We lost 7 nests with 9 eggs in the overnight spring tides. The tide today at 2pm was again very high, but did not cause nearly as much damage as the overnight tides. It's important that we don't have stormy weather over the next couple of days while the spring tides remain.
Found 3 new nests today with 4 eggs and expect to find some more new nests over the next few days.
The count at the moment is 17 chicks and 8 nests with 12 eggs.
The Little Terns are ferociously protective of the chicks and will fly at anyone who walks even 50 metres away from the nesting area where the chicks are. Didn't have time to do a full chick count, but did see a number of them, so all indications are that they are ok.
East side of nesting enclosure showing where spring tide encroached on nesting area.
Nesting area closest to the river Boyne, showing the daytime spring tide entering the nesting area.
Little Tern flying at Baltray today
Little Tern chasing Gull - yes, the Little Tern is the small bird!
We'll all be at the Spirit Store in Dundalk tomorrow night for the concert to raise funds for this project - hope to see lots of you there - please say hello, we would love to meet you.
