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A ringing session took place at Christies Copse in the Walgrave Bay at Pitsford Reservoir this morning, on a cloudy calm day which saw plenty of visible migration during the first couple of hours post dawn. Small numbers of Bramblings, Siskins and Redpolls were moving around at tree top height and two or more Crossbills were heard calling overhead for a short while but moved off without being seen. Redwings included a flock of forty which landed in trees in the copse before moving on and four Oystercatchers were flying around in typical noisy fashion!
Great Tits and Blue Tits dominated the ringing session which saw 118 birds being processed but also included four Coal Tits, a Marsh Tit, a Goldfinch, four Chaffinches, a Redwing, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and three resident Blackbirds which have all been around for a few years!
Other birds noted included a Raven, a Woodcock, the singing Cetti's Warbler still and plenty of Chiffchaffs, a singing Blackcap and a small party of Sand Martins.
A/the Cattle Egret was located at Stanwick Pits/Lakes by Steve Fisher this morning, initially on the layby pit and later flying towards the Visitor Centre. The Great Grey Shrike and a Corn Bunting were again in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton today, the shrike on show for much of the day.
A male Brambling was in Hanging Houghton village this morning and later two were on the seed by the big barn in the valley below the village. Another noisy Oystercatcher was heard calling over the village late this afternoon!
Regards
Neil M
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| Marsh Tit. All images courtesy of John Tilly. |
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