Nowt yesterday other than 130 Eider in low tide channel
Spent about 30 minutes this morning in absolutely superb haze free visibility trying to see Brent Geese at Rampside!! Just too far away, but there was nothing to look at in between Heysham and the Furness coast - absolutely dead bar one Eider flying out, despite a strong incoming tidal flow
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Grasshopper Warbler - singleton giving a few bursts of song
Lesser Whitethroat - ditto
Cetti's Warbler - two possibly three singing males
Teal - two pairs still
Heysham NR
Sedge warbler singing by office for a short time
Absolutely zero hirundine passage contra elsewhere eg over the sea
Zero yet again on Wheatear which have been incredibly scarce after an early flurry
Brown House Moth in the moth trap along with Early Grey and Early Thorn
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.