60-65 days old European storm petrel close to fledge in Brittany
fluffy European storm petrel chick in Brittany
Older #stormies are close to fledge in Brittany, Western France, youngest are fluffy, and a few adults are still brooding their chick or incubating their egg #seabirds #stormpetrels
on the other side of the Channel, in the Molene archipelago (Brittany), respectively 293, 191 and 96 #stormies mist-netted during 3 consecutive nights 2 weeks ago
Light pollution kills. #stormies @bardseyben.bsky.social
here is the smallest egg of storm petrel ever recorded in the #Molene archipelago: about 16x13mm instead of 28x21mm!
small eggs regularly seen in clutches of gulls or oystercatchers but not in #stormies
1st ringing session of #stormies in Molene archipelago: strange result... only 356 captures during 3 consecutive nights; mainly breeders, wandering prebreeders aged 2-3 years old were absent!
2/2 ... leading to a highly unusual situation with only 90 #stormies mist-netted during 3 consecutive nights!
1/2 breeding success expected to be low or very low for #stormies in #Molene archipelago: abandonned eggs and dead chicks recorded, probably effect of warmer SST and additionnal impact of storm 'Patricia' with submersion of tens of breeding sites...
new longevity record for #stormies in #Molene archipelago: 1 mist-netted in 1989 and retrapped in 2023, 34 years since ringing and at least 36 years old! 😃
funny fact: a british or irish ringer still don't know that french (as well as spanish) rings on #stormies are above the knee... look carefully before fitting a ring😅
does anyone know bird 2780813?... also known as SE44879 ringed in July 2022 in #Molene archipelago
1/2 - 494 #stormies mist-netted during 3 nights in #Molene archipelago: 1 Spanish ring, 1 Jersey, 1 British
and first GLS (Intigeo Migrate Technology Ltd) deployed on breeding #stormies in #Molene archipelago, hoping to see them again in 2024 after their trip during the non-breeding period
first ringing session of #stormies in #Molene archipelago: 657 captures during 3 consecutive nights with 2 mist-nest and without tape-lure, out of which 4 UK/Irish birds
1st eggs recorded for #stormies in #Molene archipelago 😃, as well as birds in pair or alone in nest-sites
Barn owls in #Molene archipelago are specialised in predation on #stormies during the breeding season: here is a sample with at least 77 #stormies (and a few rings), 3 passerines, 350 (!) lesser white-toothed shrews, 4 house mice, 1 wood mouse
Most of the late breeders have failed and only a few #stormies chicks are still in their nest-site in #Molene archipelago, close to fledge
After a week with #corkseabirds @theseabirdgroup back in the #Molene archipelago to ring as many #stormies chicks as possible before they fledge
Already about 200 ringed
#Molene archipelago: 3 nights, 2 mist-nets, no tape-lure, about 600 #stormies caught, 7 british rings, 2 spanish rings and 2 one year old birds!!
a crazy night with 405 #stormies caught in #Molene archipelago (with 1 mist-net!), grand total of about 900 birds during 3 nights and 5 british rings
#stormies are back in #Molene archipelago: 1st controls of pairs and birds alone by day in their nest-sites
Ringing of the latest #stormies chicks today in Molene archipelago and the grand total of the season is 307 chicks ringed! (previous record was 292 in 2016) 🐣👍😃
already about 200 #stormies chicks ringed in #Molene archipelago and the fieldwork will continue until October... but not always easy to catch them at the back of their burrow 💪
1st #stormies chicks ringed in #Molene archipelago and, very surprising, a parent was in the burrow with his 40-45 days old chick during the day!
2nd year of deployment of GPS on #stormies in #Molene archipelago @pathtrackltd @ScillyWildlife @Scillypelagics #teampetrel
about 650 #stormies caught during 3 nights in #Molene archipelago: 456 birds ringed + local controls + 1 Jersey ring + 1 British/Irish
3 nights of trapping #stormies in #Molene archipelago: 602 captures, 1 Portuguese ring, 1 Spanish, 2 British/Irish and, due to a delay of laying period this year, 21 females with an egg! #petrelteam
#stormies are back! a few birds controlled in pair or alone in their sites and the 1st egg recorded in #Molene archipelago #teampetrel
