Mainly overcast with the odd light shower. A light west breeze.
Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet
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| Silver Y, hovering to feed |
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| Six-spot Burnet |
South shore
Shaun managed a quick check of Red Nab and the outfalls this morning
Mediterranean Gull 11 - 8 adults and 3 x 3cy.
Janet checked later
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| One of two Little Egret |
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| No Mediterranean gulls seen |
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| Pied Wagtail with either a mate or young to feed |
I checked from 15:45 - 17:15 - Malcolm
In the Nature Park
Ringlet 6
Meadow Brown 1
Painted Lady 1
Peregrine Falcon 3 - an adult flew across the Nature Park. 2 juveniles were buzzing the gulls around the Power Stations
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| Juvenile Peregrine Falcon |
I went to watch the feeding beach by the wooden jetty become exposed. I know that there are hardly any Sandmason worm tubes high up the shore, but perhaps any arriving Mediterranean Gulls wouldn't. One adult did turn up as soon it the mud was exposed, but didn't stay long!
You can see that there are some embryonic Sandmason tubes just showing, but clearly no feeding opportunities yet.
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| It flew over to the beach between the outfalls....... |
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| .......and joined 3 other adult Mediterranean gulls |
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| As I was heading back a 3rd calendar year Mediterranean gull tried feeding along the waterline of the beach by the wooden jetty, there are a few more Sandmason worm tubes further out |
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| Shag, second from the left, with Cormorants |
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| This shot is from 5 days ago. A Herring gull with 2 chicks on one of the Harbour platforms |
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| This is one of the, slightly larger, chicks today. Its sibling was hiding behind a bollard, waiting for an adult to return |
Cormorant in the harbour have a spruce up
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| Gulls on Red Nab. Left to right: Great Black-backed, Lesser Black-backed and Herring gulls |
Between the lighthouse and the waterfall:
Rock Pipit 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Linnet 7
Goldfinch 2
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| Most of the Linnet were on the perimeter fence, but this one obliged briefly |
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| Goldfinch having a drink |
Kestrel 1 feeding over the saltmarsh
