FRIDAY 23rd April Deadish

Heysham Obs
Male Redstart but not a lot else on land, sea or in air with uniform but high cloud cover and 'nothing' wind

Heysham Obs
North wall 0650-0830
Turnstone - 292
Purple Sandpiper - 1
Sandwich Tern - 7 on the now single yellow buoy
Gannet - 3 in and 3 out
Common Scoter 14 in
Auk sp - 5 on sea
Guillemot - 1 on sea
Wheatear 5 suddenly dropped in the quickly moved off
alba wagtail - 2 NE
Linnet 6 - NE
Lesser Redpoll - 2 NE

Vis pre-0930
Lesser Redpoll - 2
Meadow Pipit - 1
Linnet - 15
Goldfinch - 11
Swallow - 6

Grounded
Several mist nets just produced: 2 Willow Warbler (first female of year), 2 Chiffchaff, 2  Blackcap, 2 Wren (& one Dunnock, one Blackbird and a Jay).

Middleton NR
Whilst setting up the CES rides, a migrant Willow Warbler & male Sedge Warbler were trapped.  Also:
Grasshopper Warbler - one singing western marsh.  Targeters please stay out of the marsh - much easier to see from raised roads.  Also singing Common & Leser Whitethroat
Tufted Duck - 5 on model boat pond (3 males)

Insects
Large Red Damselfly Middleton NR central marsh (IOY)

Elsewhere
Male Dotterel still in field along Abbeystead Lane at 0745hrs SD550560 - still there 1100hrs, but mobile & flighty with the Golden Plover flock.
Lune valley whimbrel roost reached 29 birds (cf 10 2 days ago)