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Wednesday 19 July 2017

1st to 15th July – Highlights


Lundy Warden Dean Jones provides an update on bird sightings during the first half of July.

Teal – two juveniles on Quarter Wall Pond on 8th.
Fulmar – 64 on 2nd.
Manx Shearwater – 110 past The Battery in a ten-minute count on 12th.
Storm Petrel – two found by tape call-back at North End on 9th.
Gannet – lots throughout the month with a high of 23 off Mouse Island on 14th.
Cormorant – one below Puffin Slope on 9th & 12th.
Grey Heron – singles on 2nd & 6th (Alan & Sandra Rowland) and two juveniles on 7th flying south from St Mark’s Stone.
Water Rail – one calling from Quarters Pond on 13th.
Puffin – 253 on 1st.
Kittiwake – 236 during a ‘round-the-island’ count on 12th and 202 off St Mark’s Stone on 2nd.
Herring Gull – 295 during a ‘round-the-island’ count on 12th.
Lesser Black-backed Gull – 123 during a ‘round-the-island’ count on 12th.
Black-headed Gull – a single juvenile in Gannets’ Bay on 9th.
Common Gull – an adult perched on Mouse Island on 12th.
Great Black-backed Gull – 44 during a ‘round-the-island’ count on 12th.
Woodpigeon – five from 4th–6th.
Collared Dove – one on 4th.
Swift – four on 5th, ten on 6th & six on 9th.
Rook – still present, seen by a number of people on 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th & 12th.
Swallow – small numbers on most days, with 11 on 5th.
House Martin – a single bird on 4th.
Sand Martin – one on 12th and three on 13th.
Chiffchaff – an adult and three juveniles on 3rd.
Whitethroat – a single male singing below the Terrace on 2nd, 9th & 12th.
Stonechat – a male on 9th.
Pied Wagtail – a pair with three chicks in the Landing Bay on 15th.
White Wagtail – one female on 9th.
Linnet – 60 on 12th, the highest count of the month to date.

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