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 femaleGreat 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 |
 |
| Cinnabar moth |
Meanwhile, Kevin Eaves caught some nice photogenic nocturnal moths in his trap.
 |
| Peach Blossom |
 |
| Pebble Hook-tip |
