Heysham Obs
Unusually, the Red Nab end today (and perhaps responsible for nothing on there yesterday?). Single male with one white dog and one ginger terrier with a black back - the dogs were running all over the mudflats off Red Nab. If anyone from Ocean Edge knows this gentleman, please could you have a quiet word and draw his attention to the informative notices along the seaward edge of the site. Thanks.
Red Nab/outfalls etc
Kittiwake - 2CY
Med Gull - just one adult
Little Gull - 2CY really inconspicuous sat alone on the mudflats!
Moths
Nice catch with Bordered Beauty the highlight
Ringing
Three rounds by the office produced about a dozen birds before it became too windy
The observatory was set up in 1980. It involves ringing,'vis mig' counts (including seabirds) and general monitoring in the Heysham Nature reserve/power stations/harbour area. The statutory moth trap is in place and also a daily log for butterflies, dragonflies etc. We share an office, kindly provided by EDF Energy, with the County Wildlife Trust. This is located next to the Nature Reserve car park. Do call in. Please leave sightings in the letterbox, ESPECIALLY 'fly-by' seabirds.