Heysham welcomes back Canadian visitors

Pale-bellied Brent geese - they started arriving from west into the SE corner of Heysham skeer at 08:50.
First these 10

By 09:10 they had been joined by 12 more

And by 09:55, 26 were moving in with the tide towards rocks in front of children's play area.

By 11:10, all 26 had moved to Red Nab - these 24 together on water, plus 2 feeding separately on rocks.

These eventually started feeding on margins revealing two of them to be the Canadian ringed birds seen here last spring.

Ringed birds not on this picture

This is one of them

Also on skeer
Great-Crested Grebe 8
Red-Breasted Merganser 1
Plus lots of Knot!
Ad Med and German-ringed BHG inshore by play area

Also on Red Nab
Red-Breasted Merganser 3
Plus lots of Wigeon

Some of the Knot from the heliport seawall last few days read by Richard and myself.  In addition some Dutch-ringed ones still to come:

CU	Ad	21/05/2019	Marnes, Porsanger , NORWAY  70 24N 25 32E
	Seen	03/09/2019	De Richel, Terschelling, NETHERLANDS  53 14N  5 8E
	Seen	11/01/2020	Heysham old heliport
84N	2CY	24/05/2017	Skogranes, ICELAND 64 46N 22 36W
	Seen	17/5-20/5/18	Skogranes, ICELAND 64 46N 22 36W
	Seen	2/2-3/2/19	Heysham old heliport
	Seen	11/01/2020	Heysham old heliport
12N	2CY	22/05/2017	Straumfjorder, ICELAND 64 29N 22 13W
	Seen	30/8-15/10/17	Griend. NETHERLANDS 53 16N 5 15E
	Seen	2/8-16/10/18	Griend. NETHERLANDS 53 16N 5 15E (& De Richel 12/10)
	Seen	15/9-24/9/19	Griend. NETHERLANDS 53 16N 5 15E
	Seen	13/01/2020	Heysham old heliport
77K	2CY	22/05/2017	Straumfjorder, ICELAND 64 29N 22 13W
	Seen	27/7-31/7/18	Formby Point, Merseyside
	Seen	01/08/2019	Ainsdale, Merseyside
	Seen	13/01/2020	Heysham old heliport
3P	Ad	22/09/2017	Altcar, Merseyside
	Seen	29/9-3/10/17	Caldy Wildfowl, Merseyside
	Seen	11/01/2020	Heysham old heliport
KX	Ad	22/09/2017	Altcar, Merseyside
	Seen	14/04/2018	Southport, Merseyside
	Seen	25/03/2019	Heysham old heliport
	Seen	13/01/2020	Heysham old heliport
XY	Ad	30/03/2018	Altcar, Merseyside
	Seen	11/01/2020	Heysham old heliport
CLE	2CY	30/03/2018	Altcar, Merseyside
	Seen	01/05/2018	Southport, Merseyside
	Seen	24/6-9/7/18	Dundalk, IRELAND
	Seen	04/09/2018	Crosby, Merseyside
	Seen	11/01/2020	Heysham old heliport
K1	Ad	22/09/2017	Altcar, Merseyside
	Seen	11/08/2018	Seaforth, Merseyside
	Seen	08/10/2018	Altcar, Merseyside
	Seen	2/2-9/4/19	Heysham old heliport
	Seen	21/07/2019	Crosby, Merseyside
	Seen	31/12/2019	Thurstaston, Merseyside
	Seen	12-13/1/20	Heysham old heliport

Note the classic moult on the Waddenssee before moving NW to winter with 12N.  Also change
of wintering location with K1 in 2019/20