Heysham Bird Observatory

A freshening NE breeze till lunchtime when it swung to NE. A dry day with sunny spells till late evening showers began. First, this from Kevin Singleton from yesterday. Whimbrel 7 out from Whin...

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A couple of very early morning showers then mainly overcast. A freshening NW wind. Seawatch by Pete: Low/turning tide seawatch from back of heysham harbour as yesterday: much better than expect...

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The light morning NE wind switched to NW after lunch. Dry with plenty of sunshine. Pete managed a seawatch: Sea from back of heysham harbour looking out through harbour mouth 0728-0930: all fly...

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A light, but cool, NE wind. A dry day with sunny periods. Heysham skear - low water 06:30 An early start, but I wasn't the first visitor (Malcolm) A fox was foraging between the honeycomb ...

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A light overnight south wind switched to NE early morning. Reasonably dry but with low cloud/drizzle early evening. Pete and Jean checked the low tide channels from Knowlys Rd and the North sea ...

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A light SE breeze switched to NW in the afternoon. Dry with sunny spells. Report by Nick Godden (part of a more detailed report on  Lancaster and District BW society web page https://lancaster...

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A fairly still morning, with a west breeze developing then drifting to NW. A sunny day after a cold start. Report from Pete: MARSH HARRIER in-off ocean edge 0730 Red Nab PALE-BELLIED BRENT ...

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 A fresh NW wind with just the odd light shower. South shore Janet was first to check this morning. Nine PALE-BELLIED BRENT GEESE on Red Nab Rock pipit near the lighthouse  Grey sea...

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A day of two halves, fine and sunny in the morning, chucking it down for most of the afternoon. A south, moving to west  wind. Early morning checks (from 0625) by Pete and Jean: Pete SHAG 1 ...

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Another dry and often sunny day with a NW wind Heysham Skear  OSPREY perched on a rock eating a flatfish today, it was also seen fishing here yesterday - David Kaye I had a walk out at low ...

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A dry, largely sunny day with a NW wind. South shore I just checked from the saltmarsh to Red Nab in the morning (Malcolm) Wheatear 8 Linnet 2 Rock Pipit 1 Janet had a walk along the sea w...

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A very strong WNW wind all day. Heavy showers and sunny spells. Pete checked the sea: Common Scoter 11 (1 flock) Teal pair  Red-Throated Diver 1 South shore I had a walk along the sea wal...

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Another, just about, dry day. Sunny periods in the morning, but cool in the fresh SW wind Report from Pete Crooks: Heysham South Harbour Wall – 50-minute sea-watch from the lighthouse (8.45...

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A slightly fresher SW wind. Dry with occasional short sunny spells. First a couple of shots from Thursday, take by Kevin Singleton on Heysham Head. Little Egret Goldfinch  South shore...

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It, more or less, managed to stay dry today, just the occasional spot of rain. A light SW wind. South shore I checked on the rising tide late morning (Malcolm) Mute Swan 1 immature, possibly o...

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A light SW wind, dry with sunny spells, till evening rain started. Pete had an early morning seawatch: Adult SHAG flew into harbour to waterfall area;  OSPREY very distant inbound/attempting...

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The rain held off till 09:30 then rained all morning. Showers in the afternoon. A fresh SE to south wind. Heysham skear - low water 07:40 An early start to avoid the rain (Malcolm) Little Egre...

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A very strong NW wind all day. Heavy showers in the morning. Pete had a check at high water (12:30) Kittiwake 8 adult lifted off then landed again in same place on sea off heysham north wall - ...

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Showers throughout the day, often prolonged. A variable SE to east wind. Pete and Howard have been managing to read more Knot rings on this set of spring tides. Yesterday Howard spotted this SA...

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A very strong SSW -SW wind, just the odd shower. Jean had a watch from St Peter's church yard: Do TWO Swallows make a summer? I had 2 over St Peter’s churchyard this morning.  Also there a ...

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A fresh SE wind increased in strength and ended up from SW. mainly dry with some sunny periods in the afternoon. Two quick checks of the horse field at Imperial road saw only two Little Egrets ...

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Some light overnight showers followed by an heavy early morning shower, a few more showers during the day. A light south wind CATTLE EGRET 4 - after an influx further south two days ago, Pete a...

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It just about stayed dry, but overcast. A light NE breeze drifting round to east after lunch. Middleton Nature Reserve  I did exactly the same circuit this morning as I did yesterday morning (...

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It was fine this morning till an heavy shower began at 08:30 and continued for an hour. More showers began about 11:00 till early afternoon, then mainly fine. A light SE breeze to lunchtime when ...

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A dry sunny day. A very light SE breeze freshened slightly as it moved to the north. Heysham Nature Reserve (Janet) Blue Tit, its ring characters clear to see (unfortunately not enough of t...

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