Some unusual movement

Dry with sunny spells. A westerly wind shifting to south by evening.

Heysham sea - Pete 0640-0810: 

bizarre record of 4 adult Mediterranean gulls out together (thought they would be on territory by now)

red throated diver - flock 5 in and four singletons

Common Scoter - c14

Guillemot - 2,2 out

Razorbill/guillemot - 1 out

Kittiwake - flock 9 in, 2 out

3ad plus 2cy outfalls

Just the 3 adult Kittiwake on No.2 outfall when Kevin Eaves checked later

Janet checked Red Nab

One Shelduck

One Wheatear

Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet

Chiffchaff 

Small Tortoiseshell 

Peacock 

Grey-spotted Sedgesitter
(great name, shame it isn't a bird!)

Heysham skear - Malcolm 08:15 - 09:45 and 14:00 - 15:00

Pale-bellied Brent goose 21 this morning 

Some of the Brent geese

Eider 50+

Red-breasted Merganser 7

Two male and a female Merganser, Eider behind 

Knot - there were 3,000 this morning until lifted by a Peregrine. 4000 this afternoon in three main groups, very flighty. Three new flagged birds were seen this morning 

Sanderling 8 this morning, 34 this afternoon, all in winter plumage (What for this area are significant numbers of Sanderling appear to be spending the back end of the winter (too early for spring passage) in the Morecambe/Heysham area eg March webs, two separate date flyby flock(s) on SJ seawatching and today 34 on Heysham skeer joining the Knot.  Be interesting to see if repeated next winter period - Pete)

Some of this morning's Sanderling with Knot

Some of this afternoon's Sanderling

One of several Dunlin with the Knot

One of two Bar-Tailed Godwit with Knot and Oystercatcher 

Turnstones turned round!