Heysham obs
The Heysham equivalent of sitting in a hide paid dividends this morning. The maritime inaction was tempered by listening to the radio and reading the paper whilst regularly carrying out 180 degree scans. Then at 1012hrs, a little black thing with a white rump sheared through the optics before turning and trying to fly out before the process was repeated. Then it all happened as a flock of 16 Pintail flew out. Didn't expect this in the conditions which seemed a fraction too far to the south and certainly were an hour or two later . Tried to intercept it at the stone jetty to give some inner bay watchers am idea of where to look but this coincided with some poor visibility.
Inshore sightings
Leach's petrel - one in 1012 hrs about 150m beyond the buoys
Guillemot - one by waterfall at low tide
Pintail- flock of 16 out
Cormorant - 5 waterfall
Med gull - adult fishers h.t.
Wren - one near south Roundhead!
Mammal
Dead hedgehog by reserve entrance
