A dry, largely sunny day. A light, but freshening slightly, north(ish) breeze
Heysham skear - Malcolm 09:15 - 10:15
Pink-Footed goose 102 south
Common Scoter 2
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| Female Common Scoters with a sleeping merganser |
Eider just 2
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| Female Eider |
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Little Egret 6
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| Little Egret arriving from the north |
Curlew 30
Oystercatcher c1000
Redshank c150
Knot c700
Turnstone 45
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| Turnstone |
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| Slightly easier to see Turnstone |
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| We are back to neap tides now so not much skear exposed. Someone was fishing on the north side, which caused the Knot to shift to the south side where they are much more difficult to check for any coded birds. I didn't have much time so called it a day |
Middleton Nature Reserve - Janet
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| Tufted duck drake |
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| Adolescent Goldfinch feeding on a teasel |
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| Common Darter |
South shore
Janet checked Ocean Edge
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| Another young Goldfinch. This time eating flower seeds |
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| Little Egret legging it |
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| 1 of 20+ Shelduck |
Kevin had a walk along the sea wall
This Rusty Dot Pearl was resting on the wall today. Not especially rare but it is a migrant and probably the first ever record for SD 35Z which basically just covers the end of the sea wall and the south of the harbour
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| Rusty Dot Pearl |
