Meds and guests

A light southwest wind. Dry and mainly sunny till the early evening thunderstorms began.

South Shore

A total of 43 Mediterranean Gulls – 17 adults, 8 2nd summer, 18 1st summer – between Heysham Harbour mouth and the mudflats south of Ocean Edge during the morning

Whimbrel – 1 on Red Nab

Eider 1 female

Pete Crooks and Shaun Coyle

I had a walk along the shore in the morning and a visit to Red Nab on the rising tide in the afternoon. (MD)

Wheatear 1 juvenile at the saltmarsh 

Juvenile Wheatear

Linnet 14 - 6 saltmarsh, 2 Red Nab, 6 lighthouse area

Goldfinch 8 on saltmarsh 

Rock Pipits 4 - 2 juvenile on foreshore, 1 Red Nab, 1 lighthouse.

Juvenile Rock Pipit

I visited Red Nab in the afternoon to try and locate the three characters white ringed Mediterranean gull - success!

LCG - an old friend. Ringed as a nestling in Holland in 2010.
It has been a summer visitor here since 2013, and normally seen wintering in Spain.

This is a nice clip of gulls bathing in the freshwater runoff from Red Nab. Black-Headed, Mediterranean and Common gull.

Common Sandpiper 1 on Red Nab preening amongst the gulls.

There were 12 species of butterfly in the Nature Park:

Red Admiral several

Painted Lady 2

Peacock 1

Comma 3

Large White 2

Small White several

Small Tortoiseshell several

Meadow Brown several

Gatekeeper several 

Ringlet just 1 faded individual 

Common Blue 1

Small Skipper 2

Painted Lady