A break from the 2020 breeding bird updates to give you a quick 'pupdate'. We recently passed the 700 mark for pups born on Ramsey's beaches and in her caves this year. Numbers of new births are slowing down considerably now but we will still see births into November. Our harbour beach saw 2 new births in the past 24 hours bringing the total born on this tiny pebble beach since September up to 8, the most I can remember being born here in one season.
Pup 1 - it was high tide when I took this and the cow was safely nearby on the waters edge
Pup 2 - mum lying alongside (pink umbilical still visible)