Birds were pretty much the same, but the weather was nicer!

Sunshine all day but cool early on in the light NE wind

South shore (Malcolm) 08:30 - 11:30

A very pleasant walk out on the shore to the south of the saltmarsh, then along the foreshore to the, then almost covered, Red Nab.

Pink-Footed goose c120 - two skeins south some distance out another of 57 south over my head.

Canada goose 4 with the 57 Pinkfoot.

Canada geese

Canada geese with Pink-Footed geese

Shelduck 3

Little Egret 6

At first glance, this Little Egret looked interesting in the low strong light.

Mediterranean gull just 1 first calendar year flew south

Swallow 1

The only other movement seen were 11 passerines very high to the south. Too high to hear any calls and only spotted high above a gull I was checking with my binoculars. Very likely many more passed over unnoticed.

Waders

Oystercatcher 2,000 along the waterline plus many more on Red Nab.

Oystercatchers along the waterline with a nice view of the South Lakes in the
background. Also a good view of some of the locations regularly mentioned in
this blog. To the far right is the lighthouse, below it the sloping sea wall. Running 
out from the sea wall is what's left of the old wooden jetty. The two outfalls are 
between the waterline and the wooden jetty. There is a map at the foot of the posts.

Curlew 130

Curlew

The only other waders along the waterline were:

Bar-Tailed Godwit 4

Bar-Tailed Godwit

This wader on the water with nothing to help gauge size was not immediately obvious.

Dunlin

A flock of 12 Knot were displaced by the tide to the south.

A group of 25 Ringed Plover and 15 Dunlin were feeding further up the shore.

Ringed Plover

Dunlin

6 Grey Plover were high up the shore near the saltmarsh 

Grey Plovers, note all the Lugworm casts here.

Further south, out from the faux castle a small group of waders were resting 

Grey Plover 63 (69 total for the day)

Knot 6 (18 total for the day)

Dunlin 8 (24 total for the day)

Grey Plover and Knot

Grey Plover and Dunlin. No Lugworm casts here, this section of shore is awash
with all the freshwater that has run off the land, it drains from here to eventually
form the creek that runs through the saltmarsh 

Redshank 18 around the saltmarsh 

Lapwing 7 on the saltmarsh 

Linnet 40 feeding on Samphire seeds on the east side of the saltmarsh.

Linnet

This Kestrel was resting on the west side of the saltmarsh.
The Magpies weren't happy!

The Kestrel left when it was ready, but the Magpies pretended that
they had chased it off

Wheatear 11 - 2 on the saltmarsh plus 9 along the foreshore 

In contrast to the very pale bird on Friday, this Wheatear has a rich shade of rufous 

Rock Pipit 3

White Wagtail 1

 

White Wagtail on the shingles between the foreshore and Red Nab

This Carrion Crow on the saltmarsh has gone for the vegetarian option.
It didn't find the apple there, it flew to the middle of the saltmarsh carrying it.

By the time I reached the Nature Park the day had warmed up, there was a bit of insect activity.

Migrant Hawker 1

Red Admiral 3

Small White 2

Speckled Wood 2