A warm largely sunny day with a light west(ish) breeze
Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet
Buzzard 1 - being mobbed by the gulls
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| Emperor |
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| Four-spotted Chaser |
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| Ringlet |
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| Large Skipper |
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| Burnet Companion, front, back and side views |
Heysham Nature Reserve - Kevin
Banded Demoiselle 1 female. It was at the northern end, near the road to the harbour.
South shore - Malcolm 13:30 - 14:30
Saltmarsh
Meadow Pipit 2
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| This one was freshening up after a bath |
Small Tortoiseshell 2, Small White 1
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| Small Tortoiseshell |
I'd gone to check Red Nab for gulls on the rising tide, there were just few large gulls to begin with, and no more arrived! Possibly the two Peregrines screaming around the Power Stations had been a nuisance. It doesn't bode well for checking for Mediterranean gulls!
Curlew 18
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| Some of the Curlew |
Little Egret 2
Rock Pipit 1 heard only on Red Nab.
Nature Park
Ringlet 4
Speckled Wood 2
Imperial Rd - Malcolm 15:00 - 15:30
Buzzard 2 - one was arriving from the east with something in its talons, a second was calling from the copse, but it flew over to join the first bird when it landed in the tall trees by the bypass
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| Buzzard with a smallish capture |
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| This is the other, presumably expecting to be fed |
Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting and Dunnock were all feeding, calling and singing..
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| Sedge warbler |
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| Common Whitethroat |
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| Reed Bunting |
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| Dunnock |
Small Tortoiseshell 2
Silver Y 2
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