Check of the sea, from Pete
Kittiwake 14 out - record from yesterday morning
This morning:
Guillemot 2
Razorbill 1
Razorbill/Guillemot 5
Kittiwake 1 juvenile blogging plus distant outbound flock of at least 5
South Shore - high water 09:30
Rock Pipit 1 on Ocean Edge foreshore
Wigeon 115 on Red Nab
Mediterranean gull 1 on Red Nab.
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| Mediterranean gull (top) with BHGs and Wigeon |
Middleton Nature Reserve
Little grebe - at least 3 on "no swimming" pond, still a few skirmishes, but not as frantic as yesterday.
Gadwall 7
Shoveller 5
Teal 4
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| male Teal seen through the bushes |
Goldeneye 1 female - first record this year since a male on the skeer on 2nd January (it seems like another lifetime!)
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| Initially on the main pond |
Then moved to the "no swimming" pond
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| Female Goldeneye with three of the Shoveller |
