Dry with sunny spells. A westerly wind shifting to south by evening.
Heysham sea - Pete 0640-0810:
bizarre record of 4 adult Mediterranean gulls out together (thought they would be on territory by now)
red throated diver - flock 5 in and four singletons
Common Scoter - c14
Guillemot - 2,2 out
Razorbill/guillemot - 1 out
Kittiwake - flock 9 in, 2 out
3ad plus 2cy outfalls
Just the 3 adult Kittiwake on No.2 outfall when Kevin Eaves checked later
Janet checked Red Nab
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| One Shelduck |
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| One Wheatear |
Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet
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| Chiffchaff |
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| Small Tortoiseshell |
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| Peacock |
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| Grey-spotted Sedgesitter (great name, shame it isn't a bird!) |
Heysham skear - Malcolm 08:15 - 09:45 and 14:00 - 15:00
Pale-bellied Brent goose 21 this morning
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| Some of the Brent geese |
Eider 50+
Red-breasted Merganser 7
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| Two male and a female Merganser, Eider behind |
Knot - there were 3,000 this morning until lifted by a Peregrine. 4000 this afternoon in three main groups, very flighty. Three new flagged birds were seen this morning
Sanderling 8 this morning, 34 this afternoon, all in winter plumage (What for this area are significant numbers of Sanderling appear to be spending the back end of the winter (too early for spring passage) in the Morecambe/Heysham area eg March webs, two separate date flyby flock(s) on SJ seawatching and today 34 on Heysham skeer joining the Knot. Be interesting to see if repeated next winter period - Pete)
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| Some of this morning's Sanderling with Knot |
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| Some of this afternoon's Sanderling |
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| One of several Dunlin with the Knot |
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| One of two Bar-Tailed Godwit with Knot and Oystercatcher |
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| Turnstones turned round! |
