Heysham first hour 6.38-738 mostly from back of harbour:
147 inbound sandwich tern and a handful out
28 inbound Arctic tern
52 inbound swallow and two house Martin
Nothing else! Several hirundine passing into and through harbour. Last 15 mins saw an exodus of Sandwich Tern and complete dry up with swallows
Second 45 mins at Heysham Harbour a progressive paint dryer - lots of outbound Sandwich tern initially but just 14 inbound, two Whimbrel, two Guillemot on, 14 swallow, 2 house Martin.
Further seawatching records from Heysham by the LDBWS team from Heysham Head till 10:00.
the first two Common Tern of the year
2 Arctic Skua
29 Gannet
1 Little Tern
1 Kittiwake
3 Manx Shearwater
3 Red throated diver
1 Cuckoo - not annual at Heysham
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| One of Janet's shots from yesterday. This Rock Pipit, near the lighthouse is eyeing up a fly |
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| Dunnock |
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| Tapered Drone Fly |
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| Alder Leaf Beetles making more Alder Leaf Beetles |
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| Eider pair |
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| Red-breasted Merganser pair |
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| Sandwich Terns resting on conger rock |
The remaining waders were in stark contrast to the winter mix. No Knot, Curlew or Turnstone. Almost no Redshank, just a lone bird high up the shore.
Whimbrel 8
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| Whimbrel |
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| Initially just 2 on the skear, this grew to 12 before they flew to the waterline out from Heysham Head. |
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| The numbers continued to grow |
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| Later two flocks of 54 and 12 flew high to the north |
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| Dunlin, well on the way to full summer plumage |
Gulls 350. Mainly Herring, but also Lesser and Great Black-Backed and Common. Many were shrimping in the rapidly draining channels. This clip includes Great and Lesser Black-Backed plus Herring gulls.
