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    <title><![CDATA[My Last Week]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[What A Week!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:11:27 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Storm Petrel]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:11:42 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Purring ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Storm Petrel ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:09:47 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Ter chick ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[A changeable week]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 18:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Sponge]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Another busy week]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:00:28 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Baby Boom]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2017 23:54:01 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[All about the Seabirds]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2017 16:20:59 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Sponge]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[The island]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2017 13:58:24 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Sponge]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[In Full Bloom]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2017 19:36:26 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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,... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Sponge]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[1 Month on Skokholm]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2017 10:01:16 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Sponge]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Island Life and Ecological Monitoring]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:24:15 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Sponge]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Week 2]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:32:56 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Sponge]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Happy Easter! From me and the gang 🐰🐣]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2017 15:48:32 +0200</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[First week]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:34:03 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Sponge]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Getting to Skokholm]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:02:08 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[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... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Sponge]]></dc:creator>
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