Friday 11 March 2011

First Meadow Pipit of the year!

Heysham Obs
North Harbour Wall 0725-0925
Kittiwake - 78 (3 flocks) in (and then up!)
Gannet - 2 in, 2 different ones out
Red-throated Diver - 1 in
Peregrine 1 SW along sea wall terrorising the Twite
Twite - c75, a definite increase with c15 unringed birds out of a sample of c50 checked and one ringed at Machrihanish, the first for a bit

Outfalls
Little Gull - ad winter Stage 2 outfall on incoming tide early afternoon

Vis
Meadow Pipit 1 NE (over the sea)
Pied Wagtail 2 NE