Plenty of new arrivals

A dry but mainly overcast day. An east wind.

Seawatch and checks of several areas - Pete

Sea 0730-0800 

flock of five Arctic tern in

four sandwich tern out two in 

two swallow in. 

Wheatear  12 - all moving through - Seven together at the start of road to gate 38 three more by gate plus two more  on north wall Roundhead

Definitely a fall of stuff:

Two out of habitat sedge and at least eight willow warbler in bits of bramble etc Heysham harbour area 

Male common redstart near port passenger terminal. A later visit to gate 38 located a female common redstart.

Pair whitethroat Heysham Head 09:50

whitethroat singing in dell on junction of Penrod Way and Port Way 10:30

White wagtail ocean edge 

I checked the foreshore from saltmarsh to Red Nab 08:45 - 09:10 (Malcolm)

Wheatear 10 - 7 moved on while I was there and the remaining 3 were working their way along the foreshore.

Linnet 14

Janet checked the foreshore and sea wall early afternoon 

Wheatear 6 minimum moving quickly through (these will be additional to this morning's)

What a lovely shot!

Female Linnet

Rock Pipit

Chiffchaff

Robin

Sandwich Tern on No.8 buoy
There were none on the buoys this morning

I returned to Red Nab at high water - 15:45 (Malcolm)

There were no Wheatears to begin with then 11 moved through in 5 minutes. So the minimum seen today by all observers is 39, and you have to imagine that many more passed through.

Pale-bellied Brent goose 4 - something lifted everything, a ground based predator most likely as there was nothing visible overhead and yet the birds were reluctant to return.

Pale-bellied Brent geese and Oystercatcher 

A Whimbrel was the first bird to "return" to Red Nab, it probably 
wasn't there when whatever it was lifted everything 

The Red Nab Rock Pipit was displaying again

There were 3 Common Whitethroat in the scrub behind Red Nab and 2 Lesser Whitethroat singing in the Nature Park

Swallow 3 north

Janet also had a quick look at Middleton Nature Reserve and saw several Common Whitethroat.

Common Whitethroat 

Jean went round Heysham NR this morning and had the following warblers:

Blackcap 6

Sedge Warbler 1 (plus 1 across Princess Alexandria Way)

Willow Warbler 6

Chiffchaff 8

Heysham skear 09:30 - 10:45 (Malcolm)

Eider 12

Great Crested Grebe 1

Sandwich Tern 7 - one flew north, the others hung around 

The bird on the left has a metal ring, not possible to read it of course 

Sandwich Terns

Oystercatchers 1,200

Curlew 2

Redshank 22

Turnstone 99 in 4 mobile flocks

Dunlin 6 lifted off the skear gained height and headed NW

Just out of, but heading towards the recording area, seen from Preesall this afternoon.

Arctic Terns flocks of 45 and 9

Arctic Skua 1

Manx Shearwater also seen from Peesall.

This clip is within the recording area a house close to Heysham Moss. Thanks to Rob Underdown who took this clip and Janet who passed it on. Rob was wondering what was stealing his Koi carp. Turned out to be an Otter! The clip is a bit fractured as I had to edit it to be short enough to upload.