Rock Pipit - seen on power station fence
Shag - the 2CY in wing moult in harbour
Med Gull - 10 x Ad including metal ringed bird, 1 x3CY with either orange or red darvic, 2 x 2CY
Green Sandpiper - one Middleton Tim Butler pond for large part of day
Ringing at Middleton - a real mixed bag, mainly Willow Warbler and Whitethroat. Oddity was an adult male Swallow ringed as a juvenile in a Middleton roost in August 2015 and a female Cetti's Warbler with a brood patch is the nearest we have got to breeding this year so far. One juvenile Grasshopper Warbler but it looks like a lot of the Sedge Warblers have moved off
Ringlet drifted along the track between central and western marsh
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.