South shore
A check along the sea wall 10:00 - 11:00 - Malcolm
Mediterranean gull 1 adult between the outfalls
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| Adult Mediterranean gull |
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| Plenty of small gulls on the outfalls |
Curlew a total of 85 flew from the north side in groups from 1 to 28
This one along the sea wall had plenty to say
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| One of the larger groups of Curlew |
Redshank 1 in summer plumage by No.1 outfall
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| Redshank |
Rock Pipit 2 along the sea wall plus 1 displaying by the lighthouse
Meadow Pipit 2 at the saltmarsh
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| This one had just landed after a display flight |
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| The other was foraging above the strand line |
Grey Seal where it was yesterday, between the outfalls
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| Grey Seal having a snooze |
Kevin checked the wall later
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| Giant Dark Horsefly |
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| One of several Cinnabar moth caterpillars towards the end of the sea wall |
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| First Six-spot Burnet this year near the gate behind Red Nab |
Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet - first of the year. I was quite excited to see my first one and then they flew up from everywhere on the south side of the reserve
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| Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet |
Ringlet 2 and better behaved today!
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| Ringlet |
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| Bullfinch and Greenfinch |
Heysham skear - Malcolm 15:45 - 17:30
Little Egret 8
Red-breasted Merganser 1 female, she started to do a bit of snorkelling, then switched to preening
Great Crested grebe 2
Gulls c400 but many stayed on the flat sea to feed on the seed mussels, note the one at the back swimming left with a small crab.
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| I did see one green ringed Herring gull, but one already seen this summer, indeed it was the one seen most regularly last summer, so I doubt this is its last sighting. Ringed at Bowland in 2024 |
A Common Tern was also taking advantage of the flat sea to fish along the northern edge of the skear
After several failed attempts it caught a decent sized Whitebait and flew with it towards the south.
Oystercatcher 1000+
Curlew 9
Knot 1
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| Knot and Oystercatcher |
