More easy viewing Kitts

Overnight rain eased in the morning then lunchtime heavy showers. A fresh SW wind.

A few shots by Janet around Middleton Nature Reserve main pond feeding area yesterday.

Long-Tailed Tits

Bullfinch

Reed Bunting 

Goldfinch

Chaffinch - all the above would have been present today too

South shore

Pete checked from Ocean Edge at 11:24

2 ad and one 2cy kittiwake heysham two outfall

27 pale bellied Brent red nab 

I walked along the sea wall 14:15 - 15:30 Malcolm

The tide was just leaving the Red Nab rocks, but 27 Brent were already back, or they remained on the water. Red Nab would have been completely covered at 13:00 high water.

There are no Wigeon now, and the gutweed is thriving in the longer, warmer days.

Shelduck 4 (2 + 2)

Red-breasted Merganser 1 female

Little Egret 2

This is one of Janet's from yesterday. The Egret looking like a guard for the Redshank

Rock Pipit 1 along the sea wall and 1 between lighthouse and waterfall in the harbour 

Wheatear 4 males (3 along foreshore 1 on Red Nab)

Wheatear

Linnet 6 on saltmarsh and Ocean Edge grass

Linnet

Slightly unusual, there were only two species of gulls on the outfalls.

Common Gulls 7 minimum 

A nice shot of a 2nd calendar year Common Gull by Janet yesterday 

Kittiwake 4 adult and a 2nd calendar year all on No.2 outfall

All four adult Kittiwakes in this shot

Adult Kittiwakes 

2nd calendar year Kittiwake

This is one of the adults. It doesn't need a single wing flap in this clip.

This Cormorant in the harbour caught what looks like an eel, but it is a bit
early for eels. It also swallowed it very quickly, eels tend to make a nuisance 
of themselves. I suspect that this may be (or rather, was) a Lamprey.

Shaun checked later in the afternoon and things had changed:

16:30-17:30

Kittiwake 10 - 5 adult + the 2CY on Outfall 2. 4 adult on Outfall 1 after following in the ferries. They hung around the seaward end for a while before heading back into the Bay. The 5 + 1 on No.2 were still there when I walked back.

Wheatear 8 - 5m + a female on the beach at Red Nab. Plus 2m Ocean Edge.

Rock Pipit 3 Ocean Edge. One chasing another. Territorial dispute.