Hodbarrow

 Tuesday 21st May a.m.

I had a drive up to the RSPB Hodbarrow Nature Reserve on the coast of Cumbria where it was a sunny morning with a start temperature of 15°C.  Here there are many birds to see the first of which was Red-breasted Merganser a total of 25 were seen.  I walked round the coastal path to the observation hide where there were c400 Sandwich Terns on the islands. In addition on the islands and out at sea there were c150 Eider Ducks, another bird to see is the Little Tern, very difficult to pick out but I counted 10.  Others seen included Dunlin, Common Tern, Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Spoonbill, Little Egret, Shelduck, Gadwall, Oystercatcher and Cormorant.

Ringed Plover

Sandwich Tern

Shelduck

Common Tern 

Eider Duck

Little Tern

Little-ringed Plover

Red-breasted Merganser

Hodbarrow Nature Reserve 21/5/2024