Monday, 31 August 2015

Effort at either end of the day

Heysham Obs

Office area dawn onwards
Grey Wagtail - at least 4 SE
Tree Pipit - at least one SE
Sedge Warbler - three ringed including adult
Reed Warbler - one juvenile caught
A sprinkling of other migrants including Robin

Ocean Edge foreshore/REd Nab high tide
Sanderling - 1
Dunlin - 3
Ringed Plover - 25
Swallow - 47 south in 20 minutes

Middleton pm
Swallow - c250 (58 ringed)
Sedge Warbler - at least 6
Willow Warbler - at least three
Sand Martin - 1 ringed

Moths
Nothing special but a nice selection including Bordered Beauty and 7 Treble Bar