Hi this is Sian posting today’s blog from the team.
For the last 4 days we have had unexpectedly good weather and glorious sunshine. Paddy has been catching some rays in his deckchair (a wheelbarrow) on his lunch break.
James and I have been spending our days watching and waiting for the seal mums to give birth, in order to video the event to look at maternal behaviour and interactions between mum and pup with gulls. Much to our disappointment we have only been able to video one birth so far, but I hope that our perseverance will soon pay off. In the meantime, we’re kept amused by the antics of the seals, dozens of fulmars gliding over the colony, and yesterday we were treated to a brief aerobatic display of a kestrel chasing its lunch.
Contributions to our origami safari have been made by each of the team (thanks for the book Mum!). The most recent addition is an origami seal, which decorated the top of Paddy’s party hat for his birthday celebrations last night.
Hoping that tomorrow brings more sunshine, but most importantly, more births!