More Ospreys on the move

A dry day with a light west breeze. Sunny spells.

South shore

Pete scanned from Ocean Edge towards high water:

Mediterranean gulls, at least 15 on Red Nab. Including 4 juveniles and a green ringed adult

Shag at least 1 on the wooden jetty

Osprey 1 between the outfalls

I checked from the saltmarsh to Red Nab (Malcolm) 09:45 - 10:15

Osprey 1 (same as Pete's) - it flew high from the Lune estuary area towards the outfalls, fortunately I got a decent view as it approached Ocean Edge. 

The dark streaking on the crown showing it to be a juvenile 

There were four Ospreys on the sands off Sunderland Point per Ian Hartley, watching from Cockersands, probably where the above bird came from

Many of the birds on Red Nab lifted when the Power Station suddenly blew
off (it's an age thing!). Most of these gulls are Black-Headed, but there is at 
least one adult and juvenile Mediterranean gull amongst them

Heysham skear (Malcolm) 13:30 - 15:30

Osprey 1 flew south, almost certainly additional to this morning's, so at least 5 through the area today.

Shag 1 juvenile flew past the skear to the north

Great Crested Grebe 1 juvenile 

Juvenile Great Crested grebe

Eider 1 male

Little Egret 3

Gulls 250 mainly Herring gulls. Two ringed birds seen, one hasn't been seen since May.

Ringed at Bowland in 2020, the only other sighting was here in May

Oystercatcher 600

Curlew 70

Redshank 320

Turnstone 40

Redshank. A bit odd, it is facing the wind yet its belly feathers were stuck
out. Hope it wasn't a lump.

Turnstone 

The shore everywhere is in a state of flux, there is loads of extra mud coming from somewhere, probably higher up the bay, where there has been a lot erosion. Today there was a 50m wide strip of mud running right across the middle of the skear. I've never seen it like this before!

A 50m wide strip of mud running North-South across the skear.