Shiants match report

Our trip was a great success and rough totals are below. Amongst the 400 plus retraps were: 32 yo Puffin, 33 yo Razorbill & 26 yo Guillemot. There was also the odd control including several Storm Petrels.

A few facts:

• Excluding Arctics, the ringing totals are highest for Shiants since 1985.
• Best ever totals for Guillemot & Razorbill by some distance.
• Our total is the same as the Britain & Ireland total for Razorbills in 2010.
• Only 1100 Arctic Terns ringed in 2010, and we should expect some good recoveries off the Fladaigh birds.

Jim

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