Monday, 18 April 2011

Arctic Terns

Heysham Obs

Record shot taken into the sun on the dropping tide of Saturday's Little Stint (thanks Mike)
North Harbour Wall  0650-0930
Arctic Tern - 29  First of the year
Common Tern - 1
Sandwich Tern - 6 on the buoys

Vis
Linnet - 15
Meadow Pipit - 13
alba Wagtail - 6
Goldfinch - 5
Swallow - 5
Redpoll sp - 4
Greenfinch - 2

On the sea
Mute Swan - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 8

Ocean Edge
Wheatear - 4
Common Gull - 565
Black-headed Gull - 75
Mediterranean Gull - 2 x second calendar year

Heysham Nature Reserve vis
Tree Pipit - 2 (caught and ringed)
Lesser Redpoll - 15
Goldfinch - 20
Linnet - 15
Meadow Pipit - 5
alba Wagtail - 7

Not many grounded migrants but 4 each of Blackcap and Willow Warbler ringed.