Monday 5 March 2012

Tundra Beans five minutes away!

Heysham Obs
Different world just down the road outside the recording area with an excellent flock of Pink-footed Geese on Heaton Marsh including two Tundra Bean and nine Whitefronts.  Thanks Dan!  "In-house" it was a little less exciting

North wall
Shag - still two around
Twite - at least 23
Linnet - 2
Goldfinch - 1
Eider - 214+ offshore
Large gulls - loads on the offshore sandbanks but no white-wingers.......matter of time, keep checking at low tide

Reserve
Goldcrest - 1

Middleton
Lapwing - male again on model boat pond
Tufted Duck - 14+
Pochard - female
Goldeneye - 2 female

Butterfly
Peacock again NE corner

Moth
One Dotted Border