A few strays - one good, one bad

Although concentrating on Storm Petrels when on the island we do ring other birds when the occasion presents. Also we are keen to monitor those birds that we (and others) have rung before.

A Greylag Goose was ringed as a gosling, 5273794, on the 14th July 2017. Unfortunately it had joined the Great Skua larder ten days later when it was found dead. Ringed on the same day was a Great Skua chick, MA 39504, which was alive, healthy and well-fed eleven days later.

The picture shows a Great Skua chick (not the chick) ringed and colour-marked ready for release.