Kittiwake lingers

Another warm, dry and largely sunny day with a light west wind.

South shore (Malcolm)

A check around morning high water

Little Egret 2

Curlew 40 on Red Nab

More Black-Headed gulls today 30+  only 1 juvenile seen

Kittiwake 1 first summer feeding on No.1 outflow and resting on wooden jetty.

First summer Kittiwake

The grey seal was closer in today, near No.1 outflow

Rock Pipit 2 one along sea wall and one on foreshore then saltmarsh 

The Lesser Whitethroat was singing again in the copse behind Red Nab. The Common Whitethroat there has never stopped singing.

Heysham Nature Reserve (Janet)

These shots from yesterday 

Moorhen with chicks

Elusive Sedge warbler

Chiffchaff 

Middleton Nature Reserve (Malcolm)

Just a brief early evening check of the two main ponds.

Wildfowl and dragonflies as recent

This discarded eggshell had clearly been broken from the inside.
The size and colour suggests Shelduck.......

This is a Coot chick with two adult. Nothing new in the clip, other than they were quite close and the noise was painful!

Just outside the recording area Heysham Moss Nature Reserve (Janet)

Large Skipper

Immature Black Darter

The 2023 Observatory report is now available. This is an excellent report containing not just the wildlife records but behaviour patterns, trends etc. A donation of £3 is requested plus postage if required. 

Contact Alan - alanxhill@btinternet.com