Sunday 11 July 2010

Wheeling dots

Heysham Obs
A seriously guillotined seawatch produced the following in 15 minutes off Ocean Edge
Manx Shearwater - 3
Fulmar - 1
also a "possible Gannet" broke the horizon for a millisecond

Late stages of incoming tide
Med Gull - 2 (separate) adults Ocean Edge saltmarsh then displaced south, one of them losing summer plumage on head
Redshank - 16
Dunlin - 5 adults

Elsewhere
Med Gull adult Bank End, nr Cockersands