A dry sunny day. A fresh wind, NE early on then east
Pete:
Dead Sea apart from odd Corvid in transit.
4 common scoter
3 outbound Canada geese
1 sandwich tern.
Outfalls: 2cy little gull and brief visits from two Common Tern together and a single Arctic Tern
Osprey fishing outfalls 0815
Swifts 2 over Heysham Village - first of the year - David Kaye
South shore - Malcolm 13:45 - 15:30
A walk from saltmarsh then along the sea wall and back through the Nature Park. High water was 15:40
Linnet 2 on saltmarsh and 2 near the waterfall
Meadow Pipit 1 grounded at the saltmarsh and calling constantly
Whimbrel 7 together landed out from the foreshore
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| Whimbrel |
No Wheatears or Brent Geese seen
Little Egret 2 on Red Nab
Peregrine Falcon one came from the south and settled on the Power Station
Kittiwake, the 2nd calendar year was resting on the sea between the outfalls. On the return leg it was resting on the sea wall by No.2 Outfall
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| 2cy Kittiwake |
Mediterranean gull 1 2cy on No.1 outfall
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| 2cy Mediterranean gull |
Little Gull the 2cy was still feeding on No.1 outfall
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| 2cy Little Gull |
Common Tern just one feeding on No.1 outfall
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| Common Tern |
Rock Pipit 3 - two near the lighthouse plus one near the waterfall
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| Plenty of flies along the sea wall today |
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| You can see the flies resting on the wall, but not for long! |
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| Rock Pipit on one of the Platforms near the waterfall |
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| Something has built a nest under the superstructure of one of the platforms, the black tail of a sitting bird suggests Carrion Crow |
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| A safer location than the Carrion Crow nest built on the wooden jetty a couple of years ago |
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| There were two Goldfinch near the lighthouse, this one ringed |
Swallow 2 one flew north at speed. But this male must have been exhausted as he was resting on the sloping sea wall and made no attempt to move, despite my presence and flies flitting around him!
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| Swallow |
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| Grey Seal resting between the outfalls |
Small Tortoiseshell 2 and Small White 1 east along the wall
Nature Park
Willow warbler, Blackcap and Chiffchaff singing
Heliport - Malcolm
It was almost high water as I was heading home, so I stopped off.
Knot c500 on the sloping wall and occasionally spooked, but the few that rested on the top were not flagged.
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| Knot |
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| Bar-Tailed Godwit and Knot both well on the way to full summer plumage |
I checked again later to see if they would move to the mud, but they had already moved on.
