Apart from a mid morning break it pretty much rained all day. A light east breeze.
Heysham Nature Reserve
Shaun did a couple of circuits of the reserve and surrounding hedgerows, but didn't locate any grounded Yellow-browed Warblers. Although he did manage 4 Chiffchaff and a Blackcap:
3 Chiffchaff and 2 Goldcrest in a fast moving tit flock in NE corner.
Another Chiffchaff and female Blackcap at start of footpath to Red Nab
12 Redwing and 2 Fieldfare dropped in
South shore (MD)
Not a lot of time again today, I just managed a quick look from the saltmarsh to No.2 outflow on the ebbing tide mid morning.
Shelduck just 2 on the mud today
Wigeon 50+ amongst the rocks on Red Nab
Little Egret 4
Grey Heron 1
Lapwing 58 out from the saltmarsh
Linnet c100 - 84 in one aerial flock while many more were feeding on the saltmarsh
Reed Bunting 2
Rock Pipit 3
Meadow Pipit 3 grounded on the beach between Red Nab and foreshore (see location shot 22/10).
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| Meadow Pipit |
This one was feeding just below where a Robin normally stands, defending its territory, even so it seemed to be able to find plenty to eat, quite easily. The Robin was trying to see off the other two pipits.
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| This Dunnock on the foreshore was more wary of another territorial Robin, than it was of me. |
Red-Throated Diver 1 - clearly mid moult was drifting out with the tide. Pete advises that it looks to be the same bird he saw here on Friday. It almost certainly is and it should remain in the general locality a while longer.
It was constantly preening its wing feathers.
This clip clearly shows the stage of the wing moult and pans out to show the location, just out fromNo.2 outflow.
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| Red-Throated Diver |
