A dry sunny day with a fresh SE wind.
These shots by Janet in the Nature Park earlier this week.
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| Robin |
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| Great Tit |
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| Blue Tit |
Janet advises that the previously resident female Mute Swan on Middleton Nature Reserve main pond, has been taken to the vets for treatment to leg injuries caused by defending her territory against the newly arrived pair
Heysham skear - Malcolm 13:00 - 14:30
Pale-bellied Brent goose 13
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| These four were just 50m from the promenade as I walked out. There is clearly a rich vein of gutweed here |
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| They were still there 90 minutes later, despite being next to a popular dog exercising stretch of shore |
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| These nine Brent geese flew north |
Pink-Footed goose 34. A skein of 33 south and this lone bird.
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| Pink-Footed goose |
Eider at least 93.
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| Eider |
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| Little Egret, Eider, Oystercatcher and Redshank |
Oystercatcher 1500
Curlew 1
Redshank 150
Knot 750, not so many flagged birds today, but there was one from a different scheme.
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| One of a Humber scheme. Details awaited, but presumably quite old as the red flag is a very faded. |
Dunlin 3
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| Dunlin |
Ringed Plover 5
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| Ringed Plover |
