Wednesday 1 January 2014

Year tick for 2013!!


Heysham Obs
Happy new year!  A nice little pre-rain window today

The star of the show was a Heysham year tick for last year - a Dark Chestnut in the moth trap - todays moths are always logged as the night before!

SD35 & 36 10 km square survey
Kittiwake - ad harbour, ad & 1CY outfalls
Guillemot - at least 8 in harbour
Twite - 10
Linnet - 13
Red-throated Diver - one 'out'
Med Gull - 2 ads fishers roof and area
Song Thrush - 1 mound
Little Gull - up to 9 stage 2 outfall
Red-breasted Merganser - 3

Others
Snipe - at least 4 Ocean Edge foreshore
Ringed Plover - 11 Ocean Edge grass

Model boat pond
Scaup - 1cy drake
Little egret - 2
Pochard - drake