Osprey fishing in the rain

The wind shifted to NE. Very heavy overnight rain and it more or less continued throughout the day till evening.

Red Nab to saltmarsh (MD)

A quick morning check

Little Egret 6

Wheatear 2 near the slipway including 1 juvenile 

Rock Pipit 5 - 2 on foreshore, 1 Red Nab and 2 together on sea wall.

Heysham Head (JP)

Two Kestrel hovering 

Hovering Kestrel with a nice view of Black Combe behind

Heysham skear - low water 19:25 (MD)

I went down a couple of hours before low water. It was still raining, but not so hard when I started and it had stopped by about 18:00.

Osprey 1 - 17:15 it had caught a large flatfish and all the gulls and waders lifted, some giving chase. But, undeterred, it made a beeline east and flew off over Heysham Head.

Osprey with a flatfish

Little Egret 6 - the tide was ebbing quickly and they just wait and pick off small fish and shrimps as they move with the tide.

Eider 13 all female type except for 1 eclipsed male

Great Crested grebe 3 in summer plumage

Red-breasted Merganser 1 female type

Oystercatcher c200

Curlew c150

Whimbrel 1 at least

Redshank c60

Turnstone c100

Dunlin 11 (7, 3 and 1)