Very calm early on with just a hint of an east breeze. A light west breeze from mid morning. Sunshine all day.
Seawatch report by Pete:
Sea Heysham 0600-0815 (2 obs):
316 inbound Arctic tern
19 ‘Comic’ Tern
absolute min of 210 Sandwich Tern
129 Common Scoter
6 Gannet
4 Guillemot
1 Red throated Diver
2 adult Kittiwake embedded in an Arctic Tern flock
Middleton Nature Reserve (Janet)
The Mute Swan family had moved to the "no swimming" pond, possibly influencing what happened next.
A gaggle of 8 Greylag geese were circling over the main pond and then landed,
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| One brave one to begin with |
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| Then they all landed |
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| No sign of the Mallard chicks today, possibly in hiding. These two Mallard were "squabbling"! |
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| One Shelduck over |
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| Sparrowhawk |
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| Azure Blue damselfly and an Alder Leaf beetle |
North shore
Several (at least 7 of each) six-spot Burnet larvae and pupae along the sea wall today, especially towards the end. Looks like it's going to be a good year for them! - Kevin
I exercised my daughter's dog along the sea wall (Malcolm) I couldn't resist taking a clip of a six-spot Burnet larvae. Not exactly action packed but it has some therapeutic merit. The shadow is the dog passing by.
Rock Pipit 3 - one at Red Nab, one standing "guard" over the lighthouse nest hole while another was flying directly to it (too quickly to see if it was carrying food).
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| Rock Pipit above the lighthouse nest hole |
Whimbrel 7 (3 + 4)
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| Three of the four Whimbrel resting on No1 outfall |
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| There were a couple of Black-Headed gulls checking out the just emerging Sandmason worm tubes |
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| The Puffin Island Cormorant still electing to rest on No.2 outfall |
