Restricted time today, meant a poorly timed walk.

Overcast with a few showers. A light south wind.

Middleton Nature Reserve (Malcolm)

Just a passing check of the two main ponds.

Mute Swan 2 adult 2 cygnet

Mallard 16 - 1 male rest female/immature

Gadwall 1 female with 2 well developed young

Female Gadwall at the back then her two young.
Three Mallard in front

Coot 5 adult 3 young I very young

Moorhen 2 adults

Little Grebe - none seen on the main pond, but probably just missed. 4 adult and 4 young on the "no swimming" pond. All the young are now feeding themselves, not beyond a bit of begging though.

The only warbler singing was a Chiffchaff, but there were lots of contact calls.

No Damsel or Dragonflies and the only butterfly was a single Gatekeeper, but it was only 09:30, a bit early on the best of days.

South shore (Malcolm)

A mid morning walk with the tide out and the beach next to the wooden jetty not providing, never looked promising, and it didn't disappoint!

Mediterranean gull 13, 1 adult feeding on No.2 outflow, an adult and a second summer resting on mud, 8 adult (possibly one or more were second summer) feeding at the seaward end of No.1 outflow, and 2 adult out from the harbour mouth. Didn't see any first summer.

These are some of the Meds feeding at the end of No.1 outflow.

Kittiwake 1 mobile first summer

First two juvenile Cormorants were on the wooden jetty.
This is one of them (centre)

Peregrine Falcon 2 chasing gulls.....

......and occasionally resting