It was a great day on the island, getting off to a good start in the morning when a first summer female
Red-breasted Flycatcher was trapped in the Heligoland trap at Cristin. This is the first one of the year, and is the first spring bird since 2013. A reasonable scattering of other migrants in the morning included a male
Cuckoo, two
Tree Pipits, one
Reed Warbler, three
Whitethroats, two
Blackcaps and 17
Spotted Flycatchers. An interesting sighting in the morning concerned that of a
Long-eared Owl, which flew around the North End, before heading north-east into the gull colony.
Red-breasted Flycatcher
We have been undertaking a lot of surveys and ringing operations on the East Side in the last week or so, counting all of the breeding seabirds and ringing those which are accessible and big enough to ringed
Shag chick
Guillemot eggs
Carrion Crow chick
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