Goose, goosed?

Some sunny periods this morning, a light NE to E wind

South shore - Malcolm 09:00 - 09:30

It was ideal conditions compared to the last couple of days, for me at least. Apparently not ideal for the waders, there were none on the shore apart from a scattering of Oystercatcher and Curlew.

Pink-Footed goose 1 resting on the saltmarsh 

Pink-Footed goose

Often when just one is close in like this it has been shot and unable to fly.
But this one's feathers were intact, presumably it was just exhausted 

Shelduck 24 on Red Nab

Rock Pipit 1 along foreshore 

These were also along the foreshore, I've not seen them here before. I had to
look the leaves up. It is Italian Lords-and-Ladies. I am familiar with our common
Lords-and-Ladies (Cuckoo-pint). Apparently there is a sub species of the "Italian"
version that is found in the UK, but more probably it originated as a cultivated
plant. Garden waste from the caravans is often spread here.

Heysham skear - Malcolm 09:50 - 11:00

The skear was just uncovering. This shot is actually from the promenade at Rydal Rd. 

Some of the 55 Eider

Just a single Wigeon again

Just one Little Egret too

There were 500 Knot, the terrain high up the shore is difficult for spotting flagged birds, but eventually I was satisfied that I had seen all there was to see, just one! An orange flag over a pale blue ring again, possibly the same one that I saw on the south side yesterday.

This one definitely ringed in Wales, at Ynyslas Point, Dyfi Estuary in 2024

Just out of the recording area - Heysham Moss Nature Reserve - Janet

Buzzard, possibly one of those regularly seen at Imperial Rd

Woodcock flew east from the central area of the Moss