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What, you may be asking is Sule Skerry?
Well, it’s a rocky outcrop 45 miles west of Stromness (Orkney) that has breeding Puffins, Guillemots, Gannets and Shags. The Sule Skerry Ringing Group have been visiting and monitoring and ringing birds there for the last 35 years - the expedition is every other year and i’d put [...]

As a contribution to the BTO’s Bird Atlas 2007-11 we volunteered in a rash moment to take on another TTV (Timed Tetrad Visist) for this season - we chose the tetrad (a 2km x 2km square) that was vacant and did the early winter visit on the 15th November 2009. Cold and grey day today.
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I must admit that when i got home from work last night and found our ringing gear in the front room i felt rather ambivalent about it - after a really busy week at work i’d spent all day telling everyone how i was looking forward to a long lie in.  Still, i can’t resist [...]