Heavy showers throughout the day, with the odd sunny spell. Quite a fresh SE wind switching to SW by evening.
South shore (Malcolm) 10:15 - 11:30
Linnet 17 on the saltmarsh, 3 on Red Nab
Rock Pipit 1 on the saltmarsh, 3 on Red Nab
Whimbrel 1 flew out from the foreshore
Mediterranean gull 20 - 11 on Red Nab, including 1 juvenile. 9 on the feeding beach all adult type.
I was pleased to see some Meds on the feeding beach, as an Osprey was attempting to fish whenever the rain eased. In the past one sight of an Osprey was enough to clear this beach. I don't know if it was just too miserable to move or that the gulls are becoming less wary of the increasingly regular Osprey visits.
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| At times the Osprey was directly over the feeding beach. That's the old lighthouse on the wooden jetty |
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| Meanwhile, the gulls were resting close to the waterline Four Mediterranean gulls in the foreground |
The Osprey had been fishing through some quite heavy rain, but it was time for a rest.
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| It had good shakedown |
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| No rings |
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| After another failed search for a fish it rested on the rail of No.2 outfall. It was around for the full duration of my walk |
Shag 1 juvenile, initially in the harbour mouth
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| These shots look to be out of focus, but it is just the effect of looking through a thousand raindrops |
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| It flew to the wooden jetty |
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| Just coming in to land |
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| Home, but not dry! |
It doesn't take long to walk around what little is exposed on these very low neap tides. There wasn't really much to see, but at least it was dry for most of the time.
Oystercatcher, Curlew, Redshank and Turnstone similar numbers to recent visits
Less gulls than recent 120 large gulls, mainly Herring, 20 Black-Headed
No Eider or Mergansers seen.
Great Crested grebe 5
Little Egret 3
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| Little Egret in a brief sunny spell |
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