Very light breeze, variable at times but mainly westish. High cloud with sunny spells.
Seawatch report from Pete:
Sea 0715 to 0950:
2cy Glaucous Gull NNW 0742
2 dark morph Arctic Skua in at 0753
30ish blogging Sandwich Tern
17 Common Scoter out
8 Red throated diver out (7 in summer plumage)
Pink-Footed goose 300 NW 07:30
Heysham Nature Reserve
Janet had a walk around:
Green Woodpecker 1 yaffling from the wooded area just south of the bottom car park
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| First Speckled Woods this year |
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| Janet could only locate three Mallard ducklings today |
Kevin Singleton also visited today, his pictures may explain what happened to the other three ducklings.
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| Duckling......... |
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| ........Great Black-Backed Gull. In Kevin's words "a huge brute" |
South Shore (MD, KE)
Wheatear 8 (6 on foreshore plus 2 near lighthouse)
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| Wheatear on the sea wall near lighthouse |
Linnet 2 near lighthouse, they bred here last year.
Rock Pipit 4 (1 on Red Nab, breeding pair plus what appeared to be the one legged bird near lighthouse)
Kevin Eaves took this shot of one of the pair.
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| Rock Pipit |
Nature Park
Chiffchaff 2 singing
Blackcap 3 singing
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| Kevin went all Beatrix Potter! Still, nice to see no sign of myxomatosis |
Heysham skear - low water 17:40 (MD)
Eider 150
Red-breasted Merganser 10
Great Crested Grebe 1
Little Egret 11
Sandwich Tern 2 started feeding at low water, the sea was flat calm, unfortunately the sky was white, making them difficult to spot, best against a dark background, this is the Power Station.
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| Sandwich Terns |
I managed a clip of one feeding dive, this time unsuccessful.
Eventually they both must have caught as they settled on a small island for a rest.
