Another warm dry sunny day. An early east breeze shifted to SE by lunchtime then to the west later when it freshened a little.
South shore (Malcolm)
I went along the sea wall at 09:00. The tide was out, the day was warm and the breeze from the east. These are the conditions that can result in insect passage, but it was early in the day and any movement could only be relatively local.
A Red Admiral near the lighthouse at 10:00 was likely to have come in off.
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| A nice fresh Red Admiral |
2 Meadow Browns and 20+ 6-spot Burnet in the scrub near the lighthouse more likely to be residents. These are some of the Burnet moths.
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| This Willow warbler was near the waterfall |
Linnet 7 between lighthouse and waterfall
Rock Pipit 1 between lighthouse and waterfall
Black-Headed gulls 200 - many on and around No.1 outflow.
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| For some reason today the gulls on No.1 outflow, including Herring and Lesser Black-Backed, elected to drift along the surface with the current picking up titbits as they went. |
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| In contrast the only bird feeding on No.2 outflow was the long staying Kittiwake. |
Mediterranean gull 2 adult - none were seen on the shore in the morning, but 2 were on Red Nab towards high water early afternoon.
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| This Chiffchaff was in the Nature Park |
Butterflies in Nature Park
Ringlet 5
Large Skipper 1
Small Skipper 2 (not quite in the Nature Park but in the grass just behind Red Nab)
Large White 1
Just out of the recording area - Heysham Moss Nature Reserve (Janet)
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| Large Skipper |
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| Large Heath |
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| Grass moth |
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| Silver Y |
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| Black Darter The only other dragonfly species seen was an Emperor |
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| Common Buzzards |
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| Chiffchaff |
