Plenty of warblers in the sunshine

Another sunny day with light wind, initially from south, but quickly moved round to west.

First, some records from yesterday from Pete:

Red-Throated Diver 4 over the sea on the incoming tide

Eider 192

Common Scoter 2

Turnstone 356 on wooden jetty high water roost.

Middleton Nature Reserve - mid morning

Mute swan 9 on main pond including 3 immature. 2 breeding pairs on other ponds.

Canada goose 2 together on main pond at start of walk, but, interestingly, just a single bird on the return.

Coot 3 

Moorhen 4

Gadwall 5

Mallard 5

Tufted 1 male

Teal 2 (male and female). I've attached this clip of the male, not because it does anything, but there is a nice burst of Willow Warbler song in the middle.

Little grebe 1 trilling on "no swimming" pond

Reed Bunting 2

Warblers - sining males

Cetti's warbler 1 on central marsh

Blackcap 3

This male Blackcap is ringed

And a burst of song:

Willow Warbler 8

Chiffchaff  9

I didn't try and count the non singing birds, but there plenty around, although no female Blackcap seen.

Not all the warblers were just passing through.
This one (Chiffchaff I think (MD)) seemed very pleased with this feather

Heysham skear - evening ebbing tide

Eider 104 was the highest single count, but undoubtedly more around

Great Crested grebe 7

Red-breasted Merganser 8

Little Egret at least 8

This clip shows the Egret again finding lots to eat, I suspect it was shrimps on this evening's menu. Also on this clip; Redshank, Turnstone, Lesser Black-Backed and Herring gull.