Hello all you RSPB community users First of all I should give my apologies on getting a bit carried away with Facebook and not posting on here in ages ! A lot has happened I guess. The builders have finished until September and all the plots...

After resisting for some years Coquet Island has joined Facebook !!! We will carry on with the blog - probably on a fortnightly basis - and will keep you up to date with whats happening on the island from day to day on Facebook For now I am just...

FOG HORN FOG HORN FOG HORN The renovation of the cottages is striding along in leaps and bounds FOG HORN FOG HORN FOG HORN FOG HORN FOG HORN FOG HORN FOG HORN FOG HORN FOG HORN The fire in the centre room was lit for the first time since...

Things are moving along Coquet A trinket of goldcrests have taken up dropped in for an extended stay over. They arrived with a merl of blackbirds and smaterings of redstarts, brambling,redwings, thrushes and of course chiff chaffs. They have...

We have had a young kestrel visit the island for a few days now. He turned up in a squall looking a little sorry for himself. As we have no small mammals on the island, this little fella worked out that we do have a seemingly endless supply of earth...