Canada day

Just a bit cooler today, particularly in the morning. A light SE wind 

It was obviously a good day for Canada geese to be heading north:

82 Canada Geese in three flocks all following the exactly same flight line over Eardley Road. Another 2 came in off the Sea - David Kaye

Canada Geese flying north

Janet saw 2 on the main pond at Middleton Nature Reserve plus at least 24 in one flock over to the north.

Canada geese

So 110 seen over the recording area, more or possibly some of the same ones were seen to our south heading this way. This from Adam at Preesall:

Had 120 Canadas plus load of greylags north over the Preesall  garden this morning. 80 odd of them landed mile or so out on the sea presumably you got these birds.

Also from Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet

Coot chick beginning to lose its downy plumage 

This Common Whitethroat took a caterpillar into a bush
and returned with a fecal sac

Roe Deer on the southern section 

Heysham Nature Reserve - Reuben 

Clouded Yellow - on the plateau grassland

South shore - Malcolm 12:45 - 14:15

I did exactly the same walk as yesterday, but I was expecting more insects in the SE wind. There were more, but nothing outstanding 

Foreshore

Painted Lady 2

Large White 2

Common Blue 4

Red Admiral 1

Seawall (first number out and the second back)

Painted Lady 9, 5

Red Admiral 5, 3

Small White 4, 0

Cinnabar 0, 1 

Lighthouse to waterfall

Painted Lady 5 (total 21)

Red Admiral 3 (total 12)

Small White 1 (total 5)

Silver Y 1 (total 1 clearly yesterday's 18 were recent arrivals not residents)

The only dragonfly seen was a Four-spotted Chaser between the lighthouse and the waterfall 

Four-spotted Chaser resting on the brambles along the Power Station perimeter 

Linnet 3 on Ocean Edge grass and 4 between the lighthouse and waterfall 

Linnet feeding amongst the Sea Stork's-bill at Ocean Edge

Rock Pipit at least 2 between the lighthouse and waterfall