Dry for most of the day, although it looked like rain all morning. An afternoon shower, then sunny spells. A light SW wind.
South shore
I checked in the morning (Malcolm)
Rock Pipit 3 on Red Nab
Little Egret 6
Feeding on the outfalls is very patchy at the moment, most of the time there are almost no gulls on them.
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| No.1 outfall with hardly any gulls |
Then a shoal of Whitebait or Sandeels must get drawn in at the intake and suddenly every Black-Headed gull around is feeding. This is the same outfall a few minutes earlier
Mediterranean gulls 21 at least 13 adults 2 x 2nd calendar year, 6 juveniles. There were 6 juveniles feeding on the seaward end of No.1 outfall. Other sightings could have been the same birds
All but 2 of the adults were on the beach by the wooden jetty, and weren't tempted by the outfall when it was providing.
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| Of the six Meds in this shot, two have white rings and one just a metal ring. Both seen earlier this summer, the green ringed German bird was also present. |
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| It isn't often that the ring is so easy to read |
Janet check this afternoon and caught the only serious shower of the day!
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| One of the Red Nab Rock Pipits |
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| Redshank |
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| Oystercatcher |
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| Curlew |
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| Cormorants on the wooden jetty, no sign of the Shag. One Cormorant that rests on the jetty has an orange ring. It should be readable with a good scope |
The sun came out on the return leg - in the Nature Park:
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| Painted Lady |
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| Red Admiral |
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| Snail sp, giving the blackberries an appetising shine! |
