Middleton Nature Reserve (6.30 – 7.15 am)
Six species of singing warbler: Cetti’s, Willow, Sedge, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and Blackcap, but no Lesser Whitethroat or Grasshopper Warbler
4 Gadwall
Heysham North Harbour Wall (7.25 – 10.10 am)
The ‘highlights’ of a sea-watch on the early rising tide comprised 1 Razorbill, 1 Guillemot and 2 distant unidentified auks.
6 Sandwich Tern
1 Whimbrel
A very distant possible dark morph Arctic Skua was mobbed by an immature gull, but disappeared into the offshore haze.
A trickle of passerine ‘vis mig’ included 3 Tree Pipit (a single group at 7.30 am), plus 17 Linnet, 8 Pied Wagtail, 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Goldfinch, 2 Redpoll, 2 Swallow and 3 Carrion Crow.
2 Rock Pipit at Near Naze
Pete C
