THE EXPEDITIONS 1971 – 2022 A list of participants through the years, with brief notes on the work performed 1971 Barry Lawson, Peter Deans, John Eatough, Shiela Anderson, Dick Hansford. Full census and ringing. This was the first trip and the Treshnish Isles were included in a “mopping up” of islands not fully covered during the 1969/70 “Operation Seafarer” National Seabird Census. 1972 Barry Lawson, Geoff Ward, Bevan Craddock. Part census and ringing Forced to leave after three days due to bad weather. 1973 Barry Lawson, Peter Deans, John Hodson, Geoff Cope. Trip abandoned – unable to land due to rough seas 1974 Barry Lawson, Peter Deans, Geoff Ward, John Hodson, Geoff Cope, Tom Pool. Census of Lunga and ringing An RAF Helicopter landed a photographer onto Harp Rock, causing many bird casualties. 1976 Barry Lawson, Peter Deans, Geoff Ward, John Hodson, Geoff Cope, Tony Kilgallen. Full census Lunga – Fladda and ringing. Very hot summer. 1977 Barry Lawson, John Hodson. Ringing only. Called in on “Corryvreckan” boat cruise. 1978 Barry Lawson, Peter Deans, John Hodson, Simon Walker. Full census Lunga and Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and ringing. 1980 Barry Lawson, Peter Deans, John Hodson, Simon Walker, David Lawson. Ringing only 1981 Geoff Ward, Geoff Cope. Part census and photography 1982 Barry Lawson, Peter Deans, John Hodson, Simon Walker, Andrew Lawson. Ringing only. 1984 Barry Lawson, Peter Deans, John Hodson, Simon Walker. Ringing only.1986 Barry Lawson, Peter Deans, Geoff Ward, John Hodson, Simon Walker, Andrew Lawson. 1984 Barry Lawson, Peter Deans, John Hodson, Simon Walker. Ringing only. 1986 Barry Lawson, Peter Deans, Geoff Ward, John Hodson, Simon Walker, Andrew Lawson. Full census with ringing 1989 Barry Lawson, Peter Deans, John Hodson, Simon Walker. Ringing only. 1991 Barry Lawson, Peter Deans, Simon Walker, David & Andrew Lawson, Jan Densham. Ringing only. 1993 Roger Broad et al. (Scottish Natural Heritage charter) Full census of The Dutchman’s, Lunga, Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and Fladda. Chris Redfern et al. Storm Petrel ringing. 1994 Simon Walker, Mike Smith, Dennis Cooper, Jan Densham, Danny Lenain. Full census Lunga and Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and ringing. Chris Redfern et al. Storm Petrel ringing. 1995 Simon Walker, Mike Smith, Dennis Cooper, Jan Densham, Fergus Henderson. Full census of Lunga and Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and ringing. 1996 Simon Walker, Mike Smith, Dennis Cooper, Danny Lenain, Robin Ward Full census of Lunga and Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and ringing. 1997 Simon Walker, Dennis Cooper, Robin Ward, Damian Offer, Steve Willis, Chris Spray Full census of Lunga – Fladda and ringing. 1998 Simon Walker, John Hodson, Dennis Cooper, Robin Ward, Damian Offer, Steve Willis, Steve Worwood Full census of Lunga – Fladda and ringing. 1999 Week 1 Simon Walker, Dennis Cooper, Steve Willis, John Osbourne. Week 2 Simon Walker, John Hodson, Dennis Cooper, Robin Ward, Damian Offer, Jan Densham Full census of the Treshnish Isles for Seabird 2000 and ringing 2000 Week 1 John Hodson, Dennis Cooper, Damian Offer Full census of Manx Shearwater on Lunga for Seabird 2000. Limited passerine ringing. (May). Week 2 Simon Walker, John Hodson, Dennis Cooper, Robin Ward, Steve Willis, Andrew Carter, Steve Woodward Full census of Lunga, Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and the islands between Lunga – Fladda. Tern census for Seabird 2000. Ringing. 2001 Simon Walker, John Hodson, Dennis Cooper, Robin Ward, Damian Offer, Andrew Carter Completion of census for Seabird 2000. Full census of Lunga, Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and the islands between Lunga – Fladda. Ringing. 2002 Simon Walker, Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, Phil Bone, Sara Brown, Jackie Hay. Full census of Lunga, Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and the islands between Lunga – Fladda. Ringing. 2003 Simon Walker, John Hodson, Dennis Cooper, Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, Jackie Hay, Matt Smith. Full census of Lunga, Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and the islands between Lunga – Fladda. Ringing. 2004 Simon Walker, Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, John Calladine, Tim Dixon, Shaun Micklewright, Tina Wiffen. Full census of Lunga, Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and the islands between Lunga – Fladda. Ringing. 2005 Simon Walker, Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, Shaun Micklewright, Gareth Harris, George Henderson, Tracé Williams. Full census of Lunga, Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and the islands between Lunga – Fladda. Ringing. 2006 Simon Walker, Dennis Cooper, Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, Shaun Micklewright, John Calladine, Tim Dixon, George Henderson. Full census of Lunga, Sgeir a’ Chaisteil, Cairn na Burgh More, Cairn na Burgh Beg and the islands between Lunga – Fladda. Ringing. 2007 Simon Walker, Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, Shaun Micklewright, George Henderson, Tim Dixon, Tracé Williams. Full census of Lunga, Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and the islands between Lunga – Fladda. Ringing. 2008 Simon Walker, John Hodson, Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, Shaun Micklewright, George Henderson, Tim Dixon, John Calladine. Full census of Lunga, Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and the islands between Lunga – Fladda. Ringing. 2009 John Hodson, Robin Ward, Dennis Cooper, Andrew Carter, Shaun Micklewright, Tim Dixon, Jurjen Annen, Claire Dovey. Full census of Lunga, Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and the islands between Lunga – Fladda. Ringing. 2010 John Hodson, Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, Shaun Micklewright, Tim Dixon, Tracé Williams Jurjen Annen, Claire Dovey. Full census of Lunga, Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and the islands between Lunga – Fladda. Ringing. 2011 John Hodson, Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, Shaun Micklewright, Tim Dixon, George Henderson, Jurjen Annen, Claire Dovey. Full census of Lunga and Sgeir a’ Chaisteil. Ringing 2012 John Hodson, Robin Ward, Tim Dixon, Jurjen Annen, Claire Dovey, Dennis Cooper, Steve Willis, Richard Barn`es, Simon Roberts Full census of Lunga and Sgeir a’ Chaisteil. Ringing 2013 John Hodson, Robin Ward, Dennis Cooper, Andrew Carter, Shaun Micklewright, Tim Dixon, George Henderson, Jurjen Annen Full census of Lunga and Sgeir a’ Chaisteil. Ringing.

2014 John Hodson, Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, Shaun Micklewright, Tim Dixon, Jurjen Annen, Claire Dovey, Cerian Thomas Full census of Lunga and Sgeir a’ Chaisteil. Ringing. 2015 Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, Shaun Micklewright, Tim Dixon, John Calladine, Stuart Brown Chris Heward, Daniel Plunkett Full census of Lunga and Sgeir a’ Chaistei and small islands. Ringing. 2016 Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, Tim Dixon, Jurjen Annen, Matt Smith, Chris Heward, Daniel Plunkett, Lila Buckingham Full census of Lunga, Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and the Cairn na Burgh’s, limited census of the small islands. Ringing. 2017 Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, Tim Dixon, Shaun Micklewright, Claire Dovey, George Henderson, Chris Heward, Lila Buckingham

Expeditions

JULY 2023

2021 Robin Ward, Andrew Carter, Tim Dixon, Lila Buckingham, Daniel Plunkett, Imogen Lloyd, Robbie Phillips, Kirstie Ross (full census of Lunga and Sgeir a’ Chaisteil and a limited census of Cairn na Burgh’s and the small islands. Ringing.) 2022 Andrew Carter, Tim Dixon, Shaun Micklewright, Chris Heward, Lila Buckingham, Helen Stace (full census of Lunga and Sgeir a’ Chaisteil, cursitory census of the other nearer islands. No ringing carried out due to threat from Avian Inflenza (HPAI) H5N1. ) 2023 Robin Ward, Andrrew Carter, Tim Dixon, Chris Heward, Lila Buckingham Luke Nelson, Molly Brown, Tim Frayling