Updates to The Birds of Lundy
The latest update to the species accounts was posted on 1 September 2009 and covers records up to the end of December 2008.
Click on Species Updates in the menu bar on the left-hand side of this page.
Future updates will be posted on an annual basis, early in the year, based on records entered in the LFS Logbook, which is kept in the Marisco Tavern on Lundy.
You can register to receive an email announcing the latest update by clicking on the link below the menu bar.
LFS 58th Annual Report – 2008
Colin McShane has taken on the role of Editor of the LFS Annual Report from Tony Cutler, who produced the reports for the years 2005 to 2007. The report is currently on schedule for publication in the late autumn. The main items will be new-look bird and ringing report and updates on Puffins and Manx Shearwaters, as well as the usual warden and island manager's reports.
Bird recording on Lundy
Lundy's Bird Recorders, on behalf of the Lundy Field Society (LFS), are Tim Davis and Tim Jones. Part of their role is to prepare the annual LFS Logbook in which visitors to the island may enter details of their bird and other wildlife sightings.
For ease of access – and also to encourage entries! – the logbook is kept in the island's Marisco Tavern. Additional information can also be submitted by email to records@birdsoflundy.org.uk.
Ringing on Lundy, which takes place almost exclusively in the spring and, especially, autumn migration periods, is coordinated by Tony Taylor. Bird ringers interested in ringing on the island should contact Tony by clicking here.
Buying the book
The Birds of Lundy book was published in September 2009 and we'd like to thank everyone who has bought copies, hardback and paperback alike. Although most of the information in the book is timeless, all books date with the passage of time, so we have decided to reduce the price of the softback to £9.95 from 1 September, while the hardback – as a collector's item of which there are fewer than 100 copies left – will remain at its original price of £35.00.
Click on How to buy in the menu bar for information about on-line purchase of the limited edition hardback or the bookshops and other suppliers from which the softback (and in some cases, the hardback) version is obtainable.
Raising funds for bird conservation
Proceeds from sales of The Birds of Lundy are held in a fund managed by the Devon Bird Watching & Preservation Society (DBWPS), to be spent on bird-related projects on Lundy. The total raised by early January 2010 stood at £14,518.
Applications for funding are welcome and can be submitted by email to info@birdsoflundy.org.uk.
Initial assessments of grant applications will be made by a small group consisting of the Chair or representative of both the DBWPS and the LFS and the book's authors, Tim Davis and Tim Jones. Before going ahead, all shortlisted projects will need approval by the Lundy Management Forum, which includes representatives of the Landmark Trust, the National Trust, Natural England and the RSPB.
Puffin by Mike Langman, from The Birds of Lundy
For the latest sightings and photos of birds on Lundy visit www.lundybirds.org.uk.