South shore (Shaun, Malcolm)
A two pronged attack with Shan along the sea wall and me out from Red Nab.
Little Gull 1 2nd calendar year arrived from in the bay, fed on No.1 outfall for 10 minutes then returned into the bay
Mediterranean gull 9 - 4 adult, 1 2nd calendar year and 4 juvenile
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| Adult and a Juvenile Mediterranean gull (on left) |
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| 2nd calendar year Mediterranean gull |
Sandwich Tern 1 heard briefly
Curlew 200+ south
Whimbrel 1 heard heading south
Oystercatcher c500
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| This Oystercatcher caught a Lugworm and ran from the others before eating it |
Grey Seal 1 out from No.1 outfall
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| The entire shore is covered in these tiny snails. They are what the small waders will be feeding on in a while. These are also what the Shelduck feed on here |
Painted Lady 1 in the Nature Park
Middleton Nature Reserve (Janet)
Kingfisher 1 flew west across the main pond
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| Speckled Wood |
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| Meadow Brown |
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| Large White |
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| Green- Veined White |
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| Red Admiral |
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| The Coot and Cormorants seemed to have a truce |
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| Immature Cormorants |
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| Truce or no truce, the young Coot didn't leave the cover of the reeds until the Cormorants had gone |
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| Feeding time |
Great Crested Grebe 5
Little Egret 4
Gulls 400 large, mainly Herring. Two ringed birds, one seen recently, the other ringed in 2019 at the Ribble estuary, hasn't been seen since before the breeding season.
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| N:01E - it is a difficult one to read as the 1 and the E are so close together |
Black-Headed gull 25
Mediterranean gull 1 adult
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| Mediterranean (left) with two Black-Headed gulls |
Waders
Oystercatcher 300 but more arriving all the time
Curlew 80
Redshank 15
Turnstone 40
Ringed Plover 12
