An early shower then a dry sunny day. A fresh NW wind
Middleton Nature Reserve
This from Janet on the main pond
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| Teneral Red-veined Darter |
Peter and Rosemary checked the southern section of the reserve
There were still a few Common Darters around at the Southern pond but not nearly as many as of late. |
| This Common Darter casting a good shadow in the sun |
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| This pair were very busy |
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| A very obliging Migrant Hawker |
South shore
Janet went to see if the Kingfisher was along the foreshore rocks, but no sign of it today.
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| This Little Egret was after the fish instead |
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| Curlew |
Kevin checked along the sea wall
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This Turnip Moth was on the sea wall.
Not rare but it's the first time I've seen one here. |
Heysham skear - Malcolm 13:00 - 15:00
There were many more birds around today, possibly due to the weather or perhaps just because the tides are rising again.
200 Herring gulls were feeding.
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Just some of the gulls, they were all Herring gulls today, many of them adult,
or at least near adult |
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One was one of last year's birds ringed on the Power Station roof.
But this is the first time it has been seen at Heysham. |
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| The only Lesser Black-Backed seen was high up the shore |
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| As was this Great Black-Backed |
Eider 16 all but 1 male in different stages of moulting into breeding plumage
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| Male Eiders |
Red-breasted Merganser 2
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| This male also moulting out of eclipse |
Oystercatcher 2000
Curlew 25 feeding plus 20 south in small groups
Redshank a big increase, at least 260
Knot 4 (1 and 3)
Turnstone 80
Dunlin 1
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| Knot, the one on the left is a juvenile |
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The Redshank were like this all around the edges of the skear.
There were probably more than I estimated |
