Wednesday 4 March 2009

Meds gone?

Heysham Obs
No sign of any adult Med Gulls at the optimum time of IOM ferry arrival

Wooden jetty
Purple Sandpiper - 2 right at the end of the outer section on skeer

Offshore
Red-throated Diver - 2

North wall
Twite - 8 at feeder (one unringed, one from Jan 2009, one from 31/10/08, 5 from unspec. autumn 2008 - all Heysham-ringed)
Eider - male inshore

Elsewhere
Avocet Lune estuary & drake Scaup Conder pool. "Nothing" with c820 Pink-footed Geese along Heysham bypass by 'resident' Peugeot