Early morning showers soon eased with just the odd light shower during the morning. A light variable breeze.
Janet took this series of shots of a young Cormorant trying, and possibly succeeding, to eat young Coots on the main pond at Middleton Nature Reserve yesterday.
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| The Cormorant seems to be swallowing something here |
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| The adults drove it back..... |
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| ........and the remaining chicks swam frantically across the pond |
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Later they adopted a strategy of mingling with the Swans, which itself
is a bit of a surprise, it isn't long ago that the male Swan was chasing them! |
South shore
Mediterranean gulls 12 minimum. This morning there were 7 adults and a juvenile on the feeding beach by the wooden jetty. This evening Shaun Coyle saw 7 adults and 5 juveniles on Red Nab.
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This is the metal ringed adult Mediterranean gull that favours feeding
close to the sea wall on the feeding beach |
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| This is where it tends to feed, it is dead centre in this shot |
A few other bits on my morning walk (Malcolm)
Rock Pipits 3
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| Wheatear on the foreshore |
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| This Pied Wagtail is feeding young |
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| This newly fledged Pied Wagtail was one of the recipients |
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| Herring Gull taking a Mussel to its favourite spot for dropping them |
Janet had a walk along the sea wall this afternoon.
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| Little Egret |
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| Redshank |
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| Oystercatchers |
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| Curlew |
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| Many more Oystercatchers |
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| Gulls on No.2 outfall |
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| The warm wet conditions stirred this Garden Snail into "action" |
Osprey - seen by Mark Jones at 14:45 from Potts Corner. It started off in the recording area just south of the harbour, it then headed south with an entourage of gulls!
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This Large shield bug was on my house wall this morning (Malcolm)
It is a Hawthorn Shield Bug |
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