Thursday 10 June 2010

Thats more like it!

Heysham Obs
After yesterdays nadir, allowing Canada Goose to take pole position, a few more gulls this morning comprising:

Ocean edge foreshore/Red Nab at high tide
Med Gull - 2CY with blackish head on sand opposite the old Pontins site
Black-headed Gull - 13
Common Gull - 8
Oystercatcher - 207

Middleton I.E

Four-spot Chaser  13+  just one pond checked
Black-t Skimmer   1+ male on the Darter pool

Early Marsh Orchid  1 subsp. coccinea.I am not aware this has been recorded here before (TW).