Messing around in Boats

Me and Kev went back to the small Cormorant colony at the gravel Pits yesterday. The rain stopped long enough for us to spend a few hours canoeing to the small island to ring the cormorants. As we left we noticed a lot of young Gulls on the water. We paddled towards them and managed to catch a few Common Gull chicks Greater Black-backed Gull Chicks, i say chicks (BIG)some were just about to fledge.

Greater Black backed Gull 

Common Gull Chick

Some of the Cormorants were still on eggs and very small chicks, 3 of the chicks we had ringed over 2 weeks ago were dead in the nest. This Summer has been bad news.

  A great afternoon with Kev messing around in boats

Birds Ringed

Cormorants 9

Common Gull 4

Herring Gull 14 

Greater Black-backed Gull 5

Today the sun came out in the afternoon so i canoed around to Maughold Lighthouse

2 More Herring Gull Chicks ringed

and another 

Greater Black-backed Gull Chick