A few weekends ago, Jenni and Robert from the AWT were joined by a small team from the Channel Island ringers, led by Chris Mourant. The main focus was to catch and ring our smallest breeding seabird on Burhou – the Storm Petrel. These tiny birds breed in the crevices of rocks and burrows in [...]
I’m sad to say this is my last update as you’ll all be enjoying your summer holidays at the end of next week! The Puffins won’t be on Burhou for much longer either. During my last stay my Puffin watch site was extremely quiet and I only saw 3 Puffins taking fish into burrows over [...]
Over the past few weeks me and Holly have been busy helping Vicky put out all of her Gannet tags so that she can finish the last year of fieldwork for her PhD! Along with the Gannet work I have also been keeping an eye on the other birds and it looks like we are [...]
Last week was an extremely exciting one for me and a week that has been written in my calendar since I first started my job last November! Last week I was Gull Ringing Week in Guernsey! Ringing is a term used by people who catch birds and put a metal ring on their leg. The [...]
Apologies for the confusion! The video conference will remain on THURSDAY AT 2PM. For anyone still interested in doing the conference on Wednesday instead please email Holly on peopleandwildlife@alderneywildlife.org This week has been a short one due to May Bank Holiday weekend! I have done 3 boat tours over the weekend taking tourists to see [...]
This week I have been busy trying to get permission to protect our Ringed Plover population here on Alderney. Ringed Plovers are small wading birds and if you’re lucky you might see them flitting across the high tide mark on beaches, they look at though they are wearing dark masks, with a white tummy, sandy [...]
Click here to play Read by Charley and Dave Back at the beginning of this past two weeks we outlined some questions for you try and answer in our conservation and protection topic. Here is a reminder of those questions: Can you name the 6 major threats to seabirds? How are the [...]
Click here to play Read by Dave and Charley After such a tough time in February and March when over 46,000 seabirds died in the storms, we were all very concerned for our seabird colonies. Some species were fine, whilst others have had poorer years but are still here in healthy numbers [...]
Click here to play Read by Dave and Charley ECOLOGIST'S UPDATE I have previously told you about catching and ringing the adult gulls. Well the chicks are now growing up well so this past weekend we were able to go to Burhou to find and ring the chicks! I went to Burhou [...]
Click here to play Read by Charley and Dave Whether you are working on a global or local scale for conservation, one of the best techniques is to set aside protected areas. These are locations where human activity is regulated or even banned to limit or eradicate its impact on wildlife. There [...]
