Monday 28 April 2014

Slack and slow

Heysham Obs
Just about worth an early start this morning in conditions with no clearly defined airflow which produced exactly as expected


Sea 0625-0800
Sandwich Tern - 9 blogging, 6 in
Arctic Tern - flock of 23 in
Black Tern - one in at 0705hrs
Swallow - 1!
Whimbrel - 1
Red-breasted Merganser - 4
Redpoll - 1


Ocean Edge
Whimbrel - 1
Wheatear - 7 male, 2 female


Grounded
Four 'new' Lesser Whitethroat were caught in the office nets comprising half the new birds by 0900hrs!
The only vis noted over the office was a pre-dawn redpoll