Correction The record of one on 27 Apr remained subject to acceptance by DBRC at the time of publication of The Birds of Lundy. The record has since been determined as 'not proven', so this entry should be deleted.

Update (D. Clifton, G. Middleton, R. Skeates et al.) and one, presumed the same, seen over the East Side heading out to sea on 7 May (T.E. Baldwin). Record accepted by DBRC.

Update 20 May – one flew in over the Landing Bay from the south-east and circled briefly over Millcombe before reappearing a few minutes later heading in a south-easterly direction back towards the mainland, past the South Light (T.J. Davis, J.R. Diamond, T.A. Jones). Record accepted by DBRC.

These sightings constitute the 6th and 7th records for Lundy.

Correction The Black Kite recorded on 10 May was also seen at 08.55 on the morning of 11 May. Mobbed by gulls, it soared over the South Light, gaining height, before heading off south towards the mainland. The dates are given correctly in the 1989 LFS Annual Report, the 1989 DBR and the 1989 BBRC report.

Update No records from the island itself, but two migrants (one thought to be an adult female, the other a juvenile) flying south were seen from MS Oldenburg about half-way between Lundy and the mainland on 18 Sep (J. Adams, E. Davis).

Update First recorded on 9 Nov, a first-winter bird was seen regularly at various locations along the East and West Sides in the northern half of the island until 29 Nov (D. Beavans, J.W. Leonard et al.). There were two final reports on 6 & 7 Dec. It was photographed, being mobbed by Ravens, by island resident Stuart Leavy on 11 Nov. Record accepted by DBRC – only the 7th for Lundy, the last being in Oct 1997.

Update 4 Sep – one drifted south down the East Side (R.J. Taylor).

Update 4 Oct – a first-year bird was seen flying up and down the East Side, at one point landing briefly on a tree in St Helen's Copse, before being chased off by mobbing gulls (P. Abbott, E. Davis, K. Hale et al.). Continuing the increasing trend of recent years, this is the third consecutive year in which this iconic bird of prey has been seen on Lundy during either spring or autumn migration.

Records accepted by Devon County Recorder.

Update 14 Oct – a new Lundy record of at least six individuals on a single day was set. Four were recorded daily from 20-22 Oct.

Correction The reference to Upton 1980 on p.86, line 8, should read "(Upton 1968)". The full reference for Gurney 1921 on p.86, which is missing from the bibliography, is: Gurney, J.H. 1921. Early Annals of Ornithology. London: H.F. & G. Witherby.

Update Up to six territorial pairs, plus additional non-breeding birds. Three pairs each reared two chicks.

Update 11 Apr – an individual carrying a metal ring on its right leg and a yellow ring marked with black ‘H2’ on its left leg was photographed along the Lower East Side Path by Nicola Saunders (Lundy Warden). The bird had been ringed as a chick, hatched on 28 May 2006, on the north coast of the Cornish mainland between St Ives and Portreath (Richard Hunkin, pers. comm.). This is the first direct evidence of dispersal to Lundy by a known mainland-bred Peregrine.

Correction The chick found in August 2007 (see textbox on p.89) was picked up at - and returned to - Quarter Wall, not Millcombe as stated.

Update Another chick, approximately a week old, was seen, this time in Millcombe, on 15 & 17 October. The pattern of sightings during the year suggests that two pairs may have bred in Millcombe. Overall, at least two pairs bred on the island in 2007 in at least two different sites, i.e. Quarter Wall and Millcombe. While the crash in rabbit numbers (and consequent reduction in grazing pressure), combined with the wet late spring and summer may have improved habitat quality, the eradication of rats is probably the most important factor enabling Water Rails to breed successfully.

Update Breeding was confirmed for the second year running when one medium-sized chick was seen with an adult, and at least one other chick was heard calling, in lower Millcombe on 4 Jun. One was seen at Quarter Wall Pond in late May and one was heard calling at Pondsbury during the first week of June, so it is possible that more than one pair bred. On 4 Sep, an adult and a chick were seen in Lower Millcombe, together with an older juvenile, showing that at least two broods were reared. On the same day, chicks were heard at Pondsbury. That none was recorded during the first two months of the year probably reflects a dearth of observations, rather than a lack of birds.

Update Eighteen territorial pairs were estimated during the breeding seabird census in late May – exactly the same number as in 2004 – with the majority of territories north of the Battery on the West Side and north of Halfway Wall on the East Side (D. Price et al./RSPB). Other pairs included those on Miller's Cake, Rat Island and Dead Cow Point.

Update 7 May – two reported on 7 May.

Update 31 Oct – a flock of 40 was the highest count on the island since Dec 2000.

Update 26 Aug – One remarkably tame juvenile was seen around the village until 7 Sep. It was so unconcerned about people that it presented a tripping hazard!

Update Update 16 May – one at Pondsbury.

Update 27 May – one, on the main track near Quarter Wall, was photographed by Nicola Saunders (Lundy Warden). These are only the 11th and 12th spring records for the island. In addition, one was seen in flight alongside MS Oldenburg about 15 minutes prior to the boat's arrival in the Landing Bay on 2 Sep.

Update 10 Sep – One was seen and photographed just south of Halfway Wall, staying until 12 Sep (C. Flower, S. Leavy, G. Sherman). About 20 individuals of this North American breeding species have now occurred on Lundy since the first in 1950; the last was in Sep 2004. Record accepted by DBRC.

Update 16 May – a count of 15 birds was a high total for spring, numbers usually being fewer than 10. The highest spring count on record is only 24, on 11 May 1949.

Update 6 Oct – one feeding close inshore in the lee of Rat Island was watched from the jetty (R.J. Campey). This constitutes the 12th sighting since organised bird recording was established by the LFS in 1947, and the first since Oct 2005. Record accepted by the Devon County Recorder.