Thursday, 17 September 2015

Good news from elsewhere


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Thanks to two seabird conservation projects, the rare storm petrel has this year made a comeback in the West Country, breeding at new locations on the Isles of Scilly and for a second year on Lundy.
see:
http://www.piratefm.co.uk/news/latest-news/1733147/rare-seabird-makes-comeback-in-west-country/

Tuesday, 15 September 2015

ENR birds elsewhere

2696768
28.07.2014 ENR
02.08.2015 Sumburgh, Shetland
370d 226km 51deg

2696919
29.07.2014 ENR
10.07.2015 Fair Isle, Shetland
346d 190km 55deg

Monday, 14 September 2015

Two from North Ron

2708245
25.07.2015 Twinyess, North Ronaldsay, Orkney
11.08.2015 ENR
17days 140km 231deg

2708299
10.08.2015 Twinyess, North Ronaldsay, Orkney
13.08.2015 ENR
3 days 140km 231deg

Tuesday, 8 September 2015

A teenager

2404832
Ringed ENR 21 July 1997 by Bache, Shearwater and McShane
Recaptured 10 August 2015 by us - 6594 days.

Will have to go back and see if it has been captured at all inbetween these dates.

Thursday, 27 August 2015

Some views from 2015. Note it never rains!


















First set of data return from our trip

The wonders of a fully electronic Ringing Scheme are revealed as we are getting back data on some of our birds when I only submitted our information a couple of days ago.

2451071
26.07.2012 Duncansby Head, Highland
13.08.2015 ENR
1113 days 75km 263deg

2696269
01.08.2014 Sumburgh Head, Shetland
11.08.2015 ENR
375 days 226km 231deg

2671836
02.08.2014 Rhuba Nan Sasan, Loch Ewe, Highland
10.08.2015 ENR
373 days 110km 47deg

2696395
08.08.2014 Sumburgh Head, Shetland
13.08.2015 ENR
370 days 226km 231deg

2533385 and 2533386
08.08.2014 Birsay, Orkney
10-11.08.2015 ENR
367-368 days 88km 226deg

2622212
24.08.2014 Faraid Head, Highland
12.08.2015 ENR
353 days 27km 103deg

2707306
25.08.2014 Fair Isle, Shetland
13.08.2015 ENR
353 days 190km 235deg

2531253
27.08.2014 Strathy Point, Highland
13.08.2015 ENR
351 days 18km 258deg

2351390
25.07.2015 Tronach Head, Near Portgordon, Moray
10.08.2015 ENR
16 days, 128km 318deg

We then had some retraps - birds originally ringed on Nan Ron and then recaptured again at a later date.

2614999
04.7.2011 - 12.08.2015
And then eight birds all ringed earlier in 2015 which we subsequently recaught a month later.