Still surrounded by White-Fronts

A SE wind in the morning switching to SW in the afternoon. It rained whilst the wind was shifting.

Just my stuff so far, and I didn't manage to get out till mid afternoon - Malcolm

Middleton Nature Reserve 

Mute Swan pair plus two immature birds confined to the peninsula 

Tufted Duck 8

Gadwall 2 pair

Shoveler 2 males but only 1 female seen

Mallard not counted 

Coot 6

Moorhen 1

Little Grebe 1 

Shovelers shovelling 

Female Gadwall

Male Gadwall

Quite a lot going on in this clip, including the Little Grebe early on.

Imperial Rd (checked in passing this morning)

No Stonechats seen 

Roe Deer 3

All three deer in this shot and the following clip. The third is difficult 
to see, but it is bottom right

Long legs are ideal for a bit of head scratching.

Both of the relatively new Rookeries were busy. There were at least 25 Rooks in the trees near the roundabout east of Imperial Rd, which is just out of the recording area. At Least 22 Rooks in the one on Middleton Rd which is in the recording area. Exact numbers here was complicated by the presence of Carrion Crows as well. There was a lot of noise!

Just outside the recording area - the horse paddock behind Middleton Parish Hall. This is directly opposite the Rookery on Middleton Rd.

Redwing two. 

Slightly further outside the recording area Heaton Moss. All the following shots are from the road to the Golden Ball (Lancaster Rd) where it meets the road to the bypass (Moss Rd).

Whooper Swan 12

Whooper Swans with Pink-Footed geese behind

The Whoopers and most of the geese were on the far side of the River Lune. But there were 40 geese on the Heaton side, including 12 Russian White-Fronted Geese. Yesterday, Pete advised: there were over 300 Russian whitefronts with pinks on Aldcliffe - got to be some over heysham soon! 

But we are getting very few Pink-Footed geese passing over Heysham at the moment so I checked Heaton marsh. 

White-Fronted Geese with Pink-Footed Geese behind

This is just a location shot, most of the White-Fronts are to the right of centre.

Same shot but zoomed out further to show the edge of the road. But they
are by no means guaranteed to be here. I have checked several times since
 they have been around the area, and today was my first sighting.

Any sightings of White-Fronted geese within the Heysham recording area would be very much appreciated.