Another very warm sunny day (temperature peaked at just under 18°C this afternoon) a very light variable breeze.
Pete did a few checks. These from the back of the harbour.
Crane 2 very high to the north. Presumed Common, but too high and distant to check detail
1 distant Red-Throated Diver out
Chiffchaff 3 amongst the Buddleia
Rock Pipit 2, one collecting nest material
Ocean Edge
Pale-Bellied Brent 33
Wigeon 100
I did same circuit as yesterday (Malcolm)
Saltmarsh
No Wigeon here today, they all stayed around the Red Nab area, just 2 Shalduck
Little Egret 1
Common Snipe 4
Reed Bunting 2
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| Reed Bunting |
Foreshore
Rock Pipit 1
Wheatear 1 male
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| Wheatear |
Red Nab as Pete
Nature Park
Chiffchaff 1 singing
Comma 1
Heysham Nature Reserve - Alan
It was Spring today and with a very light southerly breeze I set nets behind the office building. The catch of birds at the feeders was modest, although I finished at midday and many of the feeder birds do seem to arrive in early afternoon. The total of 33 birds included 12 Goldcrests, two Chiffchaffs and two Coal Tits, all on passage.
The Total catch:
Goldcrest 12
Chiffchaff 2
Coal Tit 2
Robin 1 + 1 retrap
Bullfinch 1 + 1 retrap
Long tailed Tit 1 retrap
Goldfinch 3 + 1 retrap
Greenfinch 4 +1 retrap
Great Tit 1 retrap
Chaffinch 1
Blue Tit 1 retrap
This large caterpillar was seen traversing the car park. It was about 70mm long and turned out to be a Fox Moth, a species very much out of place here. I removed it to a place of safety out of reach of car tyres.
Heysham skear - Malcolm 13:45 - 15:45
Pale-bellied Brent goose 7
Eider 40
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| This male looks to be displaying to one female, while eying another! |
Red-breasted Merganser 5
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| Female Red-breasted Merganser |
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| Male Red-breasted Merganser |
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| Herring and Lesser Black-Backed gulls |
Little Egret 3
Knot 3000+ several flagged birds seen
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| Some of the Knot |
Bar-Tailed Godwit 1
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| Knot, Bar-Tailed Godwit and Redshank |
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| First Common Starfish this year |
Just out of the recording area. The local Rooks seem to be doing very well at the moment. Angela Gillon works at Morecambe Bay school, in the middle of Morecambe, and noticed that a new rookery is forming in the trees across the road. This is the third new rookery around the area in recent years.
