21st-30th June
A Red-necked
Phalarope showed well on Bewan on the 25th and 26th. Golden
Plover’s have started to return and numbers built up to 50 by the end of the
month. A Storm Petrel ringing session on the 26th produced 18 birds, with the first bird in the net the first Leach's Petrel of the year. A Lesser Redpoll with a brood patch was caught several times at Holland
and 5 recently fledged birds trapped and ringed on the 27th show
that the species has bred on the island for a second year. Nest recording continues, with 20 Wheatear and 15 Sedge Warbler chicks ringed a lot more than are usually done. The first Black Guillemots have hatched and effort is now being put into
ringing them as well as catching the adults, with over 60 trapped so far (the historical island total is only 37). This included some retraps of
birds ringed as chicks in the past, the oldest being from 1994, two years
off the UK longevity record.
Red-necked Phalarope
Lesser Redpoll
Black Guillemot
Black Guillemot
(All photos Euan Ferguson)
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