South shore on flooding tide (SC, MJ, PM)
It's not always easy to get accurate counts of roosting birds with multiple observers. Everyone today saw lots of Meds, although they started to drift off south as the tide rose. However, Shaun went through each of the areas systematically and managed an astonishing 83. Previous highest 78 in 2019.
Mediterranean gull
Red Nab: 45 3cy/ad + 2 juvenile
Outfalls and Wooden jetty: 33 3cy/ad + 3 juvenile
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| Adult Med resting on beach |
Black-t Godwit 1
Common Tern 1 adult on No.2 outflow
Whimbrel at least one
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| Another bird, surprisingly difficult to see on rocks |
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| Nice picture of a Small Skipper - this and the two images above from Matt |
Heysham Nature Reserve - afternoon (KE)
Butterflies included:
Gatekeeper
Meadow Brown
Speckled Wood
Small Skipper
Common Blue
Peacock
Ringlet
Comma
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| The Peacock was a lovely, freshly emerged specimen. |
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| Comma, nicely displaying the white "comma" on underwing |
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| Ringlet |
