Middleton Photos

Heysham Obs
Repair work on the North Harbour Wall more extensive today and more disruptive
with only 12 Finches seen.
Goldfinch 5
Twite 7
Med Gull Adult
Harbour
Guillemot 2
Kittiwake 2 Adults & 2CY
Middleton 
Scaup 2CY Male
JM

Selection of birds at the Middleton site today.

Lots of Linnet

and I missed the shot of the Jack Snipe.

A ringed Black Headed Gull below

Photos Janet Packham

Wednesday 15th January

Heysham Obs

No reports so far today

Same Again

Heysham Obs

North Harbour Wall
Work has now started on repairing and resurfacing some of the areas damaged by the storm.
Which means that parking will be even more restricted for a period
Twite 15+
Goldfinch 20+
Linnets 5+
Med Gulls 2 Adults

Outfalls
Little Gull 2CY

Harbour
Guillemot 2
Kittiwake 2 Adults & 2x2CY

Middleton
Quick check only
Scaup juv male
Pochard 4 male
Tufted 17

JM

Photo Day

Heysham Obs

Thank to Janet Packham for todays photos.

North Harbour Wall
Med Gulls 3 Adults

Harbour
Guillemots 4
Kittiwakes Ad & 2CY

Outfalls
Little Gulls 2x2CY

Middleton Nature Reserve
4 pochard (all male)
1 Scaup juv male
16 tufted
9 gadwall
89 teal
10 mallard
1 Little Egret
41 common snipe
1 jack snipe
1 woodcock
1 each, peregrine, sparrowhawk, kestrel
3 stock dove
(MD)




                Middleton Model Boat Pond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North Harbour Wall

Rock Pipits and Guillemots

Heysham Obs

North Harbour Wall

Twite 17

Goldfinch 20

Linnets 5

Med Gull adult

Harbour

Guillemots 4

Kittiwake 3 (2Ad & 2CY)

Middleton Model Boat Pond

Scaup juv male

Pochard 4 male

Tufted Duck 6

Disturbance due to people feeding bread to the Swans

Red Nab to Wooden Jetty

Little Gull juv

Med Gull ad

Peregrines 2

Rock Pipit 2

   

Red Nab this morning, Rock Pipit

 Photos Janet Packham

 

Rock Pipit at the old wooden jetty

 One of 4 Guillemots in the harbour

JM

Brief Visit

Heysham Obs
Just a very brief visit not including Red Nab or Outfalls

Middleton
Scaup - juv male
Pochard - 3 males
Gadwall - 3
Tufted Duck - 10+

Harbour
Guillemot - 4
Kittiwake - 2 adults & 2CY

North Harbour Wall
Finches 40+
including
Twite  15+ (10ringed)
Med Gull Ad
JM

Also Red Nab / Outfalls
Wigeon  111
Little Gull 2CY

Good coverage and a mystery

Heysham Obs
Keep an eye on the sea, something interesting of the small grebe ilk could have been seen today in flight and landing on the sea, but very distant and couldn't be found after it dived


Middleton
Woodpigeon - unexpected movement with 106 + 19 S
Pink-footed Goose - 32 N, 65 S
Tufted Duck - 17
Scaup - juv male
Pochard - 3 males
Teal - 50+
Gadwall - 3
Mallard - 8
Little Egret - 1 (& one Ocean Edge)


Outfalls
Little Gull - Ad & 2 2CY
Kittiwake - ad & 2CY


Harbour
Guillemot - 3
Kittiwake - ad & 2CY

Ducks hit the heights

Heysham obs
Good numbers of ducks on Middleton but sadly disturbed and scattered by late pm dog walkers notably the mutts accompanying someone with an overworked and ineffectiveI whistle

Middleton
Pochard- 3 males
Tufted duck - 14
Scaup - juv male
Teal - 60 plus being scattered
Mute swan- one young had gone

Outfalls
Little gull - 2 2cy

Full house of the same

Heysham obs

North wall pm

Twite - 31

Linnet - 5

Goldfinch - 20 plus

Outfalls

Little gull - 3 2cy am. Two later

Kittiwake - ad

Iom ferry

Kittiwake - 11 following

Harbour

Guillemot - 5 above and 5 in underground res at same time 

Kittiwake ad

Middleton

Tufted d - 12

Scaup - juv m

Pochard - 2 m

Linnet - c50

Pheasant - 1

Red nab
None adult male black redstart reported

Quick whizz round

Heysham Obs
Didn't have time to do the north harbour wall otherwise:




South harbour area
Guillemot - 3, later 7
Kittiwake - ad & 2CY in harbour, later (after ferry) 7 adults outfalls




Offshore low tide
Eider - 13
Med Gull - ad
Pink-footed Goose - 23 south




Outfalls
Little Gull - 2 x 2CY early morning, later (after ferry) adult and 5 2CY
Med Gull - adult




Middleton model boat pond
Scaup - 2CY male
Tufted Duck - 12
Pochard - 2 males
Little Egret - 2
Mute Swan - in the process of kicking the young out with one especially targeted, including by the rest of the young, adopting raised wing, lowered head aggression posture




Moth
Winter Moth