30 June 2007
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on the island and how the various conservation projects are progressing.If you would like us
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Sooty Terns
Chris Feare could only manage a week on the
island this year for his annual ring search but with the help of
volunteer Eva Schumacher and of course Roby, they managed to pass the
100 mark before the week was out. Initial analysis has
 picked up that
they caught one bird originally ringed on Cosmoledo and another from
Aride. Chris will be analysing all of the data at the end of the season
and will produce a report on the sustainability of the colony on Bird.
Roby will be continuing the ring search in the meantime with the help of
Magella, from the Department of Environment , who is on the island for
another few weeks as part of the egg cropping programme.
Tortoises
A couple of weeks ago
we had a special cargo arrive by boat. Three giant tortoises were
gifted to us from friends on Mahé who felt that they could no longer
care for them there. They all traveled well and are currently
residing on the other side of the island at Hirondelle where they
were brought ashore. We expect that once they have settled they will
most likely make their way up through the island to join the rest of
the main group around the hotel grounds. We will be naming the
tortoises in the coming days once they have been correctly sexed by
Roby.
Staff Update
We have some wonderful news for those of
you who remember Juliette who left the island in the middle of last
year. She has just given birth to a baby boy called Jadon . Her partner Joel,
who still works with us on the island is over the moon with the new
addition and hopes to bring Juliette and the baby up to the island
in the next few weeks to meet us all. We can't wait! As soon as we
can post a photo of Jadon we will!
Bird Island Video
Earlier this month we had a local film
maker staying on the island with us for one week to make a short
video about the hotel and the island. We roped in the guests for
filming and great fun was had by all! We are looking forward to
seeing the finished product and will be selling copies in the
boutique as soon as they are ready.
Migrant Count - Since last News Update:
Robbie's weekly count with the
maximum number of birds seen on any day in the month of June is below:
June
176 Frigatebirds, 4 Grey Plovers, 8 Lesser Sandplovers, 3 Greater
Sandplovers, 0 Crab Plovers, 10
Whimbrels, 21 Turnstones, 3 Sanderlings, 8 Curlew Sandpipers, 0 Golden Plover, 0 Ringed Plover, 0
Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshanks, 15 Crested Terns, 95 Bridled
Terns, 0
Saunders Little Terns, 0 Common Sandpiper, 1 Red-footed Booby, 0 Eurasian
Curlew, 1 Red-billed Tropic Bird,
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