Still some insects worth seeing

A dry, largely sunny day. A light, but freshening slightly, north(ish) breeze

Heysham skear - Malcolm 09:15  - 10:15

Pink-Footed goose 102 south

Common Scoter 2 

Female Common Scoters with a sleeping merganser

Eider just 2

Female Eider

Red-breasted Merganser 3

Little Egret 6

Little Egret arriving from the north

Curlew 30

Oystercatcher c1000

Redshank c150

Knot c700

Turnstone 45

Turnstone 

Slightly easier to see Turnstone 

We are back to neap tides now so not much skear exposed. Someone was fishing on
the north side, which caused the Knot to shift to the south side where they are much
more difficult to check for any coded birds. I didn't have much time so called it a day

Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet

Tufted duck drake

Adolescent Goldfinch feeding on a teasel 

Common Darter

South shore 

Janet checked Ocean Edge

Another young Goldfinch. This time eating flower seeds

Little Egret legging it

1 of 20+ Shelduck

Kevin had a walk along the sea wall

This Rusty Dot Pearl was resting on the wall today. Not especially rare but it is a migrant and probably the first ever record for SD 35Z which basically just covers the end of the sea wall and the south of the harbour 

Rusty Dot Pearl