Monday 14 April 2014

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