A good variety of sightings

An overcast start with a light SSE breeze. The sun broke through in the afternoon and the breeze freshened as it shifted to SW

Swift 2 seen over Heysham Village yesterday - first of the year - David Kaye

Today's seawatch - Pete

Heysham North Harbour Wall (6.50 - 11.10 am) 

Canada Geese 2 in off then east

1st summer Little Gull in at 7.08 am

1 dark morph Arctic Skua out at 8.20 am

7 Manx Shearwater

2 Gannet, 1 Red- throated Diver

46 Common Scoter

21 Guillemot

c120 Pink Footed Geese north

At least 60 Sandwich Tern based on outbound count  and taking into account bloggers 

13 northbound Whimbrel

1 Sparrowhawk in-off 

1 Harbour Porpoise - first of the year

Heysham Nature Reserve (Jean)

Grasshopper Warbler reeling in the tank farm

Ocean Edge (Malcolm) 09:30 - 10:00

Just a quick morning visit 2 hours before high water.

Linnet 8

Wheatear 2

Male Wheatear

Pale-bellied Brent goose 2 on Red Nab

Pale-bellied Brent geese

Little Egret 2 on Red Nab

Little Egret

Sandwich Tern 3 on the green buoy

Whimbrel 2 - 1 calling from the saltmarsh another on Red Nab (these were the only waders seen or heard)

Whimbrel and Lesser Black-Backed gull

This pair of Bullfinches were on the fence near the white barrier in the Nature Park

But they weren't after the seeds left out by visitors.

Middleton Nature Reserve 

Ringing report by Alan

I set nets at Middleton this morning from just after dawn. The site is poor for passage migrants when the wind is from the south but I had hoped to catch some of the grounded warblers.  Five species of warblers were singing in the vicinity but I was not successful - only seven birds caught in four hours comprised:

Chiffchaff  2 +1 retrap

Great Tit   3 unringed individuals was surprising

Blackbird  1 breeding female

 

Overhead, the only birds noted were two swallows in from the seaward side and an alba wagtail flying towards the northwest.

Janet checked later

Swift 1 over high and fast to the west 

Swift

Common Whitethroat 

Bullfinch

Willow Warbler 

Grey Heron

Large Red Damselfly 

Female Azure Blue Damselfly (probably)

Just north of the recording area Cuckoo heard from Norton Grove - ref Janet