South shore (Malcolm)
A morning check from Red Nab to the saltmarsh, where I watched the tide completely cover the marsh. It doesn't take long on these spring tides.
Brent Goose 1 (probably pale-bellied) flew from the NW towards Potts Corner.
Shelduck 28
Eider 3 south
Wigeon 72 flew from Red Nab, most ending up on the saltmarsh.
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| Wigeon in the saltmarsh creek as the tide was arriving |
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| More Wigeon arrived later |
Lapwing 107
Once again there were no Common Snipe flushed from the Marsh, presumably they are more sensitive to the recently regular raptor visits.
Jack Snipe 2 - one came in from the north and landed on the saltmarsh, before being flushed by the tide and flying to Middleton Nature Reserve. The other must have already been on the marsh and flew in the same direction when flushed.
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| Jack Snipe |
No sign of the Merlin today, but a Sparrowhawk made one pass over the marsh.
Linnet 26 on the fringe of the marsh
Rock Pipit 1
Grey Wagtail 2 together flew east over the caravans
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| This Carrion Crow found this "morsel" (looks like discarded chewing gum!) on the saltmarsh grass. It examined it for quite a while...... |
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| .........before deciding it was indeed edible |
Janet managed an outing today. Her arm is still in a cast so she was restricted to just using her standard camera lens.
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| Little Egret in front of the foreshore rocks |
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| Red Admiral |
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| Long-Tailed Tit |
Heysham skear (Malcolm)
I went down this evening on the off chance that there were any Brents feeding in the skear corner. There wasn't.
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| Still loads of gutweed and sea lettuce available, they will have plenty to eat when they do arrive |
Eider 12
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Little Egret 6
Oystercatcher 1,000
Curlew 50
Knot 500
Redshank 130
Turnstone 25
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| One of the Knot had an orange flag. The code on one side was completely obscured |
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| I didn't manage a clear shot of the other side, but it looks to be at least partly obscured |
