Purple Sands - Ramsey

We have a regular winter roost on SE corner of Ramsey but it is very difficult to view from the island itself. Most of my records come from Ffion, boat skipper with Voyages of Discovery from their round island trips. As a result records are pretty sparse from end October.

Ffion was on the water during Feb half term this year and counted a max of 11 on 16th. 15-20 is a good count for here with 23 in October 2007 being the highest. They usually arrive back around mid-late July and the last stragglers can still be present in mid May. Only ever record 1's and 2's out on Grassholm in late summer. No winter records from there.

Lapwing have been displaying on Ramsey this past week. Up to 10 birds present but only had 2 pairs stay to breed these last couple of years. Any displaying elsewhere in County?