Although dryer today, lots of rain on a saturated Island means that the waterfalls are flowing again, the Razorbills which nest in these seasonally dry gullies at risk of being washed out. There is over 2cm of rain in the forecast for the next 24 hours.

When your nesting material puts up a fight... Plant: 1, Puffin: 0. Skokholm Island

Another exciting little fall saw the Well Willows again bouncing with Willow Warblers. The first Spotted Flycatcher and Swifts of the year were logged, as was a Sedge Warbler ringed elsewhere with a BTO ring. Skylark song and Whimbrel whistles were constant.

There were tens of thousands of Manx Shearwaters ashore last night, some inevitably falling prey to the Great Black-backed Gulls. These kills provide food for other species, from Fulmars to sexton beetles, the feathers nest lining for Wheatears and Jackdaws.

The cliff nesting auks are starting to settle down, with the first eggs found today. A Guillemot egg was five days earlier than both the first of last year and the 2013-2023 mean, the first Razorbill eggs three days before the first of last year and one day before the mean.

There are 29 Skokholm Little Ringed Plover records, four of which have been this spring, 19 of which have been since 2016. Cracking little birds

Petrel Station II is now complete, 148 Storm Petrel nest boxes alongside the small subcolony at the Farm. Mains power means lots of exciting possibilities ahead

It was a bit of a wader day, with the fourth Little Ringed Plover of the year joining what appears to be a Netherlands ringed Bar-tailed Godwit, a Black-tailed Godwit and 11 Whimbrel

Tomorrow sees the arrival of our first guests of 2024. The rooms are looking great and the Island is awash with seabirds and migrants. We still have a couple of rooms vacant for this Puffin season:
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Grassholm from Skokholm's north pond this evening, the Small Lighthouse beyond the tanker...

David Steel Morning. For #SuperSeabirdSunday it’s another island, another lighthouse and another super sea bird. Today it’s the fabulous Skokholm Island in Wales and the equally wonderful Shearwater. Thanks Manx. xx

Look who's back! Despite the bright moon, one of the Storm Petrels from Petrel Station box 11 returned at 00:10hrs and remained until close to dawn. Image courtesy of Chris Payne

We currently have a record-equalling five pairs of Chough nesting on Skokholm.

There are a great many rabbits Skokholm Island which is good news for its Wheatears. Rabbits keep the vegetation short which is exactly what wheatears need for feeding. Old or collapsed burrows also make ideal nesting sites and are the preferred nest locations on the island.

A pair of Shoveler were showing well for us at Orchid Bog as we wandered around looking for sites for camera traps this afternoon Skokholm Island

We are now almost ready for the 2024 Storm Petrel season. Alan and Chris have wired up the Petrel Station to record this year's nesting birds, whilst Howard has almost finished Petrel Station II.

Here we go again. Along Skokholm's north coast when flying St Anns to South Bishop. Come on Trinity House, sort it out

There have been more Redwing this April than in any other in the last 97 years. One yesterday tipped the scales at a massive 96.8g (anything over 90 is unusual) and another ringed on 7th April weighing 64.8g yesterday weighed in at 86.2g (a 33% increase in nine days).