Weather: S force 3/4
Five Shelduck flew passed the North end whilst the observer was watching a Sandwich Tern feeding a Juvenile, 120 more Terns were on the East Hoyle along with 6 juveniles.
Seven Wren were recorded with at least 3 juveniles in the east gardens.
The same 2 Goldfinch are still about and it would be a good record if we knew for sure that they were breeding, it would also be interesting to know where the ringed bird was from, Hilbre ring on the left leg and this bird's is on the right.
There were 2,000 Oystercatcher noted, most at the edge of our recording area by the marsh, 46 Curlew were west of Little Eye but of the smaller waders only a single Redshank remained. Soldier Beetles are to be found on many of the Ragwort plants.
It was a great pleasure for one of our members to meet and chat to Ian Butler in the derelict lifeboat station today, he had visited during his sponsored sea kayak trip to raise money for the RNLI, a very worthy cause and one close to our hearts.
He is paddling from his home in Sussex to John O'Groats in Scotland, please visit his Just Giving page at https://www.justgiving.com/page/ianbutler-sussextoscotlandbykayak for further details and to donate if you wish. There is also a link to track his journey, it's good to see he made it passed the shipping lane to Fleetwood !
Butterflies flying today were a gatekeeper, 2 Red Admirals and 2 Small Tortoiseshells.
Photos AS
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