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The team here at South Stack are very excited to announce that the egg from Razorbill cam has hatched!!! Yesterday afternoon, at about 5pm we witnessed the first cracks starting to appear in the egg and this morning we arrived to see a fluffy little addition to the family! Mum (or dad!) started doing...

On Friday, we had an unexpected visit from Ian Daniells, a volunteer from Lower Moss Wood Wildlife Hospital in Cheshire. Ian had made the journey to release a Gannet that had blown off course in last week's high winds and ended up in Buxton, Derbyshire! Alongside the Gannet were two juvenile Herring...

Back in June the new visitor centre at South Stack was descended upon by a gaggle of bikers collectively known as bikers4macmillan. This lovely group of people with a passion for motorbikes arrange events to raise money for the cancer charity Macmillan and this year they did a sponsored sunset to sunrise...

Hi guys and gals, It's fast approaching the end of the summer season here at South Stack, so with only two weeks of residential volunteers left we thought we'd take the opportunity to tell you a little bit about what our volunteers have been up to all summer! With the opening of our new...

It may be wet and windy across the UK today, but there is plenty of Wildlife to see in wild Wales! The recent winds have brought thousands of Manx Shearwaters past the reserve and even the occasional Balearic Shearwater! We've also had numerous Gannets flying by and even diving right in front...

The reserve has changed quite dramtically over the last few weeks; the seabird colony has departed and the cliffs are much quieter, less smelly affair! That's not to say that the reserve isn't teeming with life... the Chough families are busy foraging for insects, the Stonechat broods are confusing...

The last in a short series of diaries about birds on the reserve from Ken Croft. Hopefully, in the future we'll round of the previous month with one of his summaries..! "In a month with no real highlights here are the highlights. A Little Grebe dropped in on 30th, Grey Herons were regular...

Thanks to our local bird-expert I am happy to share with you a retrospective look at the months gone by on the reserve. Here is April's 'birding' summary in the words of Ken Croft: "The first Swallow arrived on the 2nd along with at least 60 Chiffchaffs and 6 Blackcaps. A late Redwing...

The 16th-31st July is the Butterfly Conservation societies "Big Butterfly Count". We've kicked off the survey on the reserve today as the sunshine has returned! We are providing laminated guides to give visitors a helping hand when it comes to identification. It's a fifteen minute species...

1 of 4 birds seen as we were leaving the reserve.

This bird flew up out of the undergrowth right in front of me, next to the path near Ellins Tower.

This moth was struggling in the strong wind, near the car park at the top of the steps down to the lighthouse.

Was next to path from Ellins Tower to lower car park, basking in the warm sunshine! 16 Apr 11

This moth was 1 of many that visited my moth trap last week (June) at South Stack, About 125 moths came to the trap of which there were approx 27 different species.

The yellow of the Gorse around the reserve is most attractive at this time of the year.

Photo taken at South Stack 1st week in June.

The sunny weather has attracted a number of different species of butterflies which can be seen at South Stack.

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