I caught a Blue Tit BAJ0282 in the front garden at Claughton yesterday morning (8/2) which had been ringed at Middleton NR last autumn on 17/10/25.
It was ringed as a 3 - so was born in 2025. It has moved approx 10.1 miles ENE and is probably making its way up the Lune valley and could end up breeding in one of the woods along there.
Heysham skear - Malcolm 11:00 - 12:00
Pale-bellied Brent goose just 6 (3 x 2) seen
No Eider or Mergansers seen, the only other wildfowl was a single male Wigeon.
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| Unlike the south side of the Harbour, Wigeon are relatively uncommon on the north side. |
A few more Redshank around today c150, also more Curlew 45. The other waders similar to yesterday, including c150 Knot scattered around in small groups.
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| A group of Knot typical of today's birds. No flagged birds were seen. |
Middleton Nature Reserve main pond - Malcolm
Tufted Duck 8
Gadwall 2
Mallard 20+
Shoveler 2 pairs, the other 2 males presumably moved on.
There was someone feeding the gulls in the above clip. Mainly Black-Headed, plus a few Herring gulls. For some reason this line of Black-Headed gulls decided to follow the Tufted ducks around.
Imperial Rd - Malcolm 15:00
Just a quick check, there was very little going on.
Kestrel 1 female
No Water Rails calling or Buzzards soaring
There were some Wrens at least. I took this clip here the other day it seemed to enjoying a bit of sunshine.
Pink-Footed goose 12 north - Pete advises checking all flocks of Pinkfoot for Russian White-fronted geese.
Reached the point where it’s not a case of a possible Russian whitefront in any pinkfoot flocks over Heysham but how many. I’ve just had 57 in the lune valley at Farleton near Claughton with many geese hidden and there is a flock of 507!! At Bradshaw lane near pilling with 50s at eg Cockersands
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| These 5 Little Egret were resting in the field just east of the Imperial Rd roundabout |
