Overnight rain stopped before dawn. A fresh west wind with just a touch of north in it by the afternoon.
Pete and Jean checked the sea, report from Pete:
Heysham sea 1000-1100:
Razorbill 2 (first records for 2023)
Guillemot 1
plus 1 Razorbill/Guillemot
Gannet 1
Common Scoter 5
Kittiwake 17 - 2 plus 13 and 2 x 2cy Kittiwake still on pipe in harbour.
3 Meadow Pipit
Sand Martin 1 north over sea through scope.
Spike of Turnstone 275 and Redshank 750 heliport until everything flushed by unknown presumed mammalian predator - mustilid?
South Shore (MD)
A very quick check of the foreshore early morning located just:
Wheatear 4
Linnet 9
I walked my daughter's dog along the sea wall just after high water in the afternoon
Dunlin 75 on Red Nab
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| A few of the Dunlin |
Kittiwake 1 adult on No.2 outflow plus the 2 x 2nd calendar year in the harbour. This is the adult feeding near the sea wall.
Common Gull 3 x 2nd calendar year
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| Common gull and Kittiwake |
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| Herring gull (left) and Common gull |
Shag 1 immature on wooden jetty - first record for a while
Rock Pipit 2 - 1 along sea wall plus 1 above nest site near lighthouse
Heysham Nature Reserve
A friend of Janet's has leant her a camera, so Janet went to the reserve to get used to it.
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| Male Greenfinch |
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| Male Blackcap |
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| Bluebell |
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| Snakes Head Fritillary, including the alba variant |
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| White (alba) Fritillary |
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| Hoverfly (Drone-Fly?) on gorse |
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| Also on gorse, a Seven-spot Ladybird, and just to its right a small (unidentified) spider. You may need to open the shot to see it. |
