Heysham Obs
SSW F5, 4/8 cloud, occasional heavy shower. High tide: 10:53hrs 9.1m
North Harbour Wall 0845hrs
Gannet - 1 well offshore, feeding.
Wheatear - 1
Pied Wagtail - 4
Linnet - 8
Wooden jetty
Cormorant - 57
Turnstone - 72
Red Nab 0925 hrs
Mediterranean Gull - 2 ads, unringed.
Ringed Plover - 14
Oystercatcher - didn't count, but 2000+
and the usual Curlew, Redshank, Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls.
Ocean Edge
Linnet - flock of 70 feeding on weeds
Starling - flock of 35
Pied Wagtail - 2
Butterfly
Fresh Painted Lady on office buddleia
Moths
An otherwise poor catch held five Agriphila latistria and (unusual for here) two Gold Spot