Showers to begin with, but fine with sunny spells from early afternoon. A light SW wind.
Heysham skear - Malcolm 08:00 - 09:00
Pale-bellied Brent goose, just 2
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| Brent geese and Oystercatcher |
Eider 27
Red-breasted Merganser 8
Knot 2 flocks of c1500 lifted by the incoming tide. One headed high to SW, the other low south (later c3000 were on the sloping wall of the heliport)
Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet
Grasshopper warbler 1 singing
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| Common Whitethroat |
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| Female Orange Tip, plenty of males about too |
South shore
Kevin Eaves checked the sea wall first this afternoon. An adult and a 2nd calendar year Kittiwake were resting on the sea wall, he managed to pass without disturbing them.
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| 2nd calendar year Kittiwake |
They were still there when I passed a little later (Malcolm)
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| 2cy Kittiwake lower left, adult upper right. No.2 outfall in the background |
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| Adult Kittiwake. I too managed to pass them without disturbing, but only thanks to a lady with a dog waiting until I had done so. The Kittiwakes inevitably flew off as they passed. |
2cy Little Gull feeding at the seaward end of No.1 outfall
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| 2cy Little Gull |
Rock Pipit 2 (Red Nab and near the lighthouse)
Linnet 2 each, saltmarsh and waterfall area
Wheatear 6 along Ocean Edge and Red Nab
Lesser Whitethroat and at least 4 Chiffchaff singing in the Nature Park
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| Peacock in the Nature Park |
