Sanderling and Dunlin passing through.

A mercifully dry and mainly sunny day, after yesterday's deluge. A light north wind.

Heysham Nature Reserve 

Ringing report from Jean:

5 hours of ringing caught 26 birds, only one of which was a retrap. The rest were almost all juveniles.

Greenfinch 8

Chaffinch 3 new and 1 re trap

Goldfinch 1

Great Tit 8

Blue Tit 3

Robin 1

Wren 1

Middleton Nature Reserve 

Janet had a look around this morning, no sign of the Goosander.

Male Common Darter

South shore

I checked from Red Nab to the shore out from the saltmarsh towards high water (MD)

Mediterranean gulls 32, just one juvenile 

Rock Pipit 1

Pied Wagtail only 4 after yesterday's high numbers

Curlew 100+ flying south

Whimbrel 1 heard only

Lapwing 2

Oystercatcher c300

Redshank 57

Dunlin c400

Sanderling 7. Initially they were feeding with the Dunlin, but after a while they flew south leaving the Dunlin behind.

These are three of the Sanderling, still largely in summer plumage, as were the Dunlin

Dunlin and a Sanderling coming in to land

Sanderling