Tuesday 29 May 2012

Local Breeding birds

Heysham
The third CES visit carried out this morning suggested plenty of breeding pairs of various species around the Obs Tower area this year.  Also young Long-tailed tits, Robins and Dunnocks captured.


Middleton NR - 06.00 - 07.40hrs.
Mute Swan - 14 (2 pairs, 1 with 10 cygnets)
Shelduck - 2
Mallard - 3 (2m/1f)
Tufted Duck (1m/1f)
Pheasant - 1
Grey Heron - 1
Kestrel - 1
Moorhen - 1
Coot - 6 (inc. 2 juv)
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 20+
Herring Gull - 5+
Woodpigeon - 4+
Swift - 3
Magpie - 6+
Carrion Crow - 4+
Swallow - 5
Chiffchaff - 1
Lesser Whitethroat - 2
Whitethroat - 6+
Grasshopper Warbler - 3
Sedge Warbler - 3+
Reed Warbler - 4+
Wren - 5+
Starling - 1
Blackbird - 8+
Song Thrush - 1
Mistle Thrush - 1
Dunnock - 3
Chaffinch - 10+
Greenfinch - 5+
Goldfinch - 4+
Linnet - 30+
Reed Bunting - 3+
(No Willow Warblers or Blackcap seen or heard)



Moths
Burnet Companion - 1 seen during butterfly transect near reserve entrance road - a very scarce species here.  What may have been a Poplar Kitten in the office trap this morning, also the first Eyed Hawk of the year and another Shaded Pug.  A worn highflyer spp awaits a check (both Ruddy and May occur here) .