Update from Jodie Clements Apologies for the lack of updates from Meinypil’gyno this season! Technical problems and a busy season led to fewer updates this year, but here is a summary of events since the last post when eggs were beginning to hatch. Egg candling. Look closely and
17:19 BST Text just received from Nigel Jarrett in Anadyr… last two eggs are hatching as we speak. Fingers crossed they’re ok and take our total up to 18! Keep you posted.
11th July 2011 Well what an eventful few days. boarded the ship with the eight newly hatched chicks, 12 eggs, considerable anxiety about the trip on rough seas and a great deal of hope. We got off the other end with only three eggs, but an amazing 17 chicks, so we were as happy as hap
2 July 2011 A misty, cool day with no sun on offer. What has for me been a rather anxious couple of waiting days culminated in post dinner meeting with Nikolay, Pavel and Liza. On their arrival Nige was fielding another ropey skype call to WWT, Pavel joined in to comment. On comple