Thursday 2 January 2014

Brief visit mainly spent seawatching

Heysham Obs
Sea from Ocean Edge 1030-1100
Kittiwake - flock of 14-15 'out'
Red-throated Diver - 3 out
Great-crested Grebe - 8 out
Eider - pair out very distantly
Little Gull - adult out

Outfalls
Kittiwake - adult
Little Gull - 3 1CY

Middleton model boat pond
Scaup - 1CY male
Tufted Duck - 9

Moths
Amazingly a different Dark Chestnut (yesterdays had damaged forewing) and a Parsnip Moth (38 in Millhouses trap, mainly Mottled Umber)
Heysham Harbour this afternoon