Pete - Sea Heysham 0720-0910:
c94 Common Scoter out
44 Sandwich Tern out
1,1,10 Arctic Tern out - the 10 a straggling dip feeding flock being ‘overtaken’ by Sandwich Terns
1,1,1,1 Red throated diver out
2 Wigeon out
1 Razorbill/guillemot out
1 dark morph Arctic Skua in at long range 0731
Shaun - Heysham Harbour 11:00-12:30.
Little Gull 2cy feeding at the end of Outfall 1
Kittiwake 2 adults & 2cy Outfall 2. Plus 2 adults following in the ferry.
Arctic Tern 7 out
Sandwich Tern c15.
Janet checked Red Nab and saltmarsh
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| Wheatear on Red Nab |
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| Curlew on the saltmarsh |
Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet
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| Male Swallow high over the main pond |
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| Chiffchaff |
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| Female Mute Swan and male Gadwall |
North shore
18 Pale-bellied Brent goose off Heysham play area plus 3 Sandwich terns on beach - David Kaye
Heysham skear - Malcolm 11:00 - 12:20 and 15:45 - 17:00
Pale-bellied Brent Goose 46 - David's flock of 18 were joined by another flock of 28 this morning
This evening there were 35 grazing gutweed on the skear.
Eider just one female out this morning
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Sandwich Tern 8 fishing this morning 31 resting and fishing this evening.
These are two of this morning's
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| Some of this evening's |
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| This one has a metal ring, but no colour rings seen |
These have heard another pair passing over and are calling to them.
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| Some of the Godwits are starting to moult to summer plumage |
Knot 2500 - 3000, they were well spread out today and no disturbances. Some flags seen but most seen previously in this set of neap tides.
Sanderling just 1 seen this morning
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| Sanderling with Knot and Oystercatcher |
