Saturday, June 16, 2007

2007 catches

May 22-23: 6 stormies, 1 carrying a Spanish ring
May 23-24: 15 stormies, 1 UK ring
May 24-25: 3 stormies
May 25-26: 6 stormies, 1 UK ring
May 26-27: 5 stormies, 1 UK ring, 1 Italian ring (first one ever!)
May 27-28: 4 stormies
May 28-29: 3 stormies
May 29-30: 6 stormies
May 30-31: full night off -Dave having set a new world record of 8 consecutive stormie nights!
May 31-June 1st: 3 stormies, 1 UK ring
June 1st-2nd: 1 stormie
June 2nd-3rd: 9 stormies
June 3rd-4th: 5 stormies
June 4th-5th: 7 stormies
June 5th-6th: 14 stormies
June 6th-7th: Night off
June 7th-8th: 46 stormies, 4 UK rings
June 8th-9th: 40 stormies, 1 "big petrel" seen and heard but not caught!
June 9th-10th: 62 stormies, 1UK ring
June 10th-11th: 45 stormies, 1 UK ring
June 11th-12th: 43 stormies, taking us to a grand total of 3,999
June 12th-13th: 39 stormies on land & 2 caught at sea during the night!
June 13th-14th: 67 stormies, 1UK ring, 1 Norwegian ring
June 14th-15th: 32 stormies, 2 UK rings
June 15th-16th: Phew, a much needed night off!
June 16th-17th: 18 stormies, 1 Spanish ring
June 17th-18th: 32 stormies, 1 Norwegian ring
June 18th-19th: 6 stormies -last night of the season
June 19th: End of season party!
June 20th: sleeeeeeeeep

Final 2007 total: 25 nights, 518 stormies, 18 international rings
Grand total 1990-2007: just over 4,000 stormies

The 2nd bird of the year -a Spanish-ringed storm petrel!

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