ShagMigration

A happy sight. A sea of blue tops canes marking puffin burrows with eggs. All 200 burrows now marked and we will discover the breeding success in july

First visit to Isle of May in 2019. Over 100 shag rings read, double number 3 weeks ago so maybe they are starting to return. @ShagMigration

No wonder it felt cold last night in the unheated bedrooms. Not often we see frozen water on the Isle of May.Was a bit nippy trying to read shag rings at dawn. @ShagMigration

huge thanks. 108 rings read between us all. Top effort in nippy conditions. @ShagMigration

Fantastic workshop- brilliant to see how much progress has already been made looking at migration and fitness

IRN: made in Scotland from girders! #IrnBru #Shag #seabirds If you spot this little cracker, please report to shags@ceh.ac.uk

Cracking day on Fidra yesterday whilst checking for shag darvics. @CEHseabirds @ShagMigration @NLB_UK

What a terrific #seabirdersaturday to be out monitoring seabirds in the forth Islands with a team from Lothian ringing group. Thanks to Dougie from northberwickboattrips.co.uk as always for taking us out!

A whopping 149 shags ringed on Inchkeith today by @LothianRG @CEHseabirds fantastic teamwork! #TeamShag Contribute to this project by reporting your sightings to shags@ceh.ac.uk #citizenscience #volunteer

Another day, another island for @LothianRG @CEHseabirds shag ringing. Inchmickery looks like a battleship from a distance and was heavily bombed in WW2. Now, seabirds nest among the buildings #seabirds

Another terrific effort by the team again today on Inchkeith, our target species today was Kittiwake 84 new today plus 12 re-traps! Although our attentions did divert a little as @LimpetLaura hasn’t ringed enough #shags this season so far! Keep an eye out for them @ShagMigration

#TeamShag dream time on last mission of 2018. There will have to be new, raw recruits for the last broods.Great effort by all with over 600 chicks ringed. thanks @SarahBurthe @Ruth_EDunn @AliceCarravieri Yoshi.

Fantastic effort on the Isle of May- over 600 chicks colour ringed so far. Now to see where they go in winter. You can help us by sending any resightings to shags@ceh.ac.uk

Must be warming up. 123 months in the trap this morning! #moth

Francis Daunt leading the brainstorming. Let's set conservation priorities and link them to applied research! @aberdeenuni @NERCscience @N_T_S @RSPBScotland @JNCC_UKseabirds @WWFScotland

Really useful informative workshop today to find out how our project will generate data and theory to address conservation challenges @CEHScienceNews @aberdeenuni @anapayopayo

Worrying lack of colour ringed birds on the Isle of May and a few reports of dead shags turning up on beaches- hope this bad weather has not taken a toll on our population again! twitter.com/CEHseabirds/st…

21st century ornithology: challenges, opportunities and decisions #BOU2018 Early bird deadline is soon- amazing keynote speakers, should be a fabulous conference bou.org.uk/conference/21s…

A successful three nights on the Isle of May reading shag rings.217 different individuals identified including 30+ new for the winter.Huge thanks to @Cramondbirder for help and @_SMRU_ for feeding us and banter. @ShagMigration