South Shore
Janet checked from Red Nab to No.1 outfall at high water.
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| At 8.8m today's high water didn't quite cover all of Red Nab. Oystercatcher, Curlew and Redshank on the few remaining outcrops. |
Kittiwake - the 1st calendar year bird was showing very nicely passing just below the top of the sloping sea wall. Even so getting a good shot of it so close in isn't as easy as Janet makes it look!
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| Yesterday's clip of the Kittiwake saw the Ben-my-Chree ferry on the horizon, today it was the lunchtime ferry the Manxman. |
Janet experimented with here mobile phone again. This time a slowed motion zip past.
I checked from Red Nab to the saltmarsh later in the tide as Red Nab was becoming exposed again (Malcolm)
Pale-bellied Brent geese 48 flew from the south and started feeding on Red Nab.
Shelduck 3
Wigeon 200 - there were a few on Red Nab, then this flock of 180 landed in the creek in the saltmarsh. They clearly spotted a feeding opportunity, these tides barely reach the saltmarsh, you can see the darker patches where the water had been earlier. And the Wigeon headed for it like a plague of locust!Middleton Nature Reserve (Malcolm)
Just a quick passing look at the main pond.
Mute Swan pair plus one immature
Mallard 14
Gadwall 11
Tufted Duck 1 male
No Coot!
Moorhen 2
Little grebe 1
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| Little grebe |
There were lots of gulls, presumably resting away from the wind.
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Mainly Black Headed and Herring. You can see the Little grebe top centre |
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| This Black-Headed gull already with a black face |
Horse Paddock behind Middleton Parish hall (Malcolm).
Yesterday Howard saw 20 Redwing feeding here, so I went for a look today. No Redwing seen, but a Green Sandpipier was showing nicely. Although the bird was just beyond the recording area, it could clearly be seen from the recording area edge, although for safety sake I crossed the road for these shots.
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| Green Sandpiper |
A glimpse of its white rump in this clip.
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