A dry day, some sunny spells after a hazy start. A light NW wind
Middleton Nature Reserve (Janet)
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| First Migrant Hawker of the year |
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| Male Red-Veined Darter on the west bank of the main pond |
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| Female Emperor |
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| Common Darter and a Gatekeeper |
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| Meadow Brown |
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| Speckled Wood The above three shots within inches of each other |
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| Red Admiral and Peacock |
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| Large White - not quite as large as it used to be |
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| Meadow Brown - not quite as brown as it used to be |
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| One of five or six swallows feeding high up |
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| Racing Pigeons (they are all ringed). Still in tight formation so presumably released not too far away |
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| Young Cormorant circling before landing on the main pond |
South shore (Malcolm)
I checked twice, this morning as the tide reached Red Nab and again in the afternoon when the beach by the wooden jetty was being exposed by the ebbing tide.
Mediterranean gulls 9 minimum. This morning there were 6 adults and a 2nd calendar year on Red Nab. Just 2 adults turned up at the feeding beach this afternoon, plus 2 juveniles alternating between resting and feeding on the outfalls.
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| Three of this morning's adult Mediterranean gull, leaving Red Nab |
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| Adult Mediterranean gull robbing an Oystercatcher this afternoon |
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| Juvenile Mediterranean gull |
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| Great Black-Backed gull on Red Nab this morning |
Wheatear 1 juvenile on foreshore
Rock Pipit 3 (1 + 2) on Red Nab
Whimbrel 1 this morning
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| Whimbrel |
Redshank 5 this afternoon
Common Sandpiper 1 this afternoon
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| You can just about make out the Common Sandpiper by No.1 outfall |
In the Nature Park this afternoon
Large White 6
Small White 8
Speckled Wood 6
Meadow Brown 4
Gatekeeper 6
Red Admiral 3
Comma 2
Small Skipper 2
Common Blue 10+
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| Small Skipper and a Red Admiral |
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| A very fresh and bright Comma |
