Vagrant Emperor 1 female (MD) - Last year we had two putative sightings, today Kevin Eaves nailed this one.
13:35 It was resting on the Power Station perimeter wall just before No.2 outflow.
These excellent pictures from Kevin.
Fortunately I was already planning on walking down the wall, and was just setting off when Kevin put the news out. It was still there when I arrived, but the sun had come out and it was getting warmer. This picture shows the location.
It is always worth checking along this wall for insects. I always do, but would undoubtedly have missed this one, as I would have been focused on the outflow birds.
I took over vigil from Kevin. Walkers along the wall were very obliging and maintained a good distance, but it was obvious that the Emperor was getting restless. After returning from a check further up the wall it was gone (14:50). Unfortunately, just five minutes before the next hopeful observer turned up!
Other stuff - not much
Heysham skeer - low water 11:40
This Shoveller was in the south corner of the skeer
The video I posted the other day seemed to work on some devices every time, but not always on every device. What I like about a video is that you get the background soundtrack, but in future, I'll post a still as well - here we go.
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| This Little Egret has just caught a small whitbait. It all looks serene. |
This is the next fish it caught, not so serene! Hope you can see the video.
