Velvet Scoter joins the mix

A dry and relatively bright day with a north to NW wind

Seawatch report Pete 0605-0750: 

arrived before sandbanks covered and immediate action including Arctic skua and 3 gannets flying over the sand. 

Shag - 2cy flew past the harbour mouth heading in 0748

Gannet - 3,1,2,1 in

Kittiwake - 11 in 

Arctic skua - LM in rapidly 0607, DM more leisurely 0700 

Sandwich Tern - 35 in, c60 feeding in distant channel 

Common Tern - 3,2 in 

Common Scoter - c15

Velvet Scoter - Drake flew in initially quite high on its own then dropped to near sea level then lost it against Lou’s yellow brow trees at Rampside and it may have landed on sea

Swallow - most this spring with 116 in

House Martin - 2 in

Also 9 Arctic tern flew up lune estuary later in morning, seen from Cockersands

Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet

This Willow Warbler has darker than typical legs

Male Blackcap

Common Bluetail damselfly

Wheatear on the foreshore 

Little Egrets on Red Nab

Shelduck on one of the freshwater runoffs at Red Nab

Holly Blue in the Nature Park 

Heysham skear Malcolm 13:30 - 14:15

Just a quick look as the skear was being exposed.

Eider 2 males

Drake Eider

Sandwich Tern 2 feeding

Whimbrel 6. These two were after crabs

 

This one has a small crab.....

........but not for long!