Heysham skear - low water 09:49 (Malcolm)
No Brent geese seen
Eider 1
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Great Crested grebe 1
Oystercatcher 1,000
Curlew 20
No Knot
Redshank 20 (later there were 300+ roosting on the Sunnyslopes groyne)
Turnstone 30
Dunlin 1
It wasn't the weather for photography, even if there had have been anything worth photographing. Fortunately Howard got these nice shots of Eider close to the sea wall yesterday.
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| Eider pair |
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| Female Eider |
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| Immature male Eider |
Middleton Nature Reserve (Malcolm)
Just a passing look at the main pond.
No sign of the Tufted Duck and there were fewer Gadwall.
This Gadwall pair seemed amorous, it looks like the female had something in mind other than up ending! But when in Rome........
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| Little Grebe |
Sunnyslopes groyne
Janet checked on the rising tide.
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| A nice variety of waders including: Oystercatcher, Redshank, Knot, Dunlin, Turnstone and Ringed Plover......but not for long! |
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| A Peregrine Falcon lifted everything (top left in this shot) |
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| Peregrine Falcon |
I was driving past late afternoon (Malcolm), there was a heavy squall, but it was clearly going to pass. So I parked up and waited for it to stop. The Knot hadn't returned, but all the Redshank and Oystercatcher were still sheltering on the lee side.
Just out of the recording area:
Sunyslopes sea wall (Janet)
This is the darker of the two Stonechats, yesterday afternoon they were both seen together (see yesterday's comment from Throbshire - thanks)
Field next to the horse paddock at Middleton (Malcolm). Green Sandpiper as seen from Middleton Rd.
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| It had clearly been feeding on the bottom, note the muddy water dripping from its bill |
