Monday 13 January 2020

Heysham welcomes back Canadian visitors

Pale-bellied Brent geese - they started arriving from west into the SE corner of Heysham skeer at 08:50.
First these 10

By 09:10 they had been joined by 12 more

And by 09:55, 26 were moving in with the tide towards rocks in front of children's play area.

By 11:10, all 26 had moved to Red Nab - these 24 together on water, plus 2 feeding separately on rocks.

These eventually started feeding on margins revealing two of them to be the Canadian ringed birds seen here last spring.
Ringed birds not on this picture

This is one of them

Also on skeer
Great-Crested Grebe 8
Red-Breasted Merganser 1
Plus lots of Knot!
Ad Med and German-ringed BHG inshore by play area

Also on Red Nab
Red-Breasted Merganser 3
Plus lots of Wigeon

Some of the Knot from the heliport seawall last few days read by Richard and myself.  In addition some Dutch-ringed ones still to come:


CU Ad 21/05/2019 Marnes, Porsanger , NORWAY  70 24N 25 32E
Seen 03/09/2019 De Richel, Terschelling, NETHERLANDS  53 14N  5 8E
Seen 11/01/2020 Heysham old heliport
84N 2CY 24/05/2017 Skogranes, ICELAND 64 46N 22 36W
Seen                17/5-20/5/18 Skogranes, ICELAND 64 46N 22 36W
Seen                    2/2-3/2/19 Heysham old heliport
Seen 11/01/2020 Heysham old heliport
12N 2CY 22/05/2017 Straumfjorder, ICELAND 64 29N 22 13W
Seen              30/8-15/10/17 Griend. NETHERLANDS 53 16N 5 15E 
Seen                2/8-16/10/18 Griend. NETHERLANDS 53 16N 5 15E (& De Richel 12/10)
Seen                15/9-24/9/19 Griend. NETHERLANDS 53 16N 5 15E 
Seen 13/01/2020 Heysham old heliport
77K 2CY 22/05/2017 Straumfjorder, ICELAND 64 29N 22 13W
Seen                27/7-31/7/18 Formby Point, Merseyside
Seen 01/08/2019 Ainsdale, Merseyside
Seen 13/01/2020 Heysham old heliport
3P Ad 22/09/2017 Altcar, Merseyside
Seen                29/9-3/10/17 Caldy Wildfowl, Merseyside
Seen 11/01/2020 Heysham old heliport
KX Ad 22/09/2017 Altcar, Merseyside
Seen 14/04/2018 Southport, Merseyside
Seen 25/03/2019 Heysham old heliport
Seen 13/01/2020 Heysham old heliport
XY Ad 30/03/2018 Altcar, Merseyside
Seen 11/01/2020 Heysham old heliport
CLE 2CY 30/03/2018 Altcar, Merseyside
Seen 01/05/2018 Southport, Merseyside
Seen                  24/6-9/7/18 Dundalk, IRELAND
Seen 04/09/2018 Crosby, Merseyside
Seen 11/01/2020 Heysham old heliport
K1 Ad 22/09/2017 Altcar, Merseyside
Seen 11/08/2018 Seaforth, Merseyside
Seen 08/10/2018 Altcar, Merseyside
Seen                    2/2-9/4/19 Heysham old heliport
Seen 21/07/2019 Crosby, Merseyside
Seen 31/12/2019 Thurstaston, Merseyside
Seen                   12-13/1/20 Heysham old heliport
Note the classic moult on the Waddenssee before moving NW to winter with 12N.  Also change
of wintering location with K1 in 2019/20