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My Last Week
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...
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A changeable week
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...
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Another busy week
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...
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What A Week!
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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Baby Boom
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...
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All about the Seabirds
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...
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In Full Bloom
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,...
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Week 2
So my second week has been much of the same. Though towards the end of the week it has really been clearing up and finishing the rooms. Again I have been greeted in the morning to some stunning sun rises and in the evening choruses of Manx shearwaters...
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1 Month on Skokholm
So I have been here for one month now! Time is flying by and yet it feels like I've been here ages (in a good way). This last week has been busy watching ringed puffins at crab bay and determining which burrows are occupied. This means a couple of hours...
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First week
My First week on the island has been busy! This is because over the first two weeks we are preparing the island for visitors and this involves a lot of painting inside and outside. The buildings only really need a little touch up and require this every...
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Island Life and Ecological Monitoring
So this has been the first official week of monitoring and general daily island chores. The volunteers left on the Friday and we were down to just the six of us for the weekend before the guests arrived on the Monday. So the weekend consisted of finalising...
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The island
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...
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Getting to Skokholm
The Beginning So my journey started by heading to Pembrokeshire on the Thursday 30th March. The car was packed full and the accommodation was booked for the evening ready for the boat transfer the next day to the island. After a long drive I arrived into...
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Happy Easter! From me and the gang 🐰🐣
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Storm Petrel
Ter chick
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Storm Petrel
Purring