The calm weather continues, very low cloud in the morning resulting in mist, cleared by the afternoon. What slight air movement there was came from the east.
Heysham skear - low water 13:10 (MD)
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Great Crested Grebe 8
Eider 10
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| Male Eider on a becalmed sea |
Little Egret 8
Shag - the 2nd calendar year bird was resting on conger rock on the ebbing tide before leaving to feed. It returned to the rock 10 minutes later, presumably well fed.
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| 2cy Shag (left) sharing conger rock with two cormorants. One taking a plunge. |
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| Pale-bellied Brent on their way to the skear corner |
South shore
Mark Jones had a walk along the sea wall and took these shots:
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| Little Egret on Red Nab |
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| Kingfisher on Red Nab |
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| 2cy Kittiwake below the harbour waterfall |
Middleton Nature Reserve (MD)
Little change other that a pair of Wigeon has joined the Gadwall on the "no swimming" pond. This is the third consecutive winter that first, just a female, then a pair of Wigeon have been in association with the Gadwall here.
