Good seawatch

 A strong and gusty WNW to NW wind with the odd squall. 

Considering the amount of north in the wind, Nick Godden did very well seawatching from the Stone jetty.

6.45-8.15am NW F5-6 at high tide

Eider 13
Common scoter 1m
Red-throated diver 6
Gannet 38 all adults
Kittiwake 258 in
Little gull 2ad, 1 1st w in just off the end of the Jetty
Common gull 6 1st w

The above is just part of Nick's report on the LDBWS sightings page, if you would like to see the full report follow this link. https://lancasterbirdwatching.org.uk/forums/topic/stone-jetty-21/

Heysham skear - Malcolm 10:00 - 11:30 and 15:00 - 16:00

Pale-bellied Brent goose 78 in one flock this morning (later Chris Vaghela saw 80 on Red Nab) at least 72 feeding on the skear this afternoon. These are the morning birds, the flock splits as they pass the skear.

Eider 25

Red-breasted Merganser 15 minimum, it was hard keeping track of them. There are 8 in this clip.

These are on one of the large pools on the skear and are easier to follow. As the spring wears on the males displaying becomes ever more frantic and less discriminating. I've seen them display to Eider and Grebes! 

But for now it is just the female Mergansers that are being perpetually "wooed".

Red-breasted Mergansers 

Common Gull at least 17 making their way out this morning 

Common gulls

Bar-Tailed Godwit 6 this morning 

Knot 2000 this morning, just 19 this afternoon. The morning birds were very flighty, but one new flagged bird was seen.

Knot and a Bar-Tailed Godwit 

Knot female Eider and Oystercatchers 

The other waders haven't been getting a mention of late, but numbers of Oystercatcher, Curlew, Redshank and Turnstone remain reasonably constant. 2 Ringed Plovers today

Oystercatchers

Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet

Shoveler pair

Cormorant 

Long-Tailed Tits

Greenfinch and Great Tit having a "discussion"!

Bullfinch......

........and Blue Tit both deciding that it is better to eat out

Lesser Black-Backed gull, someone else is hurling the generous portions of bread!

This Carrion Crow was in the Nature Park