Big thanks to Karen Lunan, our LIFE Funding Monitor for visiting the project this week. 

Karen had a whistle-stop tour of the project, including assisting a very early land-bird survey to see the ecological monitoring work we are carrying out for the wider species.  She joined Project officer at the Manx shearwater burrows to understand more about how we survey our target species, and learnt how this year members of the community will be learning more about how they can monitor seabirds on 'their patch' post project. Thanks to the community members  who spoke to Karen about what the project meant to them, and thanks to Volunteer Coordinator John Peacock who met with us to talk about the 'after life plan’ of the project and gave further details about how the community aim to keep the islands rat-free for a long time to come.