Saturday, 17 May 2025

A quiet day bird wise with a very small amount of movement. Two Garden Warblers were singing constantly in the garden, both of which managed to somehow avoid the nets! The other highlight today was a Cuckoo making lots of noise around the Obs garden.

Whimbrels are still passing through in dribs and drabs on their way north with two seen today, one on the Narrows and one on the South End. A total of five Spotted Flycatchers were recorded along with three Chiffchaffs, two Willow Warblers, 9 Swallows and 16 House martins.

Much of the day was spent conducting Manx Shearwater burrow checks as part of our productivity monitoring, many Manxies are on eggs as we speak! Oystercatchers are also laying here there and everywhere, we should be seeing a number of chicks soon!

Oystercatcher nest (C) Ewan Turner


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