Arctic Terns still moving through

A dry day with plenty of sunshine. Light variable breezes.

Sea 1050-1250 on and off.  Pete:

Arctic tern - c38, 22 in in quick succession 1130 - second flock climbed high and headed towards heysham head.  

Sandwich Tern - 20-25 at various ranges.  

Common scoter - flock 3 in.  

Nothing in yesterday’s guillemot  incoming tide ‘line’ at the equivalent time. 

Nothing on the outfalls - channels flowing slowly 

5 whimbrel tidal areas off Ocean Edge

No sign Shag or Little Gull

Heysham skear - Malcolm 09:30 - 11:00

Eider 4 (3 males)

Red-breasted Merganser 3 (2 males)

Great Crested Grebe 2 together

Little Egret 5. This one was flitting around chasing its prey, I assumed that it was after something larger than their typical catch. And maybe it was, but what it ended up catching this time was just a typical sized Goby.

Sandwich Tern 7 at least. Unlike resent visits they were not a constant presence, but turned up on the flood, fed a while then moved on. This one clearly catches a fish, as it is then hotly pursued by a Black-Headed Gull.

Apart from a lot of Oystercatchers there weren't many waders, but a better variety today than of late:

Curlew 2

Whimbrel 5 - flew north when flushed by the tide

Knot 1

Turnstone 9

Curlew

Knot

Turnstone and a Sandwich Tern

The green marker post is no longer green and the only thing it is marking
is the mud. It has clearly broken from its mount

Imperial Rd - Malcolm

Just a quick look this evening 

Sedge Warbler 2 singing

Common Whitethroat 1

Common Whitethroat 

Linnet 1

Swallow at least 5 feeding

Buzzard 1