Friday 27 June 2008

Another grey miserable day

Heysham Obs
Sea watch 0830-0930 hrs NHW
Gannet 9 out (5ad +4imm)
Fulmar 1 out

Outfalls Stage 2
Arctic Tern 1
Little Gull 1st S

Outfalls/Red Nab late pm
Med Gull - one 2nd S
Black-headed Gull - leucistic bird
Kittiwake - 1 1st S
Common Tern - 2
Sandwich Tern - 2

No sign of Black Guillemot am, not looked for pm.

Moths
Barred Straw new for the year

Mammals
Grey Seal off NHW am

Elsewhere
Two Spotted Redshank Leighton Moss area along with 2 adult Greenshank (one ringed in Aberdeenshire).

Two second summer Meds

Heysham Obs
Red Nab roost late afternoon
2 x 2nd summer Med Gulls virtually together, one presumably the north harbour wall bird
1 x 1st S Kittiwake
1 x Sandwich Tern on outfalls (unusual)

Earlier in the day, seawatching was dreadful with just:
2 x Arctic tern
2 x Common Tern
...............passing by or remaining briefly on the outfalls

Elsewhere
Nothing individually of note - see LDBWS site for Swift postings