlings as she went. It
was good that there were few distractions (or perhaps there were few
distractions because we spent less time looking), as we spent the majority of
the day cleaning and packing, first finishing off in the Angel Loft Office and
putting the log burner to bed, later at the Lighthouse where the toilet and
kitchen could be put off no longer. Birds logged included four <b>Canada Goose</b> (two of which were the
first to spend the day for a while), 11 <b>Oystercatcher</b>,
the <b>Lapwing</b> and <b>Dunlin</b>, three <b>Snipe</b>,
just two <b>Kittiwake</b>, 183 <b>Black-headed Gull</b>, 64 <b>Mediterranean Gull</b>, 13 <b>Common Gull</b>, 167 <b>auks</b>, no Fulmar at all, a lone <b>Cormorant</b>,
a <b>Merlin</b>, 46 <b>Jackdaw</b>, a <b>Skylark</b>, 122 <b>Starling</b>, three <b>Redwing</b>, 14 <b>Song Thrush</b>,
four <b>Stonechat</b> and a <b>Pied Wagtail</b> at the Lighthouse.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJD0MLW388rUr5Ey-tylyJvD40pv_eacr0K2qBLA53Qr2Y9kWVcs_NkqM-Ki77Agii-MVSE3PY5DfSMbAq3wZnQWFK4XQxVffvRfte6NJQvWrVZWz57q8ZRFGzifRrgnCp0u6MUml79pwMA_gwNDXSjNtecQ2VV3eZUyvJ7apTEW6F9BdEzXwQPETCnLY/s1634/5C9A1865.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1634" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJD0MLW388rUr5Ey-tylyJvD40pv_eacr0K2qBLA53Qr2Y9kWVcs_NkqM-Ki77Agii-MVSE3PY5DfSMbAq3wZnQWFK4XQxVffvRfte6NJQvWrVZWz57q8ZRFGzifRrgnCp0u6MUml79pwMA_gwNDXSjNtecQ2VV3eZUyvJ7apTEW6F9BdEzXwQPETCnLY/w640-h426/5C9A1865.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCwgLdmDCTmCitDLkhcec6PQjSFYw8kYk_SPlfnOzF8sD954uC4nA2dsuOjyru4pFZMPz2CUAHE1ySW-7DbxpwdL-jJbw2jZtBDnEYadtBndDk8JRxklKiAsaGtSAfhlSbWCjzWuEJv8Hh9Xjp9MwJ16CGdJmI8mpS2hzdHLKeQX8whyphenhyphenhIGaoW-1rfwd9/s2202/5C9A1855.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="2202" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCwgLdmDCTmCitDLkhcec6PQjSFYw8kYk_SPlfnOzF8sD954uC4nA2dsuOjyru4pFZMPz2CUAHE1ySW-7DbxpwdL-jJbw2jZtBDnEYadtBndDk8JRxklKiAsaGtSAfhlSbWCjzWuEJv8Hh9Xjp9MwJ16CGdJmI8mpS2hzdHLKeQX8whyphenhyphenhIGaoW-1rfwd9/w640-h426/5C9A1855.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzfZGQLZYHy7VrsIANRxqk19qH7LvcxmhChhobJ-ksC0zrnVkxNvtGKm4pGHCihMrNto7OPOT3bEkpLZ8fdcJ6Aft8DiQtovyATun2Y13W3jyMzPm-YLpcmbMzs349qIVssRMSLTVyKH4ZRhhVVDSlawzTZgdLSKbphfrMOTE0gVcFM1GuuqbQHrlWXwY/s2295/5C9A1868.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="2295" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzfZGQLZYHy7VrsIANRxqk19qH7LvcxmhChhobJ-ksC0zrnVkxNvtGKm4pGHCihMrNto7OPOT3bEkpLZ8fdcJ6Aft8DiQtovyATun2Y13W3jyMzPm-YLpcmbMzs349qIVssRMSLTVyKH4ZRhhVVDSlawzTZgdLSKbphfrMOTE0gVcFM1GuuqbQHrlWXwY/w640-h426/5C9A1868.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Hen Harrier showed well this morning. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_IpX1Ru9MRR1rAIsm-pttI9INyBazmT_xxRKYl_Ka2sZ4y1tuHYGpt3YPZbWk3_9HGqal-TsHlYUFE30Mtlm80mWYH5PGWhPr-VZw2fdn3XBfAOZWfxHYwhVh2mzfIkf7KVmIh5U6eo1qaPhNIKIwIBLKODxESGsCcKXerLqRiTlbaFQpvuyg9BDMvSi/s3119/DSC02437.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2082" data-original-width="3119" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_IpX1Ru9MRR1rAIsm-pttI9INyBazmT_xxRKYl_Ka2sZ4y1tuHYGpt3YPZbWk3_9HGqal-TsHlYUFE30Mtlm80mWYH5PGWhPr-VZw2fdn3XBfAOZWfxHYwhVh2mzfIkf7KVmIh5U6eo1qaPhNIKIwIBLKODxESGsCcKXerLqRiTlbaFQpvuyg9BDMvSi/w640-h428/DSC02437.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioi64RNPe66wBcE60x9NKSlksJKyLlvoqg_t36Ego4BX06gVjnxkS1F6bZg723UL_O-VxUTQCC4-zQ613B0zJuIO1OyNv6Si0SGMKLbj355bhEAwgspyGDXEGn_wapIXlufThqEYxbB6ItGvGAYj-r4-p7PjjUgQlaXou6l0pfWeJIhpskfy1hJNvYiZQ/s2979/DSC02441.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1989" data-original-width="2979" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgioi64RNPe66wBcE60x9NKSlksJKyLlvoqg_t36Ego4BX06gVjnxkS1F6bZg723UL_O-VxUTQCC4-zQ613B0zJuIO1OyNv6Si0SGMKLbj355bhEAwgspyGDXEGn_wapIXlufThqEYxbB6ItGvGAYj-r4-p7PjjUgQlaXou6l0pfWeJIhpskfy1hJNvYiZQ/w640-h428/DSC02441.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Robins were typically inquisitive in the cold. © Giselle
Eagle</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrh6MDKwHknxvt8bRHWVk1EkfJu9IgCbAumuWan75B8Lk6T7_CZ3ugBNf3bHr4ZVxy-TXQtNH2t-W9PlMEK8T9JoU8MJ3Uzkutyr01SKX5FmnaU5ztwPcEiOI9RNpEBmkZUTnjcIBQGK60Jn-n1RA_2pwTZNvVEVev9T0DRXBVsUvkulkyvPsv-cNDxvrS/s5182/DSC02427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3457" data-original-width="5182" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrh6MDKwHknxvt8bRHWVk1EkfJu9IgCbAumuWan75B8Lk6T7_CZ3ugBNf3bHr4ZVxy-TXQtNH2t-W9PlMEK8T9JoU8MJ3Uzkutyr01SKX5FmnaU5ztwPcEiOI9RNpEBmkZUTnjcIBQGK60Jn-n1RA_2pwTZNvVEVev9T0DRXBVsUvkulkyvPsv-cNDxvrS/w640-h426/DSC02427.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhUFHn79BPmHPEPg1AmGcLtfnzuAPNSA8qj42fO33D1sFxyDSrFlqqL_IwTKux_FSWR6eaIN022DmBQ3SaJ9SOSLlJBYCM0f4sSU5tfU6EQI2-Rw8BArVqSSBFQgP-IhHumA-9Bi7Wb2kB_MrtYUPdTuz9-viLT3vrPY_-p1T4XfNMpPkOX9fnBh24wNt/s4440/DSC02426.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="4440" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHhUFHn79BPmHPEPg1AmGcLtfnzuAPNSA8qj42fO33D1sFxyDSrFlqqL_IwTKux_FSWR6eaIN022DmBQ3SaJ9SOSLlJBYCM0f4sSU5tfU6EQI2-Rw8BArVqSSBFQgP-IhHumA-9Bi7Wb2kB_MrtYUPdTuz9-viLT3vrPY_-p1T4XfNMpPkOX9fnBh24wNt/w640-h428/DSC02426.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some rare Skokholm ice along the South Pond Lower Drain. ©
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Dream Island in 2023 was memorable for a morning with barely a breath of wind,
North Pond becoming a mirror which conjured up a companion for our lone <b>Lapwing</b>. Of course such conditions make
for a frustrating Broad Sound gull watch, with the majority of birds sat on a
smooth sea, stubbornly refusing to flash the wings which make identification so
much easier at long range. Nine <b>Common
Dolphin</b> were a spectacular consolation. Today’s <b>Hen Harrier</b> was the adult female, the conditions seemingly encouraging
a longer visit, indeed we regularly bumped into her from dawn to dusk. We were
of course cleaning and packing, with the Ringing Hut, Obs Kitchen and the
Lighthouse again receiving the bulk of our attention. Birds logged included
three <b>Water Rail</b>, just six <b>Oystercatcher</b>, two each of <b>Curlew</b> and <b>Snipe</b>, 447 <b>Black-headed Gull</b>,
95 <b>Mediterranean Gull</b>, ten <b>Common Gull</b>, 79 <b>auks</b>, 80 <b>Fulmar</b>, a <b>Gannet</b>, two <b>Cormorant</b>, a <b>Grey Heron</b>
(just the 13th to be seen in this month), 82 <b>Jackdaw</b>, four <b>Skylark</b>,
381 <b>Starling</b>, ten <b>Song Thrush</b>, 14 <b>Robin</b>, four <b>Stonechat</b>,
five <b>Meadow Pipit</b> and two <b>Goldfinch</b>.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Cjg2zHkPtcta_NNSLE5-aGawrbYUS6TgggGqOscv83G0_ShMkwikOg43kQMBYAwUiPoA-fWRvVrEVG6Qfl0oKXvIAnrrhY92oeCxsxnJf1QLpFwq2Ifv_-J_Oc4nreWWKkKQ7b9C2YDLlG4cGAUVG_R44haLYaSUBuCHi37FHqyLG-wehr-4sLGDf-1m/s2058/DSC02402.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="2058" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Cjg2zHkPtcta_NNSLE5-aGawrbYUS6TgggGqOscv83G0_ShMkwikOg43kQMBYAwUiPoA-fWRvVrEVG6Qfl0oKXvIAnrrhY92oeCxsxnJf1QLpFwq2Ifv_-J_Oc4nreWWKkKQ7b9C2YDLlG4cGAUVG_R44haLYaSUBuCHi37FHqyLG-wehr-4sLGDf-1m/w640-h428/DSC02402.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDAq7pU85Mfxt0utJpTeXqUgxa_-YvU_c5ZwEpyMVD-oGCW5gL3d1-Imwo-z9c2atQCMZSFIyOIHYG1E1haoJvhGguXjMOs_CbFVxP1iGE9bNgzacXuiBKFg15WBzBTcGk1oYVsYnofx34prcOtJVnQjYj31gDOo3Y3g7BcWIgooVAXL4ie8CwUBTVBHJ/s1536/DSC02384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1536" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDAq7pU85Mfxt0utJpTeXqUgxa_-YvU_c5ZwEpyMVD-oGCW5gL3d1-Imwo-z9c2atQCMZSFIyOIHYG1E1haoJvhGguXjMOs_CbFVxP1iGE9bNgzacXuiBKFg15WBzBTcGk1oYVsYnofx34prcOtJVnQjYj31gDOo3Y3g7BcWIgooVAXL4ie8CwUBTVBHJ/w640-h428/DSC02384.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nIv4KaqnWIN00aauT9FEdmpA5RCNHlCUBygzpcE3H6FRldavW_Qqz8BOIF4p8S0CqdhOevYQ2pMUeqkPSjeJoSmVN-dWU5vcwDEVA1z-vGipgXUCsJ7bivaZ7Xgrdh_kbm8f-QpPVj3Ame_cgu9so9YgHlyJ3Dt6b1WZYqZA1Wb2eWIw9HQhLmWe09ar/s1652/DSC02377.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1652" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3nIv4KaqnWIN00aauT9FEdmpA5RCNHlCUBygzpcE3H6FRldavW_Qqz8BOIF4p8S0CqdhOevYQ2pMUeqkPSjeJoSmVN-dWU5vcwDEVA1z-vGipgXUCsJ7bivaZ7Xgrdh_kbm8f-QpPVj3Ame_cgu9so9YgHlyJ3Dt6b1WZYqZA1Wb2eWIw9HQhLmWe09ar/w640-h426/DSC02377.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7CnD6ROANYa4ZskBzlS2sg_UXCGbZvTH3d65Zm9VakszpUFR21tlE-s-OTFluANI8Wv1y6QxayiQrXpM6lxnY67h0elIkwRgGbdFZaZ1F5W_9hIPSJa1gz9O1jhnndqqGUBSFM57Ddt4yUjslkp0I7gNS_KEod3AV7L666kqPiAg1FL29RbVkVKZJmkb/s1745/DSC02389.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="1745" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7CnD6ROANYa4ZskBzlS2sg_UXCGbZvTH3d65Zm9VakszpUFR21tlE-s-OTFluANI8Wv1y6QxayiQrXpM6lxnY67h0elIkwRgGbdFZaZ1F5W_9hIPSJa1gz9O1jhnndqqGUBSFM57Ddt4yUjslkp0I7gNS_KEod3AV7L666kqPiAg1FL29RbVkVKZJmkb/w640-h428/DSC02389.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7gt4e8_u0W_Qd-CHlIgUf_nhcCEjyFBK_I1UnJ6EhGwxqb74sBmnDivAaNn83YxixZwGi5cu_4B6GN9bdjk6FylMvGiiQqUNVTp2nA0anN04n5AxGdhEuGma_5nnCFZsLXYoUVNrD6Sb48BTbbkp8gI40pzph4Eu_jZtc5obO-IbaQbkhYO80gkGJJAE/s1583/DSC02406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="1583" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7gt4e8_u0W_Qd-CHlIgUf_nhcCEjyFBK_I1UnJ6EhGwxqb74sBmnDivAaNn83YxixZwGi5cu_4B6GN9bdjk6FylMvGiiQqUNVTp2nA0anN04n5AxGdhEuGma_5nnCFZsLXYoUVNrD6Sb48BTbbkp8gI40pzph4Eu_jZtc5obO-IbaQbkhYO80gkGJJAE/w640-h426/DSC02406.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The only ripples on North Pond were caused by the Lapwing. ©
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Looking back towards the Lighthouse from above the Quarry. ©
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shutdown, with our attention this morning focussing on the Obs Kitchen and
Cleaning Cupboard, this afternoon on the Lighthouse. There were distractions however,
although these were seldom avian; it was a day of stunning skies, in fact it was
an absolute belter in terms of the light and the almost entire lack of wind,
which meant that we just had to regularly take ourselves away from the smell of
cleaning products and indulge in some late autumn gloriousness. The Broad Sound
gull flock provided the majority of the avian entertainment, although the hoped
for Little Gull or white winger remained frustratingly absent. The <b>Mediterranean Gull</b> count got back up to
195, this just five shy of this autumn’s high, whilst the <b>Common Gull</b> and <b>Black-headed
Gull</b> counts both reached their 2023 peaks (there were 31 of the former and
532 of the latter). There were only 73 <b>Kittiwake</b>
however, the few hundred seen in recent days perhaps further to sea. Other
birds logged included a <b>Moorhen</b> near
the Top Tank, 17 <b>Oystercatcher</b>, the <b>Lapwing</b>, what was probably the same <b>Dunlin</b> in flight over the Obs, two <b>Snipe</b>, 72 <b>Fulmar</b>, three <b>Gannet</b>,
two <b>Merlin</b>, 101 <b>Jackdaw</b>, 37 <b>Skylark</b>, 160
<b>Starling</b>, three <b>Redwing</b>, eight <b>Song Thrush</b>,
14 <b>Robin</b>, five <b>Stonechat</b>, a <b>Pied Wagtail</b>,
six <b>Meadow Pipit</b> and a <b>Chaffinch</b>. A <b>Porpoise</b> interrupted an almost flat calm sea off the Lighthouse.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg463aih29yayRr5UQ642xrt4RErobN8AOIlHvr9El1fbG3g0EjVHZtQUk_u-EppEFl-xhhxj2Tn2GS6jAuaojqkHZIgUUledoDAkm0H6b3yQ0YG_WZmNSqNU5ZGr_CHgMF4GVcSkDoM_eE5FrQlB4VSK34hfhhyphenhyphenUEZTNl7EAAQQgEDnzLvMfHu6ZotwVKL/s2203/5C9A1789.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="2203" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg463aih29yayRr5UQ642xrt4RErobN8AOIlHvr9El1fbG3g0EjVHZtQUk_u-EppEFl-xhhxj2Tn2GS6jAuaojqkHZIgUUledoDAkm0H6b3yQ0YG_WZmNSqNU5ZGr_CHgMF4GVcSkDoM_eE5FrQlB4VSK34hfhhyphenhyphenUEZTNl7EAAQQgEDnzLvMfHu6ZotwVKL/w640-h426/5C9A1789.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of two Merlin present today. © Richard Brown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVmmWcKlYsb8xdN4cSFJGTM6394BbOq4qNH2JRE7upFkurKWQnkdrHPo2p7wosibYxtEZjbdHNiVfUlHFAdciru9VnsnA_PN2P2ahVbAKN9VJscVaixK34s6mdaUGLnbCUoa_7VQVzXkS-ZT0DglDu51Mq2kFZb8opD0IF4n5ItJyGTu6rBKShUAr0_DT/s4249/DSC02356.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2836" data-original-width="4249" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVmmWcKlYsb8xdN4cSFJGTM6394BbOq4qNH2JRE7upFkurKWQnkdrHPo2p7wosibYxtEZjbdHNiVfUlHFAdciru9VnsnA_PN2P2ahVbAKN9VJscVaixK34s6mdaUGLnbCUoa_7VQVzXkS-ZT0DglDu51Mq2kFZb8opD0IF4n5ItJyGTu6rBKShUAr0_DT/w640-h428/DSC02356.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>
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