Heysham Obs
North harbour wall
Med Gull - at least one adult (also on TTV)
Red-throated Diver - 3 together on the sea far offshore, 2 flying out far offshore and 4 on the sea closer inshore mid-morning
Twite - 3 on the seed mid-morning - 2 Heysham-ringed, one unringed
Linnet - 2 with above - one metal-ringed, the other unringed
Wooden Jetty
Single Purple Sandpiper on a low tier late morning
Ringing recovery
A Twite ringed at Heysham on 31/10/08 (one of 23 birds with this colour combination - all ringed on that date) was photographed yesterday at Weld Road, Birkdale Beach, Southport. This is the second Heysham-ringed bird to be reported with this flock along with a single Askam-in-Furness-ringed bird. Thanks to Simon Glinn for this.
SD46A second winter timed tetrad (Shaun Coyle)
Shelduck 6, Eider 4, RB Merganser 6, GC Grebe 3, Cormorant 2, Oystercatcher, 470, Ringed Plover 26, Lapwing 1, Knot 2, Dunlin 42, Curlew 45, Redshank, 51, Turnstone 17, Med Gull 1, BH Gull 112, C Gull 20, LBB Gull 2, Herring Gull 8, GBB Gull 1, Feral Pigeon 50, Woodpigeon 10, Collared Dove 26, Meadow Pipit 1, Pied Wagtail 7, Wren 8, Dunnock 10, Robin 17, Blackbird 76, Song Thrush 5, Coal Tit 4, Blue Tit 23, Great Tit 8, Nuthatch 1, Treecreeper 2, Magpie 34, Carrion Crow 5, House Sparrow 67, Chaffinch 21, Greenfinch 2, Goldfinch 9, Bullfinch 2.
Observers: Pete Marsh, Jeff Butcher, Shaun Coyle
Elsewhere
Single Waxwing roadside by Scale Hall traffic lights c1015hrs, but not later. Barnacle Goose still at Claughton. Spotted Redshank Teal Bay this evening & 2 at Conder along with 1+ Greenshank. Ad Med. Gull Catshaw Fell (first record for SD55??). High count of 200 Goldeneye reported Lune Estuary.
