Starry Pearl moth
Starry Pearl moth with Naturetrek today. Photo (JH).
This evening around 140 Manx Shearwaters rafting just off Mannez lighthouse.
Sea trip
An opportunity to join our Bird Warden and Assistant Warden on a round-island boat trip is available 30th June departing Braye Harbour at 2pm.
Thos is a chance to see our seabird colonies at the height of the breeding season and hear about them from Alderney’s leading ornithologists. The trip will last around two and a half hours, £40pp for ABO members, £50pp non-members, for reservations (first come first served) contact the ABO secretary Hilary Partridge email abo.news@outlook.com
Purple Heron
Visiting Channel Islands bird ringer and birdwatcher from Jersey Alex Buxton had a very productive day this week finding a Purple Heron and a day roosting Nightjar.
Nice work Alex!
Photo Purple Heron by Alex Buxton
Garden Birds Talk
The weather wasn’t on our side yesterday afternoon but over 100 people turned out to visit Wells House where ABO warden John gave a talk about how to attract birds to your garden.
John gave advice on bird feeding stations, bird baths, nest boxes and what flowers and shrubs to plant in your garden to encourage birds to nest and provide ‘wild food’ for birds.
Razorbills and Storm Petrels
A productive short spell on the offshore rock Coque Lihou yesterday delivering seabird ringing research.
This produced a wonderful surprise as our small team discovered nesting Storm Petrels! The Petrels have only been known to breed on the islet of Burhou and though we have long suspected they may breed at other locations locally, until now we’ve had no definitive proof. We are soon to begin fitting transmitters to a limited number of Storm Petrels in the hope of further understanding the behaviour and movements of this species, this research may even reveal further undiscovered breeding sites.
Photo (JH), Razorbills on Coque Lihou yesterday.