Another warm sunny day with a fresher NE to E breeze.
South shore (Malcolm)
A walk from saltmarsh to harbour at mid morning low water.
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| This Wren was singing its heart out on the saltmarsh |
Wheatear 1 male on the foreshore
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| Wheatear |
Rock Pipit at least 3. 1 displaying on Red Nab, 1 near No.1 outfall, 1 above the nest site at the lighthouse, joined by another later, but it could have been the one from No.1 outfall.
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| Rock Pipit above the lighthouse nest site |
Meadow Pipit 1 grounded on saltmarsh plus 59 over to the north between 09:45 and 11:00.
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| Meadow Pipit |
Lesser Redpoll 2 north
Several other small passage birds not heard/identified (not wagtails)
White Wagtail at least 2 grounded.
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| White Wagtail on Red Nab |
It seemed to be finding plenty of flies on the quickly recovering gutweed.
When I reached the lighthouse there was one feeding there too. Not impossible it being the same bird, but on the way back along the wall there was another feeding, so at least 2 present.
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| White Wagtail near the lighthouse |
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| Male Greenfinch in the copse behind Red Nab |
Swallow 2
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| Swallows zipping past the rounhead |
Carrion Crow 3 individuals flying north, looked like movement.
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Carrion Crow, a bit more sedately past the roundhead.
It continued north till lost from view. |
Shelduck 2
Eider 1 male out from the harbour mouth
Bar-Tailed Godwit 3 on waterline near the wooden jetty
Turnstone 135 in one flock
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| Turnstone |
Middleton Nature Reserve (Janet)
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| Gadwall coming in to land on the "no swimming" pond |
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| You can never tell at this time of year if the Coot are angry or amorous! |
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| Curlew on the main pond, a slightly unusual visitor |
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| Female Speckled Wood - first of the year |
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| Male Orange Tip - first of the year |
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| Peacock |
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| Small Tortoiseshell |
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Janet called this a May Flower, and it is what I have always known them as,
but apparently it is quite a colloquial name and is more widely known as Lady's
Smock or Cuckoo Flower. Either way, quite early. |
