Wednesday 17 March 2010

Dithering Kittiwakes

Heysham Obs
North wall early morning
Red-throated Diver - 3
Red-breasted Merganser - 13
Kittiwake - flock of 25 eventually u-turning out of the bay
Meadow Pipit - 2 north
Grey Wagtail - one north

Late afternoon
Med Gull - the same two unringed adults (see pics the other day) coming to bread with a third bird seen briefly
Twite - 61, including at least one Askam-in-Furness bird, one with a metal-only ring and 8+ unringed

Elsewhere
3+ Cetti's Warbler Leighton Moss.  20 Whooper Hornby am, including ringed bird