The breeze shifted round today, from east through south and ending up WSW. Mainly sunny.
Heysham Nature Reserve - report from Jean
Low key vis (in terms of numbers) this morning but high flying in the clear sky.
Heysham NR vis 07:30-09:30
SE F2
Pink-footed Goose 20
Skylark 1
Swallow 5
Grey Wagtail 3
alba wagtail 1
Meadow Pipit 81
Chaffinch 18
Linnet 1
Siskin 3
On the deck/night migrants
Robin 11, Chiffchaff 4, Goldcrest 2
Middleton Nature Reserve- ringing report from Alan:
Three Grey Wagtails seen this morning and of these only one was caught.
Other passerine passage must have been very high in the clear conditions apart from a few Meadow Pipits that came down to the lure and seven Swallows that flew southwards across the reserve.
19 Pink footed Geese flew south well to east of Middleton.
A few birds were trapped and ringed:
Meadow Pipit - 4
Grey Wagtail - 1
Wren - 1 +1 retrap
Robin - 1 retrap
Chiffchaff - 4 + 2 retrap
Blue Tit - 1
Great Tit - 1
Lesser Redpoll - 5
Reed Bunting - 2
Pete conducted low water scans from various vantage points:
Out from Ocean Edge
Curlew Sandpiper 1 juvenile
Dunlin 120
Ringed Plover 87
Red Nab area
Mediterranean gull 5 - 2 adult 2 x 2nd calendar year. 1 x 1st cy
Shelduck 175
Alba Wagtail 72 grounded on OE grass - ex ps roost presumably.
Over in 1 hour
Meadow Pipit 22
Grey Wagtail 2
North side low water channels
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose - Two flew along Kent channel then swung towards walney
Great Crested Grebe 11
Red-Breasted Merganser 3
Eider 11
South Shore approaching high water (MD)
Wheatear 7
Rock Pipit 3 on Red Nab plus 1 on rocky outcrop south of the saltmarsh
Wigeon - the flock has now swollen to 5!
Osprey - fishing between the outflows c2 hours before high water. Watched for a while by one fortunate observer, who eventually saw it catch a fish then head towards Red Nab.
Some nice views of the smaller waders as they rested on the last of Red Nab rocks
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| Dunlin and a Ringed Plover |
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| The Ringed Plover, almost left it too late |
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