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Last year marked the 10 th anniversary of the rat eradication programme here on Ramsey. It was a mammoth effort by the RSPB staff and volunteers working here at the time, plus a team of experts from New Zealand company, Wildlife Management International . During our recent trip to NZ, Lisa and I met...

Over the last two weeks we have been busy working out on Grassholm Island , which lies 7 miles southwest of Ramsey . You might just have heard of this amazing, 9-hectare, piece of low-lying rock in the middle of the Irish sea. It is the oldest RSPB reserve in Wales and is home to nearly 10% of the world...

Reserve Assistant, Lyndsey Record has been living and working on Ramsey since April. We have made several improvements to the bungalow that is her home for the summer over the past year, but the most significant of all went live yesterday. Lydnsey reports: “We have light!! Well up at the...

We hosted the first of two special events for our Sea Life Guardian’s yesterday. With two Pembrokeshire islands to visit in one day, it was a busy but hugely enjoyable 6 hours. Greg and I split the group in half, with the first group going offshore in the morning returning to Ramsey in the afternoon...

Last week one of our volunteers, Lesley, discovered an otter spraint (droppings) on the harbour landing steps! This came just a few days after Crispin, our boat skipper, saw on otter enter the sea from the island on the west coast. Last year boat skippers reported otters swimming in Ramsey Sound on several...