On Caldey there is an ongoing attempt to encourage Manx Shearwaters and Storm Petrels to breed there now the rats have been eliminated. The Bird Group funded next boxes and sound playback systems and they are installed near Sandtop.
Early signs are very encouraging with Manxies both calling over the site and being seen almost every night on the ground around the speakers and the burrows. These are likely to be immature birds and with luck they may make breeding attempts in the next few years and form the basis of a new colony. Similarly the sound system has encouraged Storm Petrels to visit the wall system and maybe will be encouraged to breed there but in 2026 we hope to survey the 6,000m or so of stone walls on the island - they may be there already!!
It will be interesting to see what happens in 2026 when a second system may be installed near the lighthouse and also on St .Margarets Island.