The east wind provides some interest

Very warm (27°C) despite being mainly overcast. An east breeze all day becoming quite fresh in the afternoon 

This from Jeff Gorse.

The North Lancashire Wildlife Group (NLWG) did a field trip at Heysham yesterday. I’ll send the site records once received but in terms of immediate highlights we had 2 female Speckled Bush-Crickets on the landscape strip, a male Short-Winged Conehead at Ocean Edge 

speckled bush-cricket - more shots later in the week

Grey Seal bobbing near the jetty.

Steve Garland also found a Tebenna micalis - Small Thistle Moth, a micro-moth which is the fourth Lancashire record (he’d contributed the third as well, a week or so ago!). 

North shore - Pete Crooks

I had a walk along the prom this afternoon 

2 Mediterranean Gulls (adult and juvenile) on the sea in Heysham Village Bay at high tide 

Hummingbird Hawk-moth at St Peter's  Church, Heysham.

South shore

Malcolm 10:30 - 12 and just Red Nab 13:00 - 13:30

As soon as I reached the sea wall this morning I could see there was an Osprey on the post at the end of No.2 outfall again. These shots are from later when I was further along the sea wall.

Initially it was just finishing off eating a fish.

It then moved a little higher revealing its blue ring on its right leg.
There are no remains of the fish to be seen

Meanwhile a Grey Seal was eating a fish directly below the post.
Possibly the Osprey's discard

A fresh east breeze was blowing, it was warm and the tide was out. These are the three factors that we normally associate with insect migration here. But it was a bit early and although warm it wasn't sunny. On the way out along the sea wall the only insects seen coming in off were

Red Admiral 2

Small Tortoiseshell 1

But as I was checking the scrub and brambles at the end of the sea wall, more butterflies were coming in.

15 minutes checking the area saw:

Small White 7

Painted Lady 8

Red Admiral 7

Common Blue 1

Small Tortoiseshell 1

Meadow Brown 7

Silver Y 1

Walking back along the sea wall 6 Painted Lady flew past me

Painted Lady having a rest along the sea wall

Rock Pipit 3 at Red Nab

Rock Pipit

Linnet 5 at Red Nab

Linnet

In the Nature Park 

Red Admiral 7

Painted Lady 2

Peacock 2

Brimstone 2 males

Small White 5

Common Blue 1

Speckled  Wood 2

Meadow Brown 5

Migrant Hawker 1

Brimstone feeding on Buddleia. They always rest with their wings closed,
and both the male and female underwings have a leaflike colour,
but the males are more yellow than the females

It is only when the male flies does he reveal his bright yellow upper wings, so I took this clip to demonstrate. A Red Admiral also in this clip.

I'd noticed that there were quite a few Mediterranean gulls with the Black-Headed gulls on Red Nab, so I returned at 13:00 with wellies on.

Mediterranean gull 16 minimum

Even close to them they were difficult to see and most were hunkered 
down or partially obscured 

I did manage to see on yellow ringed bird AZTZ. One already seen this 
summer. Ringed in Germany in 2019

The Osprey was still on the post at the end of No.2 outfall.
This is looking from Red Nab at 13:10

Kevin checked the sea wall at 13:30

a total of 4 Painted Lady, 4 Red Admiral, and 3 Small Tortoiseshell. 

A Grey seal near the outfall and this rather impressive Red Wasp Vespula rufa.