Heliport yesterday
Stonechat 2
Bar-Tailed Godwit 1
Knowlys Rd today
2 Swallows and a House Martin
Both the above by David Kaye
Heysham skear - low water 09:40 (Malcolm)
Pink-Footed goose 128 in one flock south, just as I was leaving at 10:50
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| Pink-Footed geese |
Shelduck 5 north
Eider 2 males
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| Eider |
Red-breasted Merganser 8
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| Two male Mergansers trying to impress a female |
Great Crested Grebe 8
Little Egret 16
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| Little Egret amongst the Honeycomb worm beds on the south side of the skear. Reefs do occasionally form on this side, but this is the side that takes the brunt of the storms and they seldom last long |
Whooper Swan 8 south, including 5 immature birds.
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| Whooper Swans |
Approximate wader numbers
Oystercatcher 1500
Curlew 30
Redshank 60
Turnstone 30
Ringed Plover 8
Knot just 100 grounded, but several thousand waders that looked to be Knot were flying very high to the south. 5 - 6 flocks but all around 09:00.
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| These grounded Knot were particularly approachable |
Middleton Nature Reserve
Janet checked first:
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| Another adult Mute Swan landed on the main pond |
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| Presumably it was a male as the resident male quickly saw it off |
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| Female Pheasant |
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| Three different fungi growing from one bail of mown grass |
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| Yellow Brain (Witches' butter) fungus |
I just checked the two main ponds briefly this afternoon (Malcolm)
Wildfowl status as yesterday except there were 13 Gadwall today.
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| Male Gadwall |
Cetti's warbler 1 singing
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| I believe that at least the lower insect here is one of the many Spider Wasps |
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| I took this shot on the skear this morning, whenever I see a daylight moon I try and get a shot of a bird flying in front of it. I've not managed it yet, but getting closer! |
