Unpleasant weather for the visit of David Hussell from the Longpoint observatory in Canada (the oldest of its kind in North America, David pictured left releasing a Wheatear), we were however lucky enough to ring 3 Wheatears, all males, 2 of which were of the Greenland race, that breed closer to his home than ours, plus a Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff. The north westerlies with showers blew in good numbers of sea birds including lots of Gannets and Sandwich Terns, a few Common Terns, 4 Manx Shearwaters and very many auks.(DB,JE+1,CJW) [318-20] photo JE
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Good to see a picture of David. I worked as a Migration Assistant at Long Point in Spring 1989, then as a Tree Swallow Assistant working for David during the summer and back as a Migration Assistant in the autumn. Happy Days! Cheers, Seumus
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