Sunday 1 February 2009

Teal top the bill!

Heysham Obs
North harbour wall area
Purple Sandpiper - 4 below wooden jetty
Red-throated Diver - 1 out & 1 in, poor given the visibility & length of watch
Kittiwake - adult in harbour
Med Gull - THREE adults to bread NHW
Teal - 3 out
Wigeon - 8 on sea of Half-Moon Bay
Grey Plover - 6 stage 1 outfall
Great Crested Grebe - 2 (1 in summer plumage)
Eider - male
Red-breasted Merganser - 3 pair
Twite - 36 on seed, including 5+ unringed and one ringed at Askam in Furness end of October 2008.

Observers: Macclesfield RSPB group. John Wood, Pete Marsh

Elsewhere
Female-type Black Redstart Fishnet Point, Glasson, also 5 Bewick's Swan