Despite the cold spring it was a successful season on Ramsey. A joint record 10 pairs held territory with 9 of those going on to nest build and begin incubation. 2 of these pairs (both new) failed at the incubation stage but the 7 remaining pairs fledged a healthy 22 young between them (all broods of 3 or 4 bar one pair who only got 1 out)
Fledging period was slightly protracted but nothing out of the ordinary
Potential problem now is the baked hard ground although families still doing well at the moment with fledged birds taking surface insects and feasting on the plentiful ant hills on the island
Large flocks around at the moment of between 25-40 birds, a mixture of merged family groups and non breeders
