South shore (Malcolm)
A check mid morning at low water.
Black-Headed gulls 160 mainly on and either side of No.1 outflow.
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| I'd gone along the sea wall to see if any of the gulls (specifically Meds) were feeding on the sandmason worms on the beach between the wooden jetty and No.1 outflow. On approach it was clear that there were plenty of gulls on the beach....... |
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| .........but most turned out to be Black-Headed gulls |
The tubes of the sandmason worms were visible, but the gulls were either just resting or paddling to flush out small invertebrates (it hardly seems worth the effort!)
Mediterranean gull just 2 on the beach, and no others seen.
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| First summer Mediterranean gull (left) with first summer Black-Headed gull |
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| Second summer Mediterranean gull |
Kittiwake 1 first summer
Rock Pipit 1 display flying and singing near lighthouse
Peregrine Falcon presumably 2 - commotion only heard, the birds were on the opposite side of the Power Station.
This male and juvenile Pied Wagtail were feeding on Ocean Edge field. The gurgling noise is from the groundwater runoff near the slipway.
Heysham Nature Reserve
Janet had a stroll around the main reserve early afternoon.
Moths:
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| Straw dot |
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| Six-spot Burnet |
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| Burnet Companion |
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| Silver Y |
Butterflies
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| Meadow Brown |
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| Very worn Common Blue |
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| Small Skipper |
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| Ringlet were particularly abundant |
Various
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| Blackfly aphids |
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| "Blackfly aphid" hunter |
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| One of the (large) funnel-web spiders |
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| Tatty looking Magpie |
