Heysham skear - low water 10:00 (MD)
Great Crested Grebe - just one seen but the sea was quite choppy.
Eider 20 in small groups of female/immature birds
Little Egret 13 - there are 10 in this clip.
Common Tern 1 resting on a sandbar on the rising tide.
 |
| Common Tern with a metal ring |
 |
| It flew further up the sandbar when flushed by the tide |
Waders:
Oystercatcher c500
Curlew c100
Redshank c80
Turnstone only c20
Knot 2
 |
| Knot and Oystercatcher |
Ringed Plover 3 - the plover were on the inner skear where they normally feed. But the inner skear isn't as it normally is. It is normally small stones, broken shells and patches of mud. This year it has an healthy covering of mussels. Not sure they are to the Ringed Plover's liking though.
 |
| Ringed Plover on a terrain that they do not usually choose to feed. |
South shore (PM)
Mediterranean gulls 14 Red Nab/outflows, including 2 juvenile
An old link on the sidebar "magic seaweed" is no longer active, so it has been replaced with "Heysham Surf report". It is an excellent guide to tide times and heights plus the sea conditions. Worth a look.
