Common Scooter 5.9.04 16 birds sighted just off the island
Dunlin 7.8.04 (26) flying round the island
Feral Snow Goose 9.9.04 1 goose around Grassholm
Fulmars 16.5.04 (5) reasonably close to Grassholm
Gannets 16.4.04 Nest material collecting, colony larger than last year – very few Juv’s around the colony
20.5.04 Nest material collecting together with some birds incubating
4.6.04 Photos returned for this date show chicks visible
23.7.04 1000’s by the Smalls involved in a feeding frenzy with Manx Shearwaters
24.7.04 Lots of both dark and white chicks visible
27.7.04 First black chick seen on the sea
7.8.04 Many black chicks visible on the island now, also still plenty of white ones in various stages of
changing colour
31.08.04 Lots of gannet chicks on the island and on the water
09.09.04 Lots of young gannets also thousands of gannets in feeding frenzy behind trawler
Great Skua 5.9.04 8 birds sighted around the island
Guillimots 16.4.04 Many more on the ledges than last year, does it appear so because we have both males and
females and/or will some of these birds be non-breeders that will not hang a about
20.5.04 As 16.4.04
17.7.04 c.500 on ledges of the North end
24.7.04 c.500 on the ledges but no sign of shielding chicks
Kittiwakes 16.4.04 c10 pairs on potential nesting sites on Grassholm
20.5.04 As 16.4.04
17.7.04 6 nests in use with one containing chicks
24.7.04 7 nests occupied with chicks visible on two
7.8.04 Three nests with chicks two of which should fledge shortly
Little Gull 29.5.04 (1) 3 miles south of Grassholm adult in summer dress
Black Tern 5.9.04 1 lone bird sighted
Common Tern 5.9.04 (26) birds sighted just off island
Little Tern 30.7.04 1 adult heading south by The Smalls
7.8.04 Two adult birds within 15 ft of boat near Grassholm
Manx Shearwater 16.4.04 Zero
20.5.04 c100 seen between Grassholm and the Smalls
29.5.04 Scattered birds around the Smalls
11.7.04 By the Smalls Lighthouse at 4pm a feeding frenzy of c10,000 birds with gannets and dolphins
12.7.04 Between Ramsey and Grassholm feeding birds in heavy seas
16.7.04 c10,000 in feeding frenzy SW of the Smalls
3.7.04 1000’s involved in a feeding frenzy by the Smalls Lighthouse
24.7.04 Large joint feeding frenzy with Gannets both just S of Grassholm and at the Smalls
Breeding birds and annual migrants 2004
