Peel Castle, Harbour and Jetty

The day started at Peel beach at 9am.  No dogs are permitted on the beach between April and September making the beach a good place to be at high tide.  Large numbers of Pied Wagtails flitted up with some Rock Pipit amoung them.  Large roosts of gulls were close to the shore, mosly Herring Gull with some Lesser Black-backed Gull too.  Rooks and Jackdaw were also on the sand with a flock of Eider and a few Shag in the bay.

The area behind the castle was home to a few Rock Pipit with a constant stream of Shag flying past - this is where I saw my first RP last year.  Looking from the jetty brough good views of Kittiwake, a couple of what we thought were Little Gulls and a single Oystercatcher.

The walk along the River Neb was uneventful with only the sound of Robins 'takking'.  There was Barnacle Goose at the foot over Peel Hill (the same place it was last year) and further up river near Emery's Fish Pass there was a Rookery in the trees above.

Later in the afternoon we took mum's dog for a walk and had a peep over the harbour wall to see if the Little Gulls were still there.  They were and I managed to get a couple of shots - although they weren't LG's but young Kittiwakes!

At last light we returned to the harbour and saw a couple of Redshank at the lifeboat station.