The west wind continues to attract the Knot

A dry largely sunny day with a fresher west wind.

These shots by Janet yesterday from the south wall roundhead. There was no sign of the Rock Pipit.

Herring gull with a mussel

Turnstone checking out the crevices in a Honeycomb worm clump

and in the Nature Park

Chiffchaff 

Peacock

Middleton Nature Reserve (today) Janet

This Coot had had enough of being chased!

Robin with a damaged leg near the feeders

Pellet - looks to be an Owl's

Heysham skear - low water 14:50 (Malcolm)

I went down late morning as the skear was being uncovered and a pleasant evening stoll as it was being covered again.

Pale-bellied Brent goose 54. Initially this morning there were just 2, then joined by a further 16 then this flock of 36 arrived from the north.

Pale-bellied Brent goose eating gutweed

This evening, again there were initially only two, but as I was leaving 30+ arrived from the north.

Eider 28

Eider

Oystercatcher 1,500

Curlew 12

Redshank 400

Knot 1,000 were arriving as I started this morning. Two feeding groups totalling 400 this evening seemed to be different birds as the few flags seen were not seen this morning.

Most of the Knot were shrimping 

As the tide moved them off the skear this evening, many headed for a drain fed by freshwater runoff for a spruce up.

I didn't see any Peregrine disturbance today, but as the Knot numbers grow, they are bound to be attracted.

Turnstone 45