Heysham skear - low water 12:50 (Malcolm)
Pale-bellied Brent goose 30 minimum, but they were feeding all over the inner skear in small groups. There were likely more that I didn't spot. The difficulty was trying to get past them to the middle skear. So much easier when they feed in large groups. Presumably the high density of weed high up the shore has been depleted, but still lots of gutweed and sea lettuce spread around the inner skear.
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| Pale-bellied Brent geese coming in to land on a small pool in the middle of the inner skear |
Red-breasted Merganser 3
No Great Crested grebe seen today.
Little Egret 3
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| Little Egret |
Oystercatcher, Curlew, Turnstone as recent
Redshank c50
Knot c1,000 they lifted a few times, but I didn't see any raptors.
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| This Oystercatcher picked the Knot up, swung it out of its way then put it down on the other side. Both then continued feeding |
Several coded Knot were seen, but most had been seen here before.
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| This one is part of a scheme based in Iceland. Ringed as a breeding adult at Skógarnes Iceland 17/05/23. The only previous sighting was at De Richel, Netherlands 2/10/23. First seen here 4/12/24 |
Dunlin c25 some with the Knot plus two "resident" with the inner skear Ringed Plover
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| One of eight Ringed Plover |
