Wow! A bit of sunshine

 Heavy overnight rain, but followed by a dry and sometimes sunny day. A light east wind.

Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet

Tufted Ducks. There was a Gadwall pair as well 
Later Pete saw 10 Teal

Long-Tailed Tit

The last three characters on this Reed Bunting's ring are clear to read.
It isn't possible to be positive about an individual with just a partial code,
but one with a matching last three numbers was ringed here in 2023

Imperial Rd - Malcolm 09:30

Buzzard 2 constantly calling and flying between the copse and the trees along the bypass.

This one with a white bib, was doing most of the flying, it is also the
smallest of the two so that should make it the male

Not a great shot of the second bird, but the one on the left is the bird in 
flight in the shots above, and is clearly the smaller bird

At one point there were 12 Magpies mobbing it, but they had more or less given up at this point, although it did seem to be teasing them. You can hear Teal calling in the background as well as the roar of vehicles along the bypass.

Sparrowhawk 1 flew north

Surprisingly, no Kestrels seen

Carrion Crow 6

Jay 2 individuals, both north, but suspect just local movement 

Little Egret 1

Stock Dove 2 together 

Teal 7

Water Rail 2-3

No Stonechats again, and also none seen by Janet when she checked this afternoon 

South shore

I checked towards high water 13:00 - 14:00 (Malcolm)

Pale-bellied Brent goose 28 on Red Nab

Wigeon c200 on and around Red Nab plus several rafts further out to sea

Peregrine Falcon 1 east

I went to watch the tide covering the saltmarsh, but I underestimated the time that it would be covered and overestimated my patience to wait! I left before the whole marsh was covered and didn't manage to see any Jack Snipe.

Common Snipe 23

Reed Bunting 3

These are the Brent Geese after leaving Red Nab. I tried to see where 
they ended up, they went past Potts heading towards the Lune estuary
before being lost from view

When Janet checked later in the afternoon on the ebb tide, the Brent were back on Red Nab.

Pale-bellied Brent geese

Wigeon

Cormorants 

North shore - Malcolm

A check of the skear from the promenade as the tide was coming in and a check of the Heliport high water roost later on failed to locate any Knot.