It is still cool when sun not shining. Checked all along south shore and harbour wall, not a butterfly to be seen today, let alone a Painted lady.
Gull numbers on outflows and Red Nab significantly increased, but no sign of Mediterranean gulls.
Middleton Nature Reserve - yesterday evening
Grasshopper warbler 1 reeling
Stock dove 2 seen together twice.
Heysham Reserve
A few butterflies around the reserve, mostly Common Blue and Speckled Wood.
Burnet Companion - one behind office building
Little Egret - one with Grey Heron on main marsh
Roe Deer - one splashing about to right hand side of jetty boardwalk, possibly browsing on young trees growing in the flooded area there.