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A day we said goodbye to our Seabird Assistant Lucy head off the island this year. Lucy migrated off the island with all the Puffins, and other auks. We would like to say a massive thank you for everything, it’s been a great summer of seabirds and many many hours out on the cliffs day in day out. Whilst Lucy was here, Lucy helped process over 650 Manx Shearwaters, helped start a new Herring Gulls productivity study, spent hours watching Puffins, Guillemots, Kittiwakes and Fulmars, and has managed to process during bird ringing over 600 birds since arriving. Plus lots more! We will certainly miss Lucy and hope she will return with the Puffins next year.
Ringing
The day was rather chill after a night of Storm Petrel, Manx Shearwaters and Wheatears. However, the only brood of Swallows was ringed on the island from a nest by Old House North.