A light, mainly SW wind. Plenty of sunshine.
Heysham Nature Reserve
Ringing and vis report from Jean:
Fewer birds caught today at Heysham NR, just 11 in 3 hours, but 2 of them were Willow Warblers, also
1 Dunnock,
2 Goldfinch,
5 Greenfinch
1 retrapped Blue Tit from Monday.
One of the Goldfinches and one of the Greenfinches were starting to moult their flight feathers.
Overhead on their way back to Africa were 40 Swifts, 15 Swallows and 6 House Martins.
South Shore (MD)
Just a very brief check if the foreshore mid morning.
Wheatear 1
Linnet 2
Goldfinch 2
Swallow 2 individuals south
Nature Park (KE)
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| Brown Hawker ovipositing in the nature park pond this afternoon. |
Also seen:
Gatekeeper
Common Blue
Small Tortoiseshell
Comma
Peacock
Brimstone
Common Darter
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| Male Common Darter |
Heysham skear. Low water 14:30 (MD)
Red-breasted Merganser 2 female type
Great Crested Grebe 1
Little Egret 6
I didn't cross the innermost skear where again many waders were feeding. The numbers recorded here are the number seen near the skear edge plus those flying to the innermost skear and any birds visible there from the waterline, so almost certainly under recorded.
Oystercatcher 150
Curlew 100
Redshank 88
Turnstone 69
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| Turnstone |
Knot 1 still, largely, in summer plumage.
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| Knot and Oystercatcher |
This Large Yellow Underwing moth was in my greenhouse
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| No need to ask how it got its name |
Snipe 7 in one flock flew SW over my garden at 19:00.
