Introduction
In 1939, Richard Perry travelled to Lundy to study seabirds. His work, along with the work of
Ronald Lockley, initiated a new era of seabird research (Gaston and Jones 1997). Although some of his conclusions have been
challenged, Perry's observations of Lundy's auks and Kittiwakes remain a useful baseline for current studies. As the 75th anniversary of Perry's research
approaches it is perhaps a good time to return to his work and to the work of other researchers who have been drawn to the Isle of Puffins.
This web site is very much a work in progress. It aims to be a tool for those interested in Lundy's seabirds. It aims to do this in three ways. Firstly to
provide a record of previous studies of Lundy's seabirds. Secondly, to cross reference those studies to work at other colonies.
And finally, to suggest directions for future research.
Finally, this is very much a personal website. Although it catalogues the work of many other people and organisations, any errors or omissions are mine. If
you like the site tell your friends, if you don't like it tell me. I can't fix it if I don't know what's wrong.
Grant Sherman, Lundy 2008
Phase one- previous studies of
Lundy's seabirds
- Index all the seabird articles from the Journal and Annual Report of the LFS.
(Complete 13/12/08. 53 articles)
- Provide abstracts to the above articles. (In progress)
- Provide online links to the full text of the above articles. (Only a few of the reports have been scanned by the LFS)
- Cross-reference articles to species.
- Find and index seabird articles on Lundy from other journals. (In progress. 15 articles found)
- Provide abstracts to the above articles. (In progress 9/15)
- Provide online links to the full text of the above articles. (In progress 2/15)
- Cross-reference articles to species.
- Find and index seabird articles on Lundy from University theses. (In progress. 1 found)
- Provide abstracts to the above theses. (In progress 0/1)
- Cross-reference articles to species. (Complete 1/1)
- Find and index seabird articles on Lundy from other sources. (In progress. 7 books, 3 reports)
- Provide abstracts (or equivalent) to the above articles. (In progress)
- Cross-reference above articles to species. (In progress)
Phase two - cross reference Lundy studies to work at other colonies. Priority to those species studied in detail by
Richard Perry, plus the Manx Shearwater and Northern Fulmar.
- Find and index Common Guillemot articles from journals. (In progress. 240 found)
- Post abstracts to the articles. (In progress. 171/240)
- Post online links to the full text of the articles. (In progress. 162/240)
- Cross-reference articles to species. (In progress. 141/240)
- Cross-reference articles to study colony. (In progress)
Progress
- 2005 - present (54 articles, 54 abstracts, 52 links, x-ref to species)
- 2000 - 2004 (61 articles, 60 abstracts, 47 links, x-ref to species)
- 1995 - 1999 (30 articles, 26 abstract, 20 links)
- 1990 - 1994 (30 articles, 29 abstracts, 26 links, x-ref to species)
- 1985 - 1989 (20 articles, 1 abstract, 12 links)
- 1980 - 1984 (9 articles, 1 abstract, 2 links)
- 1975 - 1979 (15 articles, 3 abstracts, 6 links)
- 1970 - 1974 (4 articles, 1 link)
- pre 1970 (21 articles, 1 abstract, 1 link)
- Find and index Atlantic Puffin articles from journals.
- Provide abstracts to the above articles.
- Provide online links to the full text of the above articles.
- Cross-reference articles to species.
- Cross-reference articles to study colony.
- Find and index Manx Shearwater articles from journals.
- Provide abstracts to the above articles.
- Provide online links to the full text of the above articles.
- Cross-reference articles to species.
- Cross-reference articles to study colony.
- Find and index Black-legged Kittiwake articles from journals.
- Provide abstracts to the above articles.
- Provide online links to the full text of the above articles.
- Cross-reference articles to species.
- Cross-reference articles to study colony.
- Find and index Razorbill articles from journals.
- Provide abstracts to the above articles.
- Provide online links to the full text of the above articles.
- Cross-reference articles to species.
- Cross-reference articles to study colony
- Find and index Northern Fulmar articles from journals.
- Provide abstracts to the above articles.
- Provide online links to the full text of the above articles.
- Cross-reference articles to species.
- Cross-reference articles to study colony.
- Find and index Great Black-backed Gull articles from journals.
- Provide abstracts to the above articles.
- Provide online links to the full text of the above articles.
- Cross-reference articles to species.
- Cross-reference articles to study colony.
- Find and index Herring Gull articles from journals.
- Provide abstracts to the above articles.
- Provide online links to the full text of the above articles.
- Cross-reference articles to species.
- Cross-reference articles to study colony.
- Find and index Lesser Black-backed Gull articles from journals.
- Provide abstracts to the above articles.
- Provide online links to the full text of the above articles.
- Cross-reference articles to species.
- Cross-reference articles to study colony.
- Find and index European Shag articles from journals.
- Provide abstracts to the above articles.
- Provide online links to the full text of the above articles.
- Cross-reference articles to species.
- Cross-reference articles to study colony.
- Find and index articles about species that have previously bred on Lundy.
- Provide abstracts to the above articles.
- Provide online links to the full text of the above articles.
- Cross-reference articles to species.
- Cross-reference articles to study colony.
Phase three - suggest directions for future research.
- Review Common Guillemot articles for relevance to Lundy. (In progress)
- Review Atlantic Puffin articles for relevance to Lundy.
- Review Manx Shearwater articles for relevance to Lundy.
- Review Black-legged Kittiwake articles for relevance to Lundy.
- Review Razorbill articles for relevance to Lundy.
- Review Northern Fulmar articles for relevance to Lundy.
- Review Great Black-backed Gull articles for relevance to Lundy.
- Review Herring Gull articles for relevance to Lundy.
- Review Lesser Black-backed Gull articles for relevance to Lundy.
- Review European Shag articles for relevance to Lundy.
- Review articles about species that have previously bred on Lundy.
Contact the Warden
If you are interested in doing research on Lundy or have any questions about seabird research on the island, please contact the
Warden.
Contact me
If you have any questions about this website, if you notice any errors, or have any suggestions, please
contact me or post them on this forum.
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