South Shore (Janet)
A walk along the sea wall.
Kittiwake 1 first calendar year. Initially feeding on No.1 outfall before taking a rest on the mud between the outfalls.
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| Cormorant in the Harbour |
Rock Pipit 3-4 - 2 in the harbour and at least 1 more along the sea wall.
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| Rock Pipit along the sea wall |
Heysham skear - low water 11:10 (Malcolm)
Pale-bellied Brent goose 22 at least. The easy pickings on the skear are diminished. Most of the geese were quite high up the shore amongst the rocks closer to the play area. But there isn't a lot of weed there either so they were well spread out
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| Some of the Brent were heading to pastures new. These to the north. |
Pink-Footed goose 30 north
Eider 52
No mergansers seen
Great Crested grebe 5
Little Egret 2
Best estimate of waders:
Oystercatcher 2,500
Curlew 110 - 50 feeding plus 60 came in from the east.
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| Some of the Curlew arriving from inland |
Knot 1,750 - a flock of 1,500 lifted as I was setting out, they gained height and headed off to the south. Only a small feeding flock remained.
Redshank 270 - more Redshank feeding than Knot! They were all around the skear edge.
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| Curlew, Redshank and Oystercatcher |
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| Redshank and Oystercatcher |
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| More Redshank coming in |
Turnstone 80
No Dunlin or Ringed Plover seen or heard
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