A morning walk along the tidal road from Overton to Sunderland:
c.3000 Pink-footed Geese – multiple skeins heading N or NE over the Sunderland / Glasson area between 7.30 and 8.00 am
5 adult Mediterranean Gull – on the Lune Estuary off Lades Marsh on the rising tide
65 Bar-tailed Godwit – edge of Lades Marsh
2 Great Crested Grebe – pushed up river on the rising tide
9 Rock Pipit – Lades Marsh
2 Merlin – 1 flew NE towards Bazil Point, 1 female-type on a fence post west of the tidal road
1 colour-ringed Curlew – the regular bird between the First and Second Terraces
8 Long-tailed Tit at the top of The Lane
Heysham Nature Reserve – A 1 hour 30 minute walk around produced:
1 male Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
2 Redwing
12+ Long-tailed Tit
1 Jay
2 Bullfinch
28 Goldfinch
Pete C
