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  • Gannets

    Gannets

  • Ortac

    Ortac Gannet colony

  • Saye Baye

    Saye Baye

  • Seabird ringing

    Seabird ringing

  • Black Redstart

    Black Redstart

  • Gulls at sunset

    Gulls at sunset

  • Alderney sunrise

    Alderney sunrise

A few days of strong westerlies has meant a slow start to September for bird migration on Alderney. Finding a Red Knot hanging out with the Ringed Plover, on Longis bay, certainly perked up this morning’s census! Red Knot is not recorded annually on Alderney.
Red Knot © Matt ScraggRed Knot © Matt Scragg 

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