Black Guillemot - summer plumage bird flying in then landed, floated out of sight then flew out 1156 - no sign floating back in by 1245 but sea a bit lumpy at the range.
Didn’t expect Black Guillemot this morning. After a few years of virtually annual regularity on a par with eg Puffin they have become really scarce in recent years whilst Puffins are virtually annual fare. Even more surprising given Walney or Furness in general have no recent records
Arctic Skua 1 dark morph in close at 1100
(prob dark morph small skua out v distantly at 1215)
Guillemot - 31 floating in
Common scoter - 295 in and a few out plus some distant shapes probably this species.
Sandwich Tern - minimum of 33 prob more
Common Tern - one out
2cy Shag and 2cy Little Gull both still around
Janet had a good walk around today:
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| Rock Pipits at the harbour |
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| Grey Seal with a small Bass |
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| Goldfinches in dispute in the Nature Park |
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| Rudd in Heysham Nature Reserve dipping pond, taking advantage of the abundant flies |
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| Song Thrush |
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| Four-Spotted Chaser |
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| First Broad-bodied Chaser this year |
