Kittiwake

Jammed in on Kittiwake this late morning - forgot about the IOM ferry and it just happened to be  coming in as I scanned from Ocean Edge

Kittiwake - 1 x 2CY - peeled off and went back out level with old sewer pipe

Middleton model boat pond
Decent number of gulls again with a lot of turnover - anyone with a bit of time and patience has a chance here, with everything that drops in at full frame range

Pochard - drake
Tufted Duck - 4
Gadwall - 5
Mute Swan - 2 + 4
Mallard - 6
Moorhen - 2
Little Egret - 1
Jackdaw - 2

Monday 2nd January - Ringing

Heysham Reserve
A ringing session at the hut feeding area, still limited because of access difficulties, produced the following:
Comprising only 10 new birds along with 21 retraps;
Long-tailed Tit - 6 retraps (including one ringed in 2012 and one in 2013)
Great Tit - 5 retraps
Greenfinch - 2 retraps + 5 new
Goldfinch - 1 retrap + 3 new
Blue Tit - 3 retraps
Robin - 2 retraps + 1 new
Blackbird - 2 retraps
Goldcrest - 1 new

JM