A warm sunny day with a light NW breeze.
Middleton Nature Reserve (Janet)
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| Grey Heron |
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| Common Whitethroat |
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| Peregrine Falcon |
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| Male Broad-bodied Chaser in the southern section of the reserve |
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| Another on the main pond |
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| A worn female Brimstone, laying eggs. Brilliant shot and brilliant camouflage! |
South shore (Kevin)
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| Burnet Companion in the scrub near the lighthouse |
Heysham skear (Malcolm) 13:30 15:00
Eider 6
Little Egret 2
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| A slightly different shot of a Little Egret with nicely spread out Oystercatchers |
Oystercatcher 1,000
Whimbrel 3
Gulls 600 mainly Herring. Two new ringed birds were seen today.
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| This one giving me a suitably respectful salute! We have received the histories of the 5 ringed gulls seen on Wednesday. Unfortunately, in each case that was their first sighting since being ringed. Ringing sites involved were: Bowland and the Ribble Estuary |
Swallow 2 in/off
Green-Veined White 1 (not seeming to know which direction to fly but last seen heading west)
