Garden warblers top a decent ringing session

The NE breeze switched to NW mid morning and freshened. Some sunshine, but much cooler than of late.

Middleton Nature Reserve 

An early morning ringing session at Middleton NR by JR and PM saw decent numbers of warblers trickling through but no vis mig at all.  The moth trap was highlighted by another Pyrausta purpuralis in a small catch after a quite cool night 

Ringing details Jean:

46 birds caught. Lots of juv warblers moving through.

Whitethroat 6

Lesser Whitethroat 2

Willow Warbler 7

Chiffchaff 5

Sedge Warbler 3

Reed Warbler 2

Blackcap 6

Garden Warbler 2

Goldfinch 8

Great Tit 3

Blue Tit 1

Robin 1

Heard a Raven to the east. 

There were 6 Swallows to the west mid morning 

Janet checked the main pond. One of the adult Mute Swans has a broken wing, it looks to be the male. Woodwolf were trying to capture it to take to their wildlife sanctuary. Whatever attacked it is unlikely to be wildlife. Always sad to see an injured creature, particularly so when it was likely avoidable.

Juvenile Cormorant 

Migrant Hawker 

South shore (Janet)

Just a check of Red Nab, although not so red at the moment

Much of the rock at Red Nab has a coating of salt, for the time being.

One of three Wheatears

In the Nature Park

Small Tortoiseshell 

Very worn Common Blue

Tree Sparrow 2 - briefly visited my garden feeder 09:45 - Malcolm

Heysham Head (Mark Jones)

Juvenile Shag fishing out from the little sandy cove near the back of St Patrick’s church around lunchtime.

Juvenile Shag

Heysham skear (Malcolm) 14:00 - 15:30

Eider 1 male

Great Crested grebe 4

Shag 2 juveniles 

This one was resting 

It was becoming animated, and looking like it was going to take flight. It did, but not after showing that it is has been feeding ok. Today, it obliged with their unmistakable dive not long after landing.

The first bird was still fishing when this one flew from the south.
It continued further north towards the Stone Jetty 

No Little Egrets seen today, but one Grey Heron flew in to feed.

Heron

Gulls 150 on the skear, more further out on and over the channels. Most were Herring gulls.

Just one previously read ringed bird seen. N:01E ringed in the Ribble estuary 2019

Just one Mediterranean gull

Oystercatcher 450

Curlew 30

Turnstone 40

Redshank 180 - this probably doesn't represent a sudden increase, it's just that I also checked the south side of the skear today where most were feeding.

Redshank having a shake down