A light SE breeze till lunchtime then it switched to WNW. Sunshine all day again.
Middleton Nature Reserve
Janet checked early on. Good for no disturbance but a bit early for some insects.
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| Male Broad-bodied Chaser |
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This looks to be a Common Bluetail,
don't know why it has some colour in its wings (MD) |
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| This Narrow-bordered five-spot Burnet hasn't got going yet! |
Saltmarsh to Red Nab (MD)Once again I watched the tide cover the shore out from the saltmarsh, gull numbers similar to yesterday, including:
Mediterranean gull 3 - the metal ringed adult and what looked to be the same two first summer birds as yesterday
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| First summer Med centre, adult Med bottom left |
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| They become more flighty when they "know" the tide will cover the beach |
Curlew 70, most flying south. This group fly over some of the resting gulls including the adult Med, but there is no chance of spotting it at full speed.
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| This is a freeze frame from the above clip, fortunately Meds are very distinctive |
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| Only one of the Black-Headed gulls was a juvenile (top centre) |
Lapwing 3
Goldfinch 2 adults feeding on the saltmarsh margins.
Ringlet butterfly 5 in the Nature Park, but very flighty.
Heysham Nature Reserve
At different times, Kevin Eaves, Janet and myself (MD), had a look, there were no sightings of the Dark Green Fritillary The central meadow is very dry and there is very little of the usually lush clover etc.
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| Four-spotted Chaser by Kevin |
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| Janet got this shot of Common Blue mating |
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| Just one Ringlet here, but at least it was obliging |
