Just my stuff today (Malcolm)
Saltmarsh
I watched this morning's tide cover the saltmarsh
Common Snipe 13 flushed from the marsh and flew towards Middleton Nature Reserve. 4 more arrived from the NW settled briefly before moving on again.
Jack Snipe 2 flushed and both flew towards Middleton Nature Reserve
Wigeon 202
Linnet 5
Reed Bunting 3
Middleton Nature Reserve
Just a quick check of the two main ponds on my way home.
Mute pair plus well grown cygnet
Mallard 18
Gadwall 8
Tufted Duck 2
Teal 1 male
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| Swan and Gadwall upending |
The male Teal was feeding too.
Heysham skear
A walk out with the ebbing tide this afternoon. These spring tides go out quickly and I ended up at the western limit of the middle skear.
Little Egret 9
Great Crested grebe 6
Eider 1 male
Common Scoter 2 (male and a female/immature) feeding. They were very distant and kept diving. These record shots were the best I managed.
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| male Common Scoter |
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| Female or immature Common Scoter |
Wigeon 3 in the SE skear corner
Pale-bellied Brent goose 6 in SE skear corner.
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| Four of the Pale-bellied Brent and three Wigeon, feasting on sea lettuce |
Dark-bellied Brent goose 1 - fortunately it had just stopped raining for a few minutes
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| Originally on the sea on the south of the skear |
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| It then flew to the north side of the skear and remained on the sea there |
