Friday 3 July 2009

Some pre-weather front morning birding

** See yesterdays late posting re-dragonflies
Heysham Obs
SHW/Harbour
Common Sandpiper - harbour mouth
Med Gull - adult over harbour and NHW
Sandwich Tern - 2 'out'
Sand Martin - 5 SW high over end of wooden jetty
Redshank - 8 inc 2 juv & 1 Turnstone wooden jetty

Red Nab
Med Gull - adult summer without any rings Red Nab, then flew towards Sunderland Point after being pursued by a rottweiler and smaller dog spp.
Whimbrel - singleton as above but about twice the speed (first of autumn?)

Elsewhere
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