Plenty of berries to go round

A fresh west wind, dry all day with plenty of sunshine 

Half Moon Bay to Heysham Head - high water 11:00

Howard managed to read two ringed Knot from the Heliport wall, unfortunately two others has damaged/dirty flags and couldn't be read. 

I particularly like this dynamic shot, by Howard.
You'll need to open the image to appreciate the detail (MD)

A walk along the shore line located three Rock Pipit. 

Middleton Nature Reserve 

Brimstone butterfly 1, seen by Janet in the morning. Quite a distant shot, but fortunately of a very distinctive species.

Late Brimstone butterfly 

I had a good walk around in the afternoon, but failed to see any butterflies or dragonflies (MD)

Mute 2 adult 9 cygnet 

Moorhen 4

Mallard 12

Gadwall 32

Tufted duck 1 male

Teal 2 (on Tim Butler pond)

Little grebe 2 (one on both main ponds)

Water Rail 1 calling from Tim Butler pond

Green Woodpecker 1 - unfortunately flew into the low sun and I lost it

Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 female

There were surprisingly few winter thrushes around considering the amount of Hawthorn berries still available. The following are my best estimates in excess of resident birds:

Blackbird 15

Song Thrush 4

Redwing 13

All were gorging on Hawthorn berries:

Blackbird 

Redwing 

Also Chaffinch, although I wasn't clear exactly what they were eating. This still from the clip below, suggests they were eating partially withered Hawthorn berries.

Male Chaffinch with what looks like a withered Hawthorn berry

Even a Long Tailed Tit was having a go, obviously not feeding on the berries, but seeming to be finding plenty to eat amongst them.

Wood Pigeon 20 north plus 7 west at 14:30 - presumably local movement 

Roe Deer 1 female