A sprinkling of waders

 As yesterday the NE breezed switched to NW mid morning. The sunshine continues 

Heysham skear 

low water 06:45 (MD)

I watched the tide cover the skear again.

Greylag goose 2 SE

No grebes or Eider seen

Red-breasted Merganser pair

Little Egret 6

Grey Heron 1

Cormorant a couple fishing and a flock of 5 south.

Cormorants 

There wasn't a lot of waders, but a reasonable variety for this time of year

Oystercatcher <100

Curlew 2

Whimbrel 1

Turnstone 1

Dunlin 2

Sanderling 1 - same area and similar plumage to yesterday's bird.

Sanderling 

Ebbing tide mid-afternoon 

Another quick check, as the skear was being exposed, located 13 further Sanderling, a flock of 10 flew in from the south, quickly settled and fell asleep. And were still where they landed when I left

Eight of the ten sleeping Sanderlings, presumably they had flown some distance 

Another three were feeding together. These are two of them.

Curlew 16

Eider 1 female

Great Crested Grebe 1

Red-breasted Merganser pair

Janet took these shots on Middleton Nature Reserve 

Moorhen

Common Whitethroat 

Quite a worn Holly Blue

Large Skipper

Shield Bug

Burnet Companion moth

Silver-ground Carpet moth

And this one on the north end of Moneyclose Lane

Cinnabar moth

Meanwhile, Kevin Eaves caught some nice photogenic nocturnal moths in his trap.

Peach Blossom

Pebble Hook-tip