Friday 19 April 2013

Dribs and drabs and a few leftovers

Heysham Obs

Thanks Janet

North harbour wall 0720-0900
Arctic Tern - 141 (includes those on outfalls)
Little Gull - ad & 2CY
Kittiwake - flocks of 31 & 15 'in'
Guillemot - 2 in, one out
Common Scoter - 3 in, 3 out, one in, one on
Red-throated Diver - one out
Sandwich Tern - 1
Twite - still exactly 20 on seed, all ringed this last winter period
Linnet - 6 on seed (3  ringed)
Vis mig 'lumped' below

Office area & vis mig 0700-0930
Small passage of finches and residual Meadow Pipits as follows but coverage started rather late
Meadow Pipit - 25
Goldfinch - c40
Lesser Redpoll - c20 (9 ringed, one ringed elsewhere)
Linnet - 20
Twite - one north
Swallow - 16 north
Willow warbler - at least 3 migrants
Goldcrest - one late migrant

Elsewhere
Female Lesser Scaup, 2 Whinchat and a Redstart Borwick Fisheries