Some overnight rain, but a dry sunny day with a light SW wind
Ocean Edge (Kevin)
Wheatear 3
Heysham skear (Malcolm)
Pale-bellied Brent goose 1
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| It flew north over the skear. Piel Castle in the background |
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| Then settled on the north side of the skear (there is plenty of weed almost anywhere now) |
Eider 34
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Mute Swan 1 south
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| Mute Swan south, low over the skear |
Great Crested Grebe 2
Little Egret 4
Sandwich Tern at least 2 fishing
Swallow 2 individuals north
Oystercatcher 1,000
Curlew 5
Whimbrel 3 - first of the year
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| Whimbrel (not a very diagnostic shot but they were calling) |
Bar-Tailed Godwit 1
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| Bar-Tailed Godwit with Oystercatchers |
Redshank 120
Turnstone just 1 seen
Middleton Nature Reserve (Malcolm)
Just a quick look this afternoon
Mute Swan pair
Gadwall 5
Mallard 8
Coot 7
Moorhen 3
Little grebe 1
Warblers
Chiffchaff at least 6 singing
Cetti's Warbler 5 singing
Lesser Whitethroat 2 singing
Common Whitethroat 1 seen
Blackcap 1 seen
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| Female Blackcap |
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| Common Buzzard soaring high over the eastern boundary of the reserve |
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| This is the remains of an Otter spraint by the main pond. The recent rain has partially fragmented it. No sign of any Crayfish remains in this one, but there do seem to be plenty of vertebrae |
