Monday 21 January 2013

Woodcock influx

Heysham Obs
North harbour wall
Twite - 91, 16 unringed, one with metal-only on right leg
Linnet - 1
Goldfinch - 1
Rock Pipit - 1 along seawall
Purple Sandpiper - one at base of seawall about 100m south of red gate
Red-throated Diver - one offshore
Eider - too murky/choppy to count

Heysham Nr circuit
Woodcock - 4 including two together
Blackbird - 11
Song Thrush 2
Redwing - 2
No sight nor sound of any waterbirds

Mammal
Grey Squirrel - one NE corner

Elsewhere
2 Waxwings at Heaton village at least mid-morning - on hawthorn at entrance to Woodhouse Farm