Flycatcher on the Head

 A warn sunny day with a SW light wind.

Middleton Nature Reserve 

Janet and the insects were enjoying the sunshine.

Common Darters

Brimstone 

Gatekeeper 

Two of three Peacock

Common Blue

Shaded Broad-bar

Silver Y

Little Egret

Heysham Head

Spotted Flycatcher 1 reported anonymously on BirdTrack

South shore (Malcolm)

Two checks again, foreshore to Red Nab towards high water in the morning and a walk along the sea wall in the evening.

Wheatear 2

Wheatears, clearly different birds, along the foreshore 

Rock Pipit 3 on Red Nab (1 + 2)

Little Egret 4

Whimbrel 1 heard

Curlew 175 at least, groups constantly flying to the south.

One of many groups of Curlew

Dunlin c150 in one flock south this evening 

Solitary Dunlin amongst the sandmason worm tubes near the wooden jetty

Mediterranean gull 30 at least, there were 25 on Red Nab this morning, including 4 juvenile. But other Meds were flying directly towards the estuary, as they tend to do when the tides are high enough to flush them from Red Nab.

In the Nature Park

Gatekeeper several

Large White 1

Small White 2

Ringlet 1 faded

Meadow Brown 1 faded

Peacock 2

Speckled Wood 2

Common Blue 1

Small Skipper 3

Small Skipper

Brown Hawker 2

Common Darter 5

These Carrion Crows were on the small anemometer 

It isn't obvious what is actually happening here, it's a bit early for apples to be over ripe. I like to think it's mum, saying, "What have I told you about eating apples? Put it down and go and find some nice junk food to eat." (Malcolm)