Very little today

Overnight rain then a mainly overcast day with a west wind.

Heysham skear - Malcolm 15:00 - 16:00

I only had chance of this one short outing today.

Eider 4 (1 male)

Eider pair

This female was feeding in the shallows. She clearly finds something to eat, but you can't quite make out what.

Great Crested grebe 3 (pair plus 1)

This is the solitary grebe with a gull behind. Barely any crest at all.

In contrast the pair were sporting fine crests

In between feeding they were bonding.

Little Egret 3

Gulls, mainly Herring gulls 250. Two green ringed birds were present. One was one of the Power Station ringed birds seen in the Harbour on Thursday. This is the first sighting of one of the Power Station birds on the skear, but I doubt it will be the last. The other one has already been seen on the skear, we now have its history 

Ringed at Bowland 2023. It was seen here last summer then at
Darwen Lancashire in September last year

Oystercatcher 1000+

Curlew 11 flew south

Some of the Curlew heading south

Knot 1 

Dunlin 2

Dunlin heading north

Ringed Plover 1

Ringed Plover

No other reports received as yet.