A light NE wind shifted to NW mid morning and freshened slightly. Dry with long sunny spells.
Just my stuff so far (Malcolm)
Heysham Head - lunchtime (accompanying a field trip)
Rock Pipit 3 seen from the path looking down to the shore.
Blackbird, Linnet, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Dunnock, Common Whitethroat, Great Tit, Blue Tit singing and many feeding young.
No Swift but 2 House Martin.
Not a single wader seen
Little Egret 3
South sea wall mid afternoon
Plenty of large gulls and a few Black-Headed gulls feeding on the outflows but no sign of Little gull today.
This Cormorant was enjoying the sun and wind on its feathers.
Curlew 2 together south
Grey Heron 1 north
Linnet 4
Rock Pipit 3 - Red Nab, waterfall and lighthouse. This is the one near the lighthouse, clearly feeding something, but I didn't see it fly to the previous nesting area below the harbour wall.
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| Rock Pipit with a bill full of juicy snacks |
This Pied Wagtail was feeding on Red Nab
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| This gave me a bit of a start when it landed on the lens of my binoculars. It looked huge! Alison advises that it is one of the Nettle Weevils, probably Polydrusus formosus |
In the Nature Park
Blackcap and Common Whitethroat singing.
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| Four-spotted Chaser |
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| Broad-bodied Chaser |
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| Speckled wood |
Also: Small Tortoiseshell and Common Blue
Middleton Nature Reserve
Just a quick check on the way home.
Warblers and wildfowl as yesterday, although there were at least three small ducklings today. I still didn't manage to see Mum, she saw me first. This is what is known as "legging it!"
Dragonflies:Emperor 1
Four-Spotted Chaser several
Broad-bodied Chaser several
Black-Tailed Skimmer 3
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| Black-Tailed Skimmers |
Common Darter 1 (first of the year)
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| Common Darter |
