Clouded Yellow tops a varied bill

A light ESE wind. Sunshine all day

First some shots from yesterday, taken by Kevin Singleton on Heysham Head:

Adult Rock Pipit

Immature Rock Pipits

Female Linnet with nesting material

Common Whitethroat 

South Wall today

I had a walk along the sea wall at low water (MD)

Lots of Black-Headed Gulls again, 78 on beach between the outflows 

Rock Pipit - just 1 displaying near No.1 outflow. None near the nest site near the lighthouse 

Linnet 3

Grey Seal 1

Butterflies 

Meadow Brown 1, Common Blue 5 in scrub near lighthouse. Small Tortoiseshell 1, Small White in off along the sea wall. Also a pale yellow butterfly or moth in off (possibly a Clouded Yellow - one definitely seen later inland).

This is the Meadow Brown feeding on Bird's Foot Trefoil. It shows how dramatic a flash of its false eye can appear.

Kevin Eaves had a walk mid afternoon, by that time Red Admirals (3) were coming in. He also saw a single Six-spot Burnet and the regular selection of Ladybirds.

I checked from Red Nab to saltmarsh at high water (MD)

Curlew 32 on Red Nab

Curlew resting on Red Nab

Lapwing 1 on saltmarsh 

Mediterranean gull 3 - the same first summer bird as yesterday was on Red Nab again. This is the original adult flying beyond Red Nab.

Adult Mediterranean gull with single metal ring

And a new adult on the saltmarsh 

Adult Mediterranean gull 

In the Nature Park

Emperor dragonfly 1

A very fresh looking Mother Shipton moth

Middleton Nature Reserve (MD)

I just had a quick look at the two main ponds at lunchtime.

Mute Swan pair plus 9 growing cygnets

Mallard 3 male 1 female, the chicks almost certainly being kept out of sight.

Moorhen 2

Coot 4 adult, 2 large immature plus 5 new chicks. These are the new arrivals.

Little Grebe 2 adults seen.

Summer plumage Little Grebe

A juvenile Black-Headed Gull - first this year. Was having a bath

Dragonflies:

Emperor 1

Four-Spotted Chaser 4

Black-Tailed Skimmer 8

Broad-bodied Chaser 2

Common Darter 2 female/immature 

The spotted Orchids are starting to show well

Clouded Yellow butterfly 1 male, flew through my garden, within the recording area early afternoon (MD). Unfortunately, by the time I'd got back with a camera it was just heading off to the north!

Heysham Nature Reserve (MD)

I just checked the central meadow (hoping to locate another Clouded Yellow).

Meadow Brown 1

Common Blue 7

Narrow-bordered five-spot burnet 3

Burnet Companion 6

Four-Spotted Chaser 1

Emperor 1

I must have passed too close to where this young fawn Roe Deer was resting (Mum's leave them in a "safe" resting place while they eat elsewhere and then return to suckle them). It hid behind a tree, but had enough sense/instinct not to go any further and froze. I walked away at an angle and ended up with this clear view of the still frozen fawn.

Fawn Roe Deer, just losing its flank spots, it was no bigger than a Greyhound

We just looked at each other for a minute then it returned to whence it came.

Janet is still seeing high numbers of Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet along the eastern boundary of the recording area.