Only 3 days remaining to enter the Spring season and still there are many storms in Corvo.
In the biological reserve ofthe project was installed an electric fence around the artificial nests, squares of vegetation and pit-fall traps for insects. Thus we have prevented the interaction and possible destruction of the work done by cattle, and even with days of strong winds and rain, all experiments started are intact.
This weekend, we began to build the nests of Cory’s shearwater. While nests of Storm petrel, Little shearwater and Manx shearwater were made with flowerpot holder, tubes and plastic covers, the nests of Cory’s shearwater will be built with blocks and cement caps, thus we want to ensure the increase of breeding sites over a longer period of time.
We still have a few hours of night work because of the use of traps to catch wild cats. We got a recapture last night. The cat had already chip and had been sterilized three weeks ago so it was a great opportunity to leave it into the closed area and test it, as we already did with mice.
Finally, we would like you to introduce our new partner for the project. Her name is Eva and she is from Germany. Eva will be in Corvo until next May to survey the vegetation of the cliffs through photos that will be taken from the sea. Desires of many days of calm sea and good job Eva!
Happiness for all!
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