What a difference a day makes

Mainly overcast with the odd light shower in the morning. More serious showers began mid afternoon.

South shore - Malcolm 09:45 - 11:15

I started by retracing my walk from yesterday morning when I saw so many passerines. Today there were hardly any!

No Linnet seen or heard

The only bird along the foreshore was a solitary Pied Wagtail 

Pied Wagtail 

Rock Pipit 2 between the foreshore and Red Nab

Rock Pipit. It has found something to eat, looks like an insect pupa.

Wheatear 1 on Red Nab

Wheatear

And that was it for passerines, other than a second Wheatear later along the eastern edge of the saltmarsh.

Mediterranean gull 1 adult and 2 1st calendar year on Red Nab.

Osprey 1 briefly on the post at the end of No.2 outfall

Distant Osprey

I didn't go along the sea wall today, but walked out onto the mud then back to the faux castle that defines the southern limit of the recording area and back along the shoreline. The only waders seen were Oystercatchers along the waterline and a single Redshank on the mud.

There are loads of small snails for the smaller waders. This is just 
a 10cm x 10cm section 

There were a few gulls

This is a young Great Black-Backed gull with Black-Headed gulls.
Showing just what a large gull they are

From left to right: Black-Headed, Lesser Black-Backed and Great Black-Backed gulls

Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet

Several young pheasants seen scurrying along a track.

Painted Lady 4

I didn't manage to get any on MNR but this one was in my garden this morning.

There were two Buzzards pestering crows on Clay Lane near the Moss