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- that runs people out to the island.
Mickeljohn [M. Meiklejohn] was waiting + in a light wind
+ heavy swell we made the 6 miles in
about 40 minutes. The Isle of May is about
3/4 mile long. I should judge + not much over
400-600 yds [yards] wide. It rises to 160-180
feet at the mid point. A fog horn at each
end + a lighthouse on the highest point
make up the main features of the island.
An older lighthouse with small adjacent
living quarters comprise the Isle of May
Bird Observatory and Field Station.
The Observatory operates a Gully trap
+ three Heligoland traps as well as several
smaller, portable traps for special purposes.
Banding on the island has been going on
since about 1900.
The Heligoland traps are very simple
in plan:
[TRAP DIAGRAM]
20'+/-, 40'+/-, door, gate, 30'+/-, catching cage. [text in diagram]
The island is devoid of shrubby + tree cover.
+ this is provided in the outer chamber of
the traps. Hop are grown up the side wire,
+ elders are planted in the approaches + in the
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