ShagMigration

We aim to understand links between seasonal movements of shags & their fitness & how this is affected by environmental change. Send resights to [email protected]

[UKCEHseabirds @UKCEHseabirds]

A happy sight. A sea of blue tops canes marking puffin burrows with eggs. All 200 burrows now marked and we will discover the breeding success in july

[UKCEHseabirds @UKCEHseabirds]

First visit to Isle of May in 2019. Over 100 shag rings read, double number 3 weeks ago so maybe they are starting to return. @ShagMigration

[UKCEHseabirds @UKCEHseabirds]

No wonder it felt cold last night in the unheated bedrooms. Not often we see frozen water on the Isle of May.Was a bit nippy trying to read shag rings at dawn. @ShagMigration

[UKCEHseabirds @UKCEHseabirds]

huge thanks. 108 rings read between us all. Top effort in nippy conditions. @ShagMigration

[ShagMigration @ShagMigration]

Fantastic workshop- brilliant to see how much progress has already been made looking at migration and fitness

[Laura Shearer @LimpetLaura]

IRN: made in Scotland from girders! #IrnBru #Shag #seabirds
If you spot this little cracker, please report to [email protected]

[Calum Scott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @Cramondbirder]

Cracking day on Fidra yesterday whilst checking for shag darvics. @CEHseabirds @ShagMigration @NLB_UK

[LRG @LothianRG]

What a terrific #seabirdersaturday to be out monitoring seabirds in the forth Islands with a team from Lothian ringing group. Thanks to Dougie from https://t.co/ceoOUpFu3s as always for taking us out!

[Laura Shearer @LimpetLaura]

A whopping 149 shags ringed on Inchkeith today by @LothianRG @CEHseabirds fantastic teamwork! #TeamShag Contribute to this project by reporting your sightings to [email protected] #citizenscience #volunteer

[Laura Shearer @LimpetLaura]

Another day, another island for @LothianRG @CEHseabirds shag ringing. Inchmickery looks like a battleship from a distance and was heavily bombed in WW2. Now, seabirds nest among the buildings #seabirds

[LRG @LothianRG]

Another terrific effort by the team again today on Inchkeith, our target species today was Kittiwake 84 new today plus 12 re-traps! Although our attentions did divert a little as @LimpetLaura hasn’t ringed enough #shags this season so far! Keep an eye out for them @ShagMigration

[UKCEHseabirds @UKCEHseabirds]

#TeamShag dream time on last mission of 2018. There will have to be new, raw recruits for the last broods.Great effort by all with over 600 chicks ringed. thanks @SarahBurthe @Ruth_EDunn @AliceCarravieri Yoshi.

[ShagMigration @ShagMigration]

Fantastic effort on the Isle of May- over 600 chicks colour ringed so far. Now to see where they go in winter. You can help us by sending any resightings to [email protected]

[ShagMigration @ShagMigration]

Must be warming up. 123 months in the trap this morning! #moth

[Ana Payo Payo, PhD @anapayopayo]

Francis Daunt leading the brainstorming. Let's set conservation priorities and link them to applied research! @aberdeenuni @NERCscience @N_T_S @RSPBScotland @JNCC_UKseabirds @WWFScotland

[ShagMigration @ShagMigration]

Really useful informative workshop today to find out how our project will generate data and theory to address conservation challenges @CEHScienceNews @aberdeenuni @anapayopayo

[ShagMigration @ShagMigration]

Worrying lack of colour ringed birds on the Isle of May and a few reports of dead shags turning up on beaches- hope this bad weather has not taken a toll on our population again! https://t.co/zlFgKw6WKW

[UKCEHseabirds @UKCEHseabirds]

Where have all the shags gone? Out on the May and only 15 colour rings when a fortnight ago would have read 60+ at the evening roost.

[ShagMigration @ShagMigration]

21st century ornithology: challenges, opportunities and decisions #BOU2018 Early bird deadline is soon- amazing keynote speakers, should be a fabulous conference https://t.co/GrcQulNbHy

[UKCEHseabirds @UKCEHseabirds]

A successful three nights on the Isle of May reading shag rings.217 different individuals identified including 30+ new for the winter.Huge thanks to @Cramondbirder for help and @_SMRU_ for feeding us and banter. @ShagMigration