Jason Moss, our extremely hard working Assistant Warden in 2014 has produced an excellent Bird Report for last year which is packed full of information on our breeding birds and accounts of all of the migrants that were recorded last year. It, and last years full Seabird Report, are available by clicking here.
There were many highlights from the 2014 season including four first records for the island and four that were recorded for only the second time.
Many thanks to Jason for his time and help producing this report and we look forward to seeing him again in the coming season.
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Friends reunion 2015
The annual get together of the Friends of Skokholm and Skomer is coming up, on the 15th of Feb, at the Tithe Barn, Chelternham. Meeting at 10:30 for coffee before a day cram packed with great talks and a light hearted look at the islands past, present and future.
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12.45pm LUNCH -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Friends of Skokholm& Skomer Annual Reunion
The Tithe Barn; Cheltenham Road Bishop's Cleeve, GL52 8LU
15th February 2015
PROGRAMME
Morning session.
Chair: Steve Sutcliffe
10.30am Arrive: tea/coffee and cake
11.00am Welcome, admin, announcements Renate Thome
11.05am Update from the Trust Sarah Kessell CEO
11.15am The Skomer Year Skomer Assistant Warden, Jason
11.45am The Skokholm Year Skokholm Wardens, Richard & Giselle
12.15am TBA
1:45pm Raffle
1.55pm Annual General Meeting
Afternoon session.
Chair: Holly Kirk
2.10pm Manx shearwater Navigation Ollie Padget – Oxford University
2.40pm Guillemot Social Behaviour Elspeth Kenny - Sheffield University
3.00pm The Archives Project Steve Sutcliffe & Carol Collins
3.20pm Wildlife of the British Isle AV talk TBC
3.50pm Summing up Tim Healing
4.00pm Tea/coffee and cakes
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Booking form for the Friends of Skokholm & Skomer Annual Reunion
Year 31
Sunday 15th February 2015
Name: …………………………………………………………………………………………………
Email: …………………………………………………………………………………………………
Tel no: …………………………………………………………………………………………………
Cost £ 18 per person payable to: ‘The Friends of Skokholm and Skomer’
Acknowledgment of booking will be by email or please send a SAE for a receipt
Please return form to:
Carol Collins, Church End, 61 Main Street Kinoulton Nottinghamshire NG12 3EL
Tel 01949 81798 (looks short but is correct) Email: carol.w.collins@talk21.com
Monday, 12 January 2015
Voluntary research assistantship in seabird behaviour & ecology Skomer Island & University of Oxford
Oxford University is advertising for a Voluntary Research Assistant for the 2015 season:
We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking young biologist to work
as a voluntary Research Assistant to help with our pelagic seabird
research on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales, in Spring and Summer
2015. The work will involve several research
projects coordinated by Prof Tim Guilford at Oxford’s Department of
Zoology (see the OxNav website). We utilise state-of-the art tracking
technologies (miniature GPS, geolocators, time-depth recorders &
on-board video) on several species (Manx Shearwaters,
Atlantic Puffins, Common Guillemots, Razorbills). Most work will
involve assisting doctoral students with the day-to-day maintenance of
the study burrows, weighing and monitoring breeding birds and their
chicks, and the deployment and retrieval/downloading
of tracking devices. It will also involve entering data collected in
the field into appropriate databases. There will be a significant amount
of nocturnal work, since the primary study species is the Manx
Shearwater, which only arrives at the colony after
dark. There will also be scope for involvement in other conservation
and ecological projects on the island, which is a National Nature
Reserve administered by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking young biologist to work
as a voluntary Research Assistant to help with our pelagic seabird
research on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales, in Spring and Summer
2015. The work will involve several research
projects coordinated by Prof Tim Guilford at Oxford’s Department of
Zoology (see the OxNav website). We utilise state-of-the art tracking
technologies (miniature GPS, geolocators, time-depth recorders &
on-board video) on several species (Manx Shearwaters,
Atlantic Puffins, Common Guillemots, Razorbills). Most work will
involve assisting doctoral students with the day-to-day maintenance of
the study burrows, weighing and monitoring breeding birds and their
chicks, and the deployment and retrieval/downloading
of tracking devices. It will also involve entering data collected in
the field into appropriate databases. There will be a significant amount
of nocturnal work, since the primary study species is the Manx
Shearwater, which only arrives at the colony after
dark. There will also be scope for involvement in other conservation
and ecological projects on the island, which is a National Nature
Reserve administered by the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales.
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