A few showers this morning, but mainly dry this afternoon with some sunny spells. A light SE wind.
Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet early afternoon
Greylag geese c50 south, more than we typically see here
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| Male Tufted Duck on the main pond |
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| Female Tufted Duck on the main pond |
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| Dabchick (Little Grebe) |
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| Ruddy Darter by the pond in the southern section |
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| Common Darter |
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| Field Grasshopper |
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| Noon Fly, sunbathing after the showers |
A couple of additional shots from Peter and Rosemary Silvester's visit yesterday
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| A very nice inflight shot of the male Clouded Yellow |
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| Common Darters ovipositoring |
North shore
Hummingbird Hawk-moth on the play area buddleia - Kevin Eaves
Heysham skear - Malcolm 13:15 - 14:40
Eider 1
Red-Breasted Merganser 6
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| Red-breasted Mergansers and an Eider |
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| Red-breasted Mergansers |
Little Egret 5
Gulls, mainly Herring gulls c250. Two previously seen colour ringed birds seen
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| This one ringed at Walney in 2014 |
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| The lack of gutweed on Red Nab might be frustrating for any returning Brent Geese, but any early arrivals will enjoy this Sea Lettuce in the SE corner. It won't last long though |
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| But the fallback option of gutweed is plentiful here, hopefully this should see them through winter. |
Oystercatcher c1000
Curlew 30
Redshank 35
Knot 10 together
Turnstone 50
Ringed Plover 3
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| Knot |
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| Ringed Plover |
The generation of the post was only moderately annoying this evening. Perhaps the demon has a day off on Sundays
