June weather finally arrives

A warm sunny day with a light variable breeze.

Red Nab - high water 10:15 (Malcolm)

The only gulls were a few Herring and Lesser Black-backed.

Curlew 95

Grey Seal 1 distant 

Middleton Nature Reserve 

These shots by Janet.

Coot running over the water surface 

It isn't clear what this one has in its bill. It isn't fishing line, but it doesn't look natural 

The Tufted Duck pair were seen on both main ponds

Ringlet

I checked at lunchtime (Malcolm). It was nice and quiet. This short clip of the western bank of the main pond shows the Heron, a Cormorant and the Mute family resting, while the Mallard milled around.

On the "no swimming" pond, there were two adult Little grebe feeding two and one chick respectively. This is the group of three, the two chicks are of different sizes, the larger one was also seen diving for food. It isn't clear if the larger one is favoured or just better at getting food from the adult.

The third chick was also diving for itself

Warblers heard singing:

Cetti's warbler 5 at least

Grasshopper warbler 2 - on on each marsh, heard from the central road

Reed warbler just 1 on main pond

Several each: Willow warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Lesser and Common Whitethroat.

Very few dragon flies away from the main pond but 5 species seen

Emperor

Broad-bodied chaser

Four-spotted chaser

Black-Tailed skimmer

Common Darter

Even fewer butterflies, just 3 seen, 1 each

Ringlet

Common Blue

Red Admiral 

Worn Red Admiral 

Latticed Heath moth

Heysham Nature Reserve (Janet)

Roebuck in a Mexican standoff 

This small shoal of Rudd were in the dipping pond