Red Nab to saltmarsh - high water 09:15 (Malcolm)
Pink Footed goose 325 north at 08:30 (a large flock flew south over my house this evening at 16:45).
Pale-bellied Brent goose 30 on Red Nab. These are some of them, this clip is at high water. At 8.8m the tide normally moves the brent off here. But there were no waves and no one around, so they remained. This clip is really to demonstrate the clamour here as the tide covers the ricks.
Shelduck 4
Wigeon 150 |
| Shelduck, Wigeon, Curlew and Oystercatcher |
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| Wigeon, Oystercatcher and Redshank |
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| Heron and Redshank |
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| Cormorants |
Little Egret 3
There were also a few Turnstone and two flocks of Knot totalling 1,500 flew towards Potts Corner.
Kingfisher 1 - it zipped across Red Nab, I barely managed a shot
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| A terrible shot, but it does emphasise its speed. I was panning so quickly that the background is a blur. Even so I only just got it in the frame. |
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| This is looking back at Red Nab from the foreshore. You can see the sea wall and the outfalls. All the above birds are still there at this point, but it wasn't to last! |
Saltmarsh
Reed Bunting 3
Dunnock 2 (slightly unusually they were keeping together)
Common Snipe 1
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| This is looking out from the saltmarsh, the black specks in the background are Brent Geese and Oystercatcher flying from Red Nab. Something (someone) must have disturbed them |
Heysham skear - low water 16:00 (Malcolm)
Pale-bellied Brent goose 49 minimum (almost certainly including this morning's 30).
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| These higher tides allow the sea lettuce in the SE corner to be available |
But they didn't feed there for long, the lettuce stocks must be depleted. There is still lots of gutweed all over the skear and that's what this group was feeding on as I left.
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| Eider drake in breeding plumage |
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| One of several groups of Eider |
Red-breasted Merganser 8
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| Red-breasted Merganser pair |
Great Crested grebe 10
Little Egret 2
No godwits seen today and only c300 Knot. Other waders as recent.
