29th June - Puffin Island

No ringing at any of our regular sites this weekend as we travelled up to North Wales to join the ringing group heading over to Puffin Island for a day of seabird ringing as part of their ongoing studies on the island. 

We had superb weather and a good team so by the end of the afternoon we had processed a little under 700 birds (dominated by cormorants, shags and razorbills).

Many thanks again to Steve and Rachel for hosting us.

       Louise with one of the few puffins 

       of the day

On the Sunday we took the chance to have a day in Snowdonia and had a short walk up Y Garn before heading back just in time to hit all the Grand Prix traffic.

     View from halfway up Y Garn. The 

     view from the top was distinctly

     cloudy.