The annual ‘treat’ to a fine weather WEBS count at Middleton Sands on Sunday :-)…
2 Whimbrel
857 Oystercatchers
1740 Dunlin
116 Ringed Plover
276 Knot
670 Curlew
65 Grey Plover
3 Bar Tailed Godwit
122 Redshank
6 Eider
12 Shelduck
1 P F Goose
8 L B B Gulls
3 Cormorant
1 Grey Heron
Other bits and bobs…
1 Grasshopper Warbler – in sedge along centurian way off Heysham bypass
1 White Wagtail
5 Wheatear
5 Skylarks singing
2 Reed Bunting
10 M Pipits
1 Jay
1 Willow Warbler
2 Song Thrush
10 Linnet
8 Goldfinch
3 Chaffinch
3 Sedge Warbler – Meathop
2 Tree Pipit – ”
2 Bullfinch ”
2 Blackcap – ”
4 Buzzards
Grey Wagtail – Gilpin Bridge
3 Swallows
4 Marsh Tit – Whitbarrow
2 Stonechat -”
3 Raven – ”
4 Redpoll ”
2 Siskin ”
5 Goldcrest ”
