Tuesday 29 May 2018

Arctic Tern farewell performance? Stirrings on the outfalls

Sea early incoming tide
Arctic tern - flocks of 9+30 in, then five in the evening in the low tide channel
Sandwich Tern - c6
Swallow - 3
House Martin - 3
Mute Swan - 3 in
Shag - 2CY wooden jetty

Outfalls
At least 50 mixed Common/Black-headed Gulls from just a handful for the last few weeks

Middleton NR
Greylag - 2
Cetti's Warbler - 2 singing males
a few off-passage hirundines and swifts
Treble Bar moth (thanks|Janet):