Quite a lot going on

The west wind continues to ease, another dry day, but mainly overcast in the morning.

Heysham skear (MD)

We are back to spring tides 1.1m at low water.

Great Crested Grebe 5 

Shelduck 1 north

Eider 3 female

Female Eider

Little Egret 4

Oystercatcher c60

Curlew 40+

Redshank 1

Turnstone 1

Summer plumage Turnstone resting on one of the north side Honeycomb worm reefs

Lion's mane jellyfish. I saw three, almost certainly more around. These do grow large, but today's were only cereal dish sized. They do pack a sting though and their tentacles are long.

Lion's mane jellyfish 

The green marker post didn't survive the recent rough weather

South shore (MD)

I had a walk along just after high water.

Eider 1 male in eclipse

Quite a striking male Eider in eclipse 

It was feeding over the saltmarsh, the only thing I can think of there, apart from the odd crab, would be the Harbour ragworm (Creeper) which live in the mud in the gullies and come out to feed when the tide is in.

Common Sandpiper 1 also on the saltmarsh 

Common Sandpiper

This set of spring tides has at least partially refilled the pool near the sea wall.
First time in seven weeks since it held water.

The large gulls young are starting to fledge.

Juvenile Lesser Black-Backed gull

Mediterranean gull 3 - 1 adult plus 2 first summer, but high water is the worst time to check for them

Rock Pipit 6 - individuals on Red Nab and Lighthouse area, which chased off another. An adult with two juvenile on foreshore.

One of the foreshore juvenile Rock Pipits

Cormorant number continue to increase. 32 today on the wooden jetty. These are six coming in.

Shag 1 immature on wooden jetty

Middleton Nature Reserve (MD)

It was warm in the afternoon so I just did a quick check of the dragonflies around the main pond. Not a lot:

Black-tailed Skimmer 3 adult 1 female

Broad-bodied Chaser 2 male

Common Darter 1 male 2 immature/female