Another dry and mainly sunny day with a SE breeze
South shore - Dave Bickerton
Shag and Merlin Heysham harbour.
One Twite with ten Linnets on Red nab (Twite sightings have become increasingly rare here over recent years)
Janet walked past the saltmarsh
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| One of 50+ Wigeon |
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| Curlew coming in to land |
Middleton Nature Reserve
These shots by Janet
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| Tufted Duck |
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| Male Common Darter |
I just did a quick check of the two largest ponds (Malcolm)
Main pond
Mute Swan pair
Oddly no Mallard
Gadwall 14
Tufted Duck 2
Coot 4
Moorhen 3
The Tufted Duck were feeding
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| Some of the Gadwall |
"no swimming" pond
Mute Swan 2
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| The wry necked Swan has a companion |
Tufted Duck 1 - it was originally on the main pond before flying here.
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| Tufted Duck leaving the main pond to the feeding pair |
Shoveler pair
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| Shoveler drake |
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| Shoveler duck |
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| Pair |
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| Grey Heron watching on from the trees |
