Quite a decent morning with a couple of nets on Middleton producing quite a few sedge warbler and blackcap. The rainfall radar monitored the mass of wet looking cloud to the east after the overnight rain cleared just after 0600
Little gull
Ad summer new in on outfalls but no obvious sign of 2cy
Med gull
At least 12 but many on sand out of range to south (7 ad or 3cy, 4 2cy and one juv)
Common scoter - 3 (two drakes) off heysham skeer
No sign of common tern
Water rail
Calling from three separate areas middleton presumably dispersing juveniles from breeding pair on site
Grasshopper warbler - two juvs ringed western marsh and singing male central marsh
Swift c40 south along edge of rain
