NOTE - north wall closed until further notice - no easy checks of Fishers roof - need to do it from Heysham Head at long range or by the lighthouse on south harbour wall (some classic white wing weather next week).........not sure at the moment whether you can still walk down. Obviously seriously affecting angling if you cant and I've phoned Gerry's
THURSDAY 11th January
Chough not easy to connect with but still frequenting places around Heysham Head - the horse paddock in the morning and the cliffs below the Head later on.
Female Stonechat rooting about in the tide wrack near the slipway in Half Moon Bay along with a few pals - Rock Pipit and 3-4 Meadow Pipits
5 Snipe flushed from Near Naze
In the low tide channel:
Eider - 400 (290 males,110 females ie 72% male)
Great-crested Grebe - 2
Outfalls
67 Wigeon at the end of Heysham 1 outfall at low tide (62% males)
2 Little Egrets
Middleton Nature Reserve
Model Boat Pond partly frozen but 15 Gadwall on it (10 males/66%) and a Grey Heron.
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WEDNESDAY 10th January
Stonechat - female eating loads of ?Ruby Tiger larvae along 1/2 moon bay beach
Chough - by cafe early pm (per pager)
Forgot about the star:
Pochard - drake model boat pond per Justine
