I carried out the annual (August) Seabird Monitoring Programme count of Fulmar chicks along Hunstanton Cliffs today. I found 48 chicks. The June SMP census of Apparently Occupied Nests revealed 95 AONs, so that's a productivity of 0.505 chick per AON - pretty much on a par with the last four years. I started the counts in 2007: here's the data.....
Year AON Productivity
2007 131 0.19
2008 110 0.12
2009 137 0.42
2010 137 0.33
2011 115 0.54
2012 91 0.57
2013 95 0.43
2014 95 0.51
If you like these sorts of data, you can access count and productivity data for all species at seabird colonies throughout Britain and Ireland at www.jncc.gov.uk/seabirds, where you can also read and download a report (updated annually) on national trends in seabird numbers.
Platycheirus granditarsus, Redwell Marsh, 12th August 2014
Phytocoris tiliae, Old Hunstanton, 12th August 2014
Liocoris tripustulatus, Old Hunstanton, 12th August 2014
Marbled Beauty, Hunstanton, 14th August 2014
Orange Swift, Hunstanton, 14th August 2014
Saltmarsh Bell, Hunstanton, 14th August 2014
Agriphila geniculea, Hunstanton, 14th August 2014
Common Flat-body, Hunstanton, 14th August 2014
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