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Plenty of variation in the weather today but the afternoon was especially wet and windy, particularly for July!
Pitsford Reservoir this morning recorded a Whimbrel flying south over the dam, a juvenile Arctic Tern lingering off the Sailing Club and an Osprey fishing south of the causeway. Other birds included three Yellow-legged Gulls and a Common Sandpiper.
Stanwick initially hosted a single Cattle Egret, a Dunlin, a Little Ringed Plover and three Common Sandpipers. Later the Cattle Egret total increased to three and gulls included a Caspian and five Yellow-leggeds. Five Cattle Egrets were noted at nearby Ringstead Pits.
The Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston harboured three Garganey today plus a Green Sandpiper. The Brampton Valley near Hanging Houghton pulled in an early morning Marsh Harrier, a Common Redstart and a Grasshopper Warbler with nearby Blueberry Farm attracting another Common Redstart, two Whinchats and a Grasshopper Warbler.
Jonathan Cook's evening visit to Hollowell Reservoir provided sightings of 4-8 Common Sandpipers, a Dunlin, a movement of Common Terns and the Ruddy Shelduck.
Regards
Neil M
Plenty of variation in the weather today but the afternoon was especially wet and windy, particularly for July!
Pitsford Reservoir this morning recorded a Whimbrel flying south over the dam, a juvenile Arctic Tern lingering off the Sailing Club and an Osprey fishing south of the causeway. Other birds included three Yellow-legged Gulls and a Common Sandpiper.
Stanwick initially hosted a single Cattle Egret, a Dunlin, a Little Ringed Plover and three Common Sandpipers. Later the Cattle Egret total increased to three and gulls included a Caspian and five Yellow-leggeds. Five Cattle Egrets were noted at nearby Ringstead Pits.
The Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston harboured three Garganey today plus a Green Sandpiper. The Brampton Valley near Hanging Houghton pulled in an early morning Marsh Harrier, a Common Redstart and a Grasshopper Warbler with nearby Blueberry Farm attracting another Common Redstart, two Whinchats and a Grasshopper Warbler.
Jonathan Cook's evening visit to Hollowell Reservoir provided sightings of 4-8 Common Sandpipers, a Dunlin, a movement of Common Terns and the Ruddy Shelduck.
Regards
Neil M
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| Cattle Egret. |
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| Common Redstart. |
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| Common Sandpiper. Good numbers are currently passing through the county. |
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