Thursday, 24 October 2024

Colour coded Knot were a bonus

A dry and mainly sunny day with a SE wind.

Heysham skear - low water 11:25 (Malcolm)
At 3.25m today's low water just about exposed the beginning of the middle skear. 
Little Egret just 2, their normal feeding areas not exposed 
Little Egret

No Eider
Great Crested Grebe 2
Red-breasted Merganser 6

Red-breasted Merganser coming in to land

Oystercatcher 1500 (it's easier getting a more accurate estimate when you can see most of the birds at the same time)
Curlew 50+
Knot 600
Knot landing

Two had orange flags - details awaited

Redshank 100+
Redshank 

Turnstone 30+
Turnstone

Ringed Plover 18 
The Ringed Plover were close to shore, with a few Turnstone 

There were three attacks by Peregrine Falcon.
Peregrine Falcon

Red Nab - high water 17:20 (Malcolm)
These tides (7.5m) only just reach Red Nab
Pink-Footed goose 57 south along the shipping lane

Wigeon 60+
Shelduck 8