With this years prolonged winter with cold easterly winds I have not been able to do much ringing
till now I have done some ringing at Jerbourg but with slow spring migration there is not much to report with only three days this month suitable for ringing it was nice to get out today to the humps
to see how the Comorants are doing I met up with Paul Catherine and Pauls daughter Sophie at the QE2 Marina where we met Pauls brother Chris and his wife we headded out for Godin where the main Comorant breeding colony was last year we were about two weeks later than last year Paul was very concerned that we might have missed the birds as last year when we went meny birds had already fledged on landing on Godin I clammered up the rocks while Paul and the others stayed on the lower rocks when I got up to the colony there was only nests with eggs in and no sign of any chicks so on returning to the boat we went up to Longpierre to have a look what was going on there though it is only a few hundred meters away from Godin I was surprised to see that there was already some chicks we managed to ring 10 birds with colour rings and metal rings with 17 nests on Longpierre and 15 on Godin it looks like the colony has split into two groups as last year there was over 25 nests on Godin it was slightly worrying to see that there was no Guillemots on either island
on the way back we only counted one Puffin but good numbers on Razorbill meny thanks to Pauls brother Chris for taking the time to take us up there
thanks again
On a lighter note there has been 3 sightings of colour ringed Comorants from last year one was on island BA was done as a pullus on Lihoumel on the 22/4/2012  and seen on the 13/9/2012 in Anez,Loire -Atlantique France by Pasal Bellion
BK was rung as a pullus on the 2/5/2012 then first seen on the 13/3/2013 on Wimbleball lake summerset england by Chris Gladman and again on the 19/4/2013 by the same person in the same place