Gulls on the north shore
- Eck was it hot. The temperature started off at 22 degrees early morn and reached a record for this site of 28 degrees by late afternoon though the cool E>4 made it more workable. A shopping trip round Brighouse midday found the temperature at 31 degrees and very little breeze. This heat , plus a masked face in shops, got me red as a Turkey cock.
- A higher number of gulls was on the north shore with 3 juv Herring, 32 LBBs and another new Yellow Legged Herring gull, this one being an adult.
- The first wader for a few days arrived when I found a Common Sandpiper, firstly on the NE mud, and then on the west bank.
- Another wave of adult, autumn plumaged Wheatears were moving through whilst a Peregrine sent all the gulls and Geese into the water.
- Despite the weather there was a small attempt of sky movement with Alba Wagtails, Mipits and Swallows moving over the water.
- This is another day the thunderstorms never appeared apart from a few rumbles to the west at 0300 hrs this morning. Tomorrow is thankfully forecast to be a bit cooler.
- Visible Migration
- 56 Swallow..................>S
- 4 Alba Wagtails...........>W
- 8 Mipit........................>W
- 9 ad Wheatear............ground hopping
- 1 Common Sandpiper...blogging
- 1 YL Herring gull........blogging
- Present.
- 32 LBB gull
- 3 juv Herring gull
- 1 Peregrine
- + usual sp.
- BS