Wednesday, 28 October 2026

Still at least one Little Gull around

A wet start followed by a dry day with some sunshine in the afternoon. The SW wind weakened all day.

South shore - Kevin - mid afternoon 
1st cy Little Gull. No.2 outfall 

Heysham skear - Malcolm 15:30 - 16:30
The light was fading quickly!
Eider 53

Eider

Red-breasted Merganser 7

There was a lot of displaying going on

Little Egret 14


Curlew 45 resting together high up the skear
Oystercatcher c1000
Redshank 150
Knot 500 - difficult seeing colour marked birds, but two orange flagged birds were seen.
Turnstone 25
Curlew

Knot against the evening sky

This Herring Gull has a mussel. At this size they drop them repeatedly 
from height, on to the skear

Quite a large Barrel Jellyfish. That's my size 9 wellie