Monday 24 June 2019

The weather was hot and humid today with thick cloud cover and a fog that set in from mid afternoon and hug around all night, keeping visibility at less than 100m.

Burrow check were done for a sample of Manx Shearwater burrows, the first eggs this year were earlier than last year and so unsurprisingly the chicks appeared to have hatched earlier too. Today three chick were found out of 19 burrows that were checked, along with two eggs that were in the process of hatching! 


Just about as vulnerable and fluffy as you can get, all going well this little chick will grow into a bird that will fly hundreds of thousands of miles in its long life.
Two Buzzards were soaring over the mountain and were heard 'mewing' on and off all day.  Also of note were families of Choughs that were seen on West Coast and around Pen Cristin, each with three chicks begging for food from the two parents.A night time Manx Shearwater ringing session starting at 00:00 and finishing at 02:00 yielded 26 newly ringed birds, allowing one of our guest ringers, Dominic Ash to practice ringing these locally abundant birds.

Other Birds around include: two Redshanks, one Curlew, one Common Sandpiper, one Little Owl, 16 Stonechats and 12 Wheatears.

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