Heysham skear this afternoon- low water 15:00 (Malcolm)
Pale-bellied Brent goose at least 28 feeding in small groups all across the inner skear. Occasionally a group would fly around, presumably spooked by someone, 28 was the biggest group,I saw flying at one time.
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| Some of the Brent having a fly around |
Eider 15
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Great Crested grebe 4
Little Egret 4
Oystercatcher, Curlew, Redshank, Knot, Turnstone, Dunlin and Ringed Plover all present in similar numbers to recent.
Bar-Tailed Godwit 21 - 20 rested along the waterline below Heysham Head and a lone bird on the skear.
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| Bar-Tailed Godwit with Oystercatchers |
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| We are moving back to spring tides now, the outer skear was becoming exposed for the first time in a week, and the waders were keener than me to get out there. Curlew, Bar-Tailed Godwit, Redshank, Oystercatcher and Knot in this shot |
A few of the colour coded Knot were read. This is quite an interesting one from yesterday.
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| Ringed in the Netherlands April 2019. It was seen at Walney in December 2020. Then not seen again till February this year back in the Netherlands I wonder how many Peregrine attacks it has evaded in that time! |
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| Curlew, Knot and Oystercatcher |
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| Perhaps why Janet regularly sees foxes in the evening on Meldon road Highlighted by her head torch |
