Orange Tip kick-start

Heysham Obs
A rubbishy north-westerly this morning and the coverage was limited to 30 minutes on the cold north harbour wall


Guillemot - one on
Red-throated Diver - 2 out
Swallow - 15 in (loose flock of 13)
Meadow Pipit - 26 NE
Common Gull - 48 NE
Large gulls - a procession out, mainly 2CY Herring, totalling 160


Lesser Whitethroat in song by Heysham NR office


Middleton (thanks Malcolm)

6 mute (2 sitting)

3 coot

2 moorhen

4 mallard

7 tufted

2 gadwall (male)

1 teal (female)

2 shelduck

2 greylag

2 little egrets

3 little grebe

1 lapwing

1 pheasant

7 meadow pipit

6 reed bunting

Great spotted woodpecker drumming

8 Swallow (north 1s & 2s)

Warblers heard singing

8 chiffchaff

8 willow warbler

1 lesser whitethroat

Butterfly

Orange Tip - 5 males

5 orange tip