The Nonsuch Expeditions and DENR teams have been busy the past few days preparing for the passage of Hurricane Earl. Whilst we are fortunately not expecting a direct hit with hurricane Earl currently projected to track 100 miles to our south/east, we are still expecting 18ft to 25ft ocean swells which will impact Bermuda’s South shore including the ocean-facing side of Nonsuch Island.
Fortunately, the Cahow nesting season does not start until November so they are not currently in their burrows, as several of the outlying islands and rocks where they nest will be submerged by the expected 18ft to 25ft ocean swells.
Over the past few days Jeremy, assisted by JP rescued two Longtail chicks which were in low lying nests that were sure to be submerged by the expected ocean swells, see video:
On September 7th Jeremy, JP and Peter Drew relocated over a ton of ocean plastics that was being stored for further study in the dunes above the beach, which would have undoubtedly been swept back out to sea if left in place. Video to follow.
UPDATE Sept 9th 9am After the passage of Earl overnight the seas have mostly settled. Jeremy and JP will be conducting a survey of expected coastal erosion as soon as conditions allow, and will be post the results as soon as possible.
Watch the current LiveStream from our CahowCam Surface Cam from Nonsuch Colony A: