A dry and relatively bright day with a north to NW wind
Seawatch report Pete 0605-0750:
arrived before sandbanks covered and immediate action including Arctic skua and 3 gannets flying over the sand.
Shag - 2cy flew past the harbour mouth heading in 0748
Gannet - 3,1,2,1 in
Kittiwake - 11 in
Arctic skua - LM in rapidly 0607, DM more leisurely 0700
Sandwich Tern - 35 in, c60 feeding in distant channel
Common Tern - 3,2 in
Common Scoter - c15
Velvet Scoter - Drake flew in initially quite high on its own then dropped to near sea level then lost it against Lou’s yellow brow trees at Rampside and it may have landed on sea
Swallow - most this spring with 116 in
House Martin - 2 in
Also 9 Arctic tern flew up lune estuary later in morning, seen from Cockersands
Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet
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| This Willow Warbler has darker than typical legs |
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| Male Blackcap |
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| Common Bluetail damselfly |
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| Wheatear on the foreshore |
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| Little Egrets on Red Nab |
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| Shelduck on one of the freshwater runoffs at Red Nab |
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| Holly Blue in the Nature Park |
Heysham skear Malcolm 13:30 - 14:15
Just a quick look as the skear was being exposed.
Eider 2 males
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| Drake Eider |
Sandwich Tern 2 feeding
Whimbrel 6. These two were after crabs
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| This one has a small crab..... |
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| ........but not for long! |
