Wet and windy

A strong SW wind with showers 

South shore (Malcolm)

A walk along the sea wall on the rising tide this morning. Plenty of wind, but nothing much to see.

Shelduck 1 out

Shelduck 

Kittiwake 1 adult in

Plenty of gulls on the outfalls but just: Herring, Lesser Black-Backed, Common and Black-Headed

A particularly large Herring gull resting with another Herring and
Lesser Black-Backed gulls

Rock Pipit 3 - one tried to rest above the nest site near the lighthouse, but was blown off the wall twice. These two were in a much more sheltered area near the waterfall.

Obviously preparing what is presumably a second nest nearby.

Linnet 6 between the lighthouse and waterfall

Blackbird 1 male flew to the Elder bush near the waterfall.

The SeaCat heading out

Someone must have been bored, and laid a line of quite sizeable rocks out from
the foreshore. This nicely marks the area where a fine Sea Kale plant grows. You
can just make it out in the foreground, its flowers are finished now but.......

.......Janet took this shot of it a couple of weeks ago, when it was looking its best!

Middleton Nature Reserve (Janet)

The only thing of note today was a Greylag goose flying over.

Imperial Rd (Malcolm)

Just a short look this evening during a light shower.

Stonechat just the male seen.

Sedge Warbler singing (when the rain eased)

Common Whitethroat seen

Cetti's warbler 1 seen flying from the wet area near the roundabout carrying a fecal sac. So another confirmed breeding. Only a few years ago this species was a rarity, hence the bold highlight. But it is now one of the commoner warblers in the area.

These shots are from my garden (Malcolm)

Every evening I wire a string of peanuts to the bird table. Three species of covid come for them, Magpie, Jackdaw and Jays, but I rarely have my camera to hand. Today I did when a Jay visited.

This nice shot of a male Greenfinch by the heliport yesterday - Kevin Singleton