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.