Tuesday 12 February 2013

Solitary Sanderling and tree rat invasion

Heysham Obs
A late posting after a lot of computer trouble today

North wall
Twite - nervous and uncooperative with 90-100 around
Red-breasted Merganser - 14 offshore at low tide

Outfalls
Kittiwake - 2 x 2CY
Little Gull - just the one 2CY

Harbour
Kittiwake - H32 still present but looking rather sickly

Mudflats to south of Ocean Edge
Little Egret - 1
Sanderling - 1 with Dunlin
Knot - 12,570
Dunlin - 4,850
Bar-tailed Godwit - 2,810
Grey Plover - 141
Redshank - 215
 
Mammals
Grey Seal - one offshore
Grey Squirrel - at least 2 around the reserve

Moth
Dotted Border

 Guilty-looking Grey Squirrel