Little Gull blown in

Overnight rain then a surprisingly dry day with a fresh west - SW wind.

Heysham skear (Malcolm) 09:00 - 10:00

Shelduck 5 heading south against the wind.

Shelduck 

No Eider, Mergansers or grebes seen

Little Egret 4

Shag at least 1 juvenile 

First calendar year Shag

Oystercatcher 800 (probably not really any more than of late but there was very little of the skear exposed today and they were more concentrated.

Curlew 30

Redshank 50

Knot just 100 scattered around today, but there was one new flagged bird.

Turnstone 30

Sanderling 1 flew south across the skear

South shore

I walked along the sea wall this afternoon towards high water (Malcolm)

Little Gull 1 first calendar year on No.2 outfall. It wasn't there when I walked out, but was on my return.

Very awkward looking into the afternoon sun

But I ended up with some reasonable shots. It was still there 30 minutes
later when Pete and Jean were scanning for wind blown stuff.

Shag 1 juvenile on the wooden jetty.

First calendar year Shag

Cormorant flying to the wooden jetty

Shelduck 1 south 25 around Red Nab

Wigeon 80 at Red Nab