Puffin Posts

So as I thought my last week absolutely flew by! Every day was filled with exciting tasks and I am sad that I won't get to see the progress of some of them. But I have enjoyed every minute of being on Skokholm. The short eared owl chicks have been heard...

So what a week it has been! We have gone from rain showers to full on summer. The heat has been intense and the days have been glorious. We have continued with storm petrel playback and have been met with continued success and have even found four new...

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We have had a really varied week this week in terms of weather, which has affected the jobs we were able to do. With one really heavy rain day, it meant that it was an office day entering data into the computer and getting that all up to date. As it was...

This week has continued on from the last with lots of seabird jobs that need doing. Fulmars have been monitored daily to confirm that our incubating adults are still incubating or if they have an egg. Or in a few cases they have tricked us and are in...

So it is all happening here on Skokholm with baby chicks everywhere. We have shell ducklings, herring gull chicks, oystercatcher chicks, buzzard chicks, short eared owl chicks and puffin chicks! It is a baby boom. In a few days time we will be ringing...

So this week has been jam packed with seabird work. Everyday has been busy with one task or the other. These have been; great black back gull nest monitoring and pellet collecting, fulmar nest monitoring, puffin burrow occupancy and ring colour codes...

So having all ready spent 6 weeks on the island you might think that I had seen it all or was perhaps bored of it. You would be wrong! I enjoy a walk in the morning around the island and if the weather isn't too great (a sting wind) or as now is the case...

As we have entered into May we have continued to have stunning weather, with the only exception of two days. The flowers around the neck are gorgeous and as you are walking around you can smell them too. There is a variety of sea campion, meadow campion,...