A dry overcast day with a light southerly wind.
Heysham Nature Reserve yesterday's ringing - Jean, Nick and Rachel.
We caught 27 birds of 12 species:
New birds comprised
Goldfinch 3
Chaffinch 2
Great Tit 2
Coal Tit 1
Goldcrest 3
Robin 1
Blackbird 1
Wren 1
Retraps consisted of:
Goldfinch 6
Greenfinch 1
Robin 1
Wren 1
Blue Tit 2
Long-tailed Tit 2
Treecreeper 1
The retraps were mostly last year's youngsters and local to Heysham NR but the Greenfinch was much older, having been ringed on 8/10/2021 at Middleton NR.
A Cetti's Warbler was heard in the bushes near the fire pond area. It's been there a few days now so hopefully it will attract a female and breed.
Saltmarsh to Red Nab - Janet
This Carrion Crow has found a dead rodent on the saltmarsh
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| Shelduck flying from Red Nab |
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| Female Eider on Red Nab |
Two male Wheatears were quickly moving through, first seen on the foreshore rocks, these shots on Red Nab
Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet
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| Two male and a female Shoveler, we're hoping for the patter of tiny shovels this year! |
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| Cormorant |
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| This Coot on the "no swimming" pond came right up to Janet. Certainly being bold, but definitely not bald! |
North shore - Malcolm
Pale-Bellied Brent goose 10
A check of the waterline to the south of the skear 10:00 saw 2500 Knot feeding on the mud. I took this clip hoping that their soft calls would be clear, you can hear them, but the south breeze sounds stronger than it was.
Very few flagged birds were seen
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| A Peregrine Falcon eventually cleared them all |
A check on the skear this evening saw 2000 Knot with at least one new flagged bird for this winter. It won't be long before most of them will leave our area, although we do sometimes get some late flocks.
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| The yellow ring under the orange flag denotes ringed in Scotland. Details and history awaited |
Eider 14
Red-breasted Merganser 7
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