North Harbour Wall
As the tide turned to incoming the following were fishing in or floating in on the low tide channels:
Red-throated Diver and a distant diver further offshore
Great-crested Grebe 6
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Eider 51
Grey Seal 1
No Twite but about 40 Linnets at the feeding station
Outfalls
Ad and 2CY meds on seaward end Heysham one
Heysham Nature Reserve
Chiffchaff by pond above the old, now non-existent, office
Goldcrest 6 heard, so probably more
Coal Tit 1 heard
The observatory was set up in 1980. It involves ringing,'vis mig' counts (including seabirds) and general monitoring in the Heysham Nature reserve/power stations/harbour area. The statutory moth trap is in place and also a daily log for butterflies, dragonflies etc. We share an office, kindly provided by EDF Energy, with the County Wildlife Trust. This is located next to the Nature Reserve car park. Do call in. Please leave sightings in the letterbox, ESPECIALLY 'fly-by' seabirds.