Reasonable variety but no great numbers, other than perhaps Wheatear

Heysham Obs
Another dawn start with the persistent and irritating moon still a prominent feature in yet another clear sky - we have been very unlucky this week

Grounded highlights
Wheatear - max of 21 Ocean Edge/Red Nab
Black Redstart - rather abraded female-type Red Nab early morning at least
Sedge Warbler - one singing briefly by HNR office and increase to 7 on Middleton
Reed Warbler - increase to 7 singing males Middleton
Willow Warbler - a trickle of migrants, mainly presumed females (7 ringed)

Vis mig and sea
Lesser Redpoll - just 3
Meadow Pipit - just 4
alba Wagtail - just 5
Swallow - very few early morning - just 8 seen!
Sand Martin - on north
Carrion Crow - flock of 5 north
Whimbrel - 5+3+H+1+1 north
Sandwich Tern - 6 blogging
Gannet - adult out
Arctic Tern - 7+12+3 in
Red-throated Diver - 2 sp birds out together
Common Scoter - pair in

Full Middleton list from Malcolm & Pete:

Mute 4 (including two sitting)

1 Stock Dove
8 tufted

7 gadwall

1 female mallard with 12 new chicks

2 shelduck

2 greylag

5 coot + 3 chicks

4 moorhen

2 little grebe

1 pheasant

5 linnet

5 reed bunting

1 wheatear

5 swallow

1 stoat

The reeds and scrub was awash with warblers. The following is just a list of individual birds heard in song.

10 Willow warbler

4 Chiffchaff

2 lesser whitethroat

11+ common whitethroat

7 sedge

7 reed

1 grasshopper (only heard on return trip)

 

Ocean Edge miscellany

2 little egret

28 Linnet feeding in short grass early am

285 Dunlin along the saltmarsh creek or on red nab