Another dry and mainly sunny day with a light SE wind
Howard checked at high water this morning
Pale-bellied Brent goose 27 counted out from the play area, before they flew over to the skeer as the tide was dropping.
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| Still plenty of gutweed to feed on here |
There were no Knot roosting at the heliport or any of the groynes, but c1000 were on Heysham Head rocks.
Heysham skear - Malcolm 12:00 - 14:00
Pale-bellied Brent goose 8 flew north
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| Brent geese heading north, below are some of 300+ Black-Headed gulls hoping to feast on shrimps, but an onshore wind is best for shrimps here, and they quickly left |
Pink Footed goose 62 SE
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| Some of the Pink-Footed geese. The bird second from the left has a trailing leg. It was like this in all the shots. |
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| Better a broken leg than a broken wing |
Eider 35
Oystercatcher 1500
Curlew 1 today!
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| Curlew |
Redshank 130
Turnstone 40
Knot 1400, presumably the 1000 that roosted on Heysham Head rocks plus a few more. Most just rested
Some had a half hearted go at shrimping
By the time I left all the Knot had moved off to the north
The forecast is for offshore winds for the rest of the month. But it also forecast that this week would be wet! So hopefully we will get some more onshore winds.
Just out of the recording area - Teal Bay groyne - Howard
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| No Knot, but there was this leucistic Oystercatcher |
