Mainly gulls today

A dry day becoming increasingly warm and sunny during the afternoon. A light west wind

South shore

Janet had a walk along the sea wall while the tide was out:

Plenty of Black-Headed gulls feeding on the outfalls

This one has a tiny Sandeel

The Mediterranean gulls were feeding on the beach by the wooden jetty

This is the Belgian ringed bird seen earlier this summer

Oystercatcher - I just missed the shot where it had a worm in its beak!!

Curlew

Gatekeeper in the Nature Park 

I checked Red Nab towards high water - Malcolm

Lots of gulls on Red Nab again, and today they weren't disturbed 

Mediterranean gulls not counted, but a similar number to yesterday 

Mediterranean and Black-Headed gulls plus Curlew

The one having a wing stretch is a Common Gull

This 2cy Mediterranean gull is part of a Hungarian ringing scheme. It is the
same bird as the one with most of its code obscured 22/06. I still can't be certain
about the third character, hopefully the scheme will be able to advise.

Grey Squirrel, Blue Tits and Chaffinch, eating seeds left by visitors 
to the Nature Park

Heysham skear - Malcolm 10:45 - 12:15

c300 large gulls, mainly Herring feeding on the mussels

Many of the Herring gulls were feeding towards the end of the middle skear

Black-Headed gulls c40. This group were feeding in the SE skear corner, finding plenty to eat on the surface. Likely insects that had landed on the sea and concentrated in the skear corner by the onshore wind

Little Egret 5

Great Crested grebe 5 together 

Eider 1 female

Eider and Great Crested grebe