The following night the wind was still blowing, but easing, and we pitched the nets in the gully at Cnoc an Losgann. We started catching at 23.30hrs but then, unfortunately, the weather beat us into retreat as steady rain set in after 1am - with us only catching 84 new birds. Timing was everything as we all managed to get back into out tents before heavier rains gave forth.
Catching Storm Petrels at night is not our only activity while on the island. During the day we're keen to 'have a go' at anything else that may be catch-able. There were small collections of twite on the island, but several attempts and several different lures yielded a big fat zero. We did however find ten juvenile Great Skua and caught one free-flying adult - all of which were ringed. We did also ring one Fulmar chick and one Snipe chick - we didn't try for shag this year.
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| An uncaught Twite |
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| Ringed, photographed and replaced |
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| Fulmar feeding Fulmar |
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