additional c200 outbound dribs and drabs of wildfowl in distant heat haze included some drake eider but also some common scoter probably left unidentified
Heysham skear 11:00 - 12:30 (Malcolm)
On the ebb tide as the skear became exposed.
Pink-Footed goose 68 north in one skein
Eider 88
Mallard 2 in/off from the south then east inland - Pete advises that this is the first record of Mallard on migration
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| Mallards heading east after coming in/off the sea. |
Teal 4 on the sea
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| Teal |
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Little Egret 2
Sandwich Tern at least three still hanging around.
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| Sandwich Tern |
Bar-Tailed Godwit 39
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| Bar-Tailed Godwits |
Curlew 6
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| Curlew probing under the stones |
Redshank 550
Knot 19
Turnstone 22 (flocks of 7 and 15 flying west)
Swallow 1 in/off then east
South shore (Malcolm)
A pleasant evening stroll along the sea wall.
Rock Pipit 3 - foreshore, Red Nab and in the scrub near the lighthouse
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| Red Nab Rock Pipit |
Willow Warbler in the copse behind Red Nab.
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| Willow Warbler |
White Wagtail - at least 4. There was one feeding on Red Nab when I walked out. Two feeding at the roundhead, and two feeding on the sea wall on the way back.
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| Red Nab White Wagtail |
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| One of the roundhead White Wagtails |
They were finding lots of flies to eat. I don't think the flies were migrating, but probably Kelp Flies hatching in the warm weather and neap tides. This roundhead White Wagtail catches 3 flies in this clip.
Turnstone 120 just out from the roundhead
Peregrine Falcon 1
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| Peregrine Falcon |
Swallow 1 north
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| A pair of Mallard on the newt pond in the Nature Park |
