A misty start everywhere, but soon the mist was restricted to out at sea. The mist cooling the onshore breeze managed to keep the temperatures lower than yesterday, but it was sticky.
Middleton Nature Reserve southern section - Janet
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| Common Darter |
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| Comma |
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| Green-Veined White |
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| Speckled Wood |
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| Peacock |
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| Ringlet |
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| The Gatekeepers seem to have taken over from the Ringlets as the most abundant butterfly. |
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| Whitethroat - Not so easy to get the shots with all the leaves on the trees. |
South shore - Malcolm 13:15 - 15:00
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| This is yesterday's orange flagged Curlew, I incorrectly identified it at 117, but it was 111, they only got to 112. Ringed as a breeding adult of 2026. The project is on Bransdale Moor, 16,000 acres of moorland within the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. There were four eggs laid, but only two hatched. |
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| Even at 13:30 it was still misty and the sun couldn't burn through. It was pleasantly cool walking along the sea wall. But some of my shots are a bit hazy |
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| Some of the large gulls have fledged young. These are Lesser Black-backed |
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| The Black-Headed gulls seem to have had a successful breeding season. Six juveniles in this shot |
Mediterranean gulls 31.
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| It was a lazy sort of day, all the Meds were just resting and preening. These are mostly Meds, and this is on the feeding beach by the wooden jetty |
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| Three Meds, from top to bottom: 3rd calendar year, 2nd calendar year and adult. |
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| We've seen this one before, or at least one in the same condition. Its right leg is missing below the knee, so it walks on the stump and its left knee. It didn't stop it moving another Med from its bit of beach. |
I had counted 30 Meds and hadn't seen any rings, although several were sat not stood. Then an adult flew in from the north side and landed on feeding beach revealing a white ring.
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| 3LX9 - ringed as a chick in the Netherlands in 2019. It has been seen at Heysham every year since apart from 2021. Unfortunately it hasn't been seen since leaving us last August |
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| Looks like the Lighthouse Rock Pipits are feeding young again |
Between the lighthouse and waterfall
Linnet several
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| Linnets |
Pied Wagtail 1
Goldfinch 1
2 Meadow Browns were the only butterflies, that is likely to change tomorrow
In the Nature Park
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| Juvenile Robin |
Painted Lady 1
Red Admiral 1
Speckled Wood 2
Meadow Brown 2
Small White 4
Small Skipper 2
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| Small Skipper |
Just out of the recording area
Quail singing Heaton marsh
