Chough mobility and rising tides

Chough was quite mobile and elusive today ranging from the north-eastern end of the horse fields to Heysham Barrows and not spending much time along its favoured fence line

 

Offshore/North wall

Czech-ringed Med Gull on railings

Red-throated Diver - two offshore together early stages of dropping tide

Eider - well scattered due to anglers boats

Rock Pipit - on seawall by turbine

 

Watched tide up over OE

2 Jack Snipe

29 Common Snipe (I'm planning to watch Half Moon Bay rocks being covered on Monday)

3 Skylark (flew over low from south, presumably displaced somewhere towards Potts Corner. Appeared to land on grass behind foreshore)

1 Grey Plover

Salt marsh only partially covered. Tomorrow's tide will cover completely, but tonight's tide will too, so perhaps there will be little left in morning.

 

Lots of birds on Red Nab, but of the common variety

307 Wigeon

14 Shelduck

5 Red Breasted Merganser

3 Little Egret (unusually, all roosting on same rock)