RSPB Ramsey & Grassholm Islands Blog

 It has been another week of mixed weather, including glorious sunshine, strong northerly winds, and plenty of rain, meaning we have only had 3 visitor boats since our last blog post. A fiery sunset over Abermawr on the 19th  © Alys Perry. Beautiful sunshine and calm conditions on the 17th  ©  Alys Perry. A double rainbow over Ramsey Sound after a rain shower on the 11th  ©  Alys Perry. Our main tasks over the last week have been admin and maintenance. Nia, Scarlett, and I have removed large amounts of old chicken wire from the arable plot, fenced the path below the farmhouse, undertook some stonewalling, and angled grided the rust off the bungalow roof before re-painting the panels. Removing the rust from the bungalow roof panels on the 18th  © Nia Stephens . We were treated to a visit on the 14th by Rick our favourite Thousand Islands Slip Master and his wife Moira. We would like to wish Rick the best of luck for the coming weeks and we are very much looking forward to catching up wi

 The last few weeks on Ramsey have felt more autumnal by the day and a stark reminder that we don't have long left of this season!  Siani the sheepdog enjoying the sunset over Abermawr on the 29th of August  © Alys Perry. The septic tank and pipework around the Farmhouse have now been completed thanks to Derek & Jack who dug in the pipes with a mini digger last week. Thank you so much both for all your hard work! We've had more lovely volunteers over the past 2 weeks including, Steve, Joe, Ali, Alisha, and Matt. Who have all chipped in to help with visitors, maintenance work, and undertaking biological surveys. Thank you all for your hard work and enthusiasm over the past few weeks!  Our fantastic volunteer Steve fixing the gate and fence at Carn Ysgbor on the 21st of August  ©  Alys Perry. We also said goodbye to Duran the entomologist who has spent 6 weeks of her summer surveying for dung beetles and various other insects on the island. Thank you so much for all your har