Middleton Nature Reserve
A couple of nice shots from Janet.
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| This Swallow has caught a dragonfly or possibly a damselfly. Either way, quite a mouthful |
South shore (Malcolm)
I waited till this evening to check out the beach by the wooden jetty, after being dry all day, it rained all the while I was out!
Mediterranean gulls at least 23
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| Two adults came in with the Ben-my-Chree. It was nice to see the Ben again, but unfortunately it was as a result of damage to the Manxman while docking in the early hours this morning. No one injured. |
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| One of the two Meds that followed the Ben in, then flew out again |
16 adults, 1 x 2nd calendar year and 4 x 1st calendar year arrived to feed on the sandmason worms on the beach by the wooden jetty. Another 2 1st calendar year were feeding on the outflows.
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| There is a forest of sandmason worm tubes at the moment |
Three of the adults had darvic rings but all previously seen this year. This clip gives a sense of the feeding activity here. It ends on a 1st calendar year Kittiwake.
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| The Kittiwake had no interest in the sandmason worms |
This was the Kittiwake feeding a little earlier
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| First calendar year Eider in the harbour mouth |
