Very light west breeze again. Some cloud but mainly sunny.
Seawatch report from Pete:
Poor over the sea with no ‘meat’ just random odds and ends 0630-0830
c4 distant Gannet together
very distant gang of presumed Kittiwake (30 ish)
one distant Fulmar,
one late 2cy Red throated diver
10 Sandwich Tern
238 Black-Headed gull Ocean Edge 0835
Other stuff from the south shore (MD)
Quite a few insects around the saltmarsh at 09:15
Emperor dragonfly 1 male
Butterflies:
Small Tortoiseshell 3
Small White 5
Common Blue 5
Also c8 Common Blue on scrub near lighthouse but no other butterflies (none expected to be coming in, with a west wind).
Canada Goose 14 north 10:15
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| Canada Geese on moult migration |
Rock Pipits 2. The ringed lighthouse male was feeding, but I didn't see it take food to the nest. The waterfall male was resting on the upstands singing regularly (the background noise is the Power Stations)
On the way back a check of the small pond between the end of the dog walk path and Red Nab found .
Broad-bodied Chaser 1 male.
Plus this female Chaffinch searching for food on the dense weed cover. I suspect that the thin thread hanging from her bill is the breathing tube of a "rat tailed maggot", the larvae of some hoverflies.
The only other thing I have so far is this Cinnabar from Janet
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| Cinnabar moth just beyond the northern boundary of Heysham Nature Reserve |
