Canadas take time out

Light showers in the morning with a SE wind. Dry with some sunshine in the afternoon, the wind weakened and shifted round to NW

Heysham skear - Malcolm 09:00 - 10:30

Canada geese 31 - as I was setting off there were 15 resting on the mud to the north of the skear

This shot is from the promenade 

As I headed out another 16 arrived from the south and landed in the SE skear corner.

Canada geese arriving in the skear corner

They were fine as I passed them by, they freshened up a while before continuing north

Eider 6 males. They were feeding in the shallows and looked to be eating small clumps of seed mussels.

Red-breasted Merganser 1

Great Crested grebe 1

Little Egret 3

Grey Heron 1 - the gulls weren't happy and were mobbing it. The clip is a bit wobbly as I was stood on wobbly ground!

I moved to firmer ground, but the gulls had just given up, and the Heron decided to leave.

Gulls, mainly Herring gulls 350 - 400

Just a few of the gulls and a dredger heading in to the harbour 

Oystercatcher not counted, Curlew 1. The only other waders were...

Knot 39 in one flock (1st summer birds that do not fly to the breeding grounds)

Some first summer birds do have a partial moult to breeding plumage 

They seemed to be harvesting the seed mussels easily enough 

The north side Canadas were still on the mud as I returned to the promenade
But I counted 16 this time, probably missed one earlier unless a stray had joined them