tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90499595561550347912024-03-19T08:48:18.261+00:00Northamptonshire BirdingFirecrestnorthamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.comBlogger3771125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-21489351089949858902024-03-18T21:29:00.000+00:002024-03-18T21:29:54.961+00:00Pitsford WeBS count<p>Hello</p><p>It was the last Pitsford Reservoir WeBS count of the season today and a slog around in the wet and mud was nevertheless very enjoyable even if it was rather quiet. Very little of interest between the causeway and the dam with the best being eight singing Chiffchaffs, four Redpolls and thirty Siskins. Things fared a little better north of the causeway with a pair of Raven at a new nest, up to ten Siskins, fifteen singing Chiffchaffs, two Yellow-legged Gulls (fourth and second calendar years), a 'redhead' Smew rather briefly in the Scaldwell Bay, two Jack Snipe, approximately ninety Common Snipe and three Kingfishers. Marsh Tits were on territory at three different areas on the reserve and Rooks, Grey Herons and Cormorants were nesting in reasonable numbers.</p><p>The fourteen Waxwings were again at Far Cotton, Northampton next to the In 'n' Out Express MOT garage off the Towcester Road first thing but couldn't be found later in the day. It could be that they have simply moved further along the river in search of appropriate food. A Peregrine was active overhead.</p><p>Two or three Wheatears were in fields between Clipston and Great Oxendon this morning but didn't appear to linger and six Little Egrets and a Shelduck were the best on offer at Stanford Reservoir. A Raven was at Walgrave village, a dozen Siskins were at Scotland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate and a Cattle Egret was a good local record at Clifford Hill Pits.</p><p>Garden feeders continue to attract migrant finches with five Siskins in a Brixworth garden, two Siskins and a Brambling at Moulton and a garden in Weston Favell, Northampton attracting three Blackcaps, seven Siskins and a Lesser Redpoll. Some garden bird ringing near Overstone today resulted in nine Siskins and six Goldfinches being newly ringed. A Lesser Redpoll remains at Summer Leys LNR feeding station and a Redpoll was noted at Everdon Stubbs this morning.</p><p>Up to three Peregrines at St Mary's church, Higham Ferrers made it a busy affair and it seems that the pair in residence are seemingly new birds with last year's surviving female currently absent. A Raven was at Little Harrowden and three were over Sywell and the regular all white Magpie was still at Ashton Treatment Works today.</p><p>Two White Storks flew north at Cosgrove at lunchtime and appeared to be moving along the Tove Valley but with no further reports. An Osprey was seen flying north over Bozenham Mill towards Hanslope a little later. Two Sand Martins were at Quarry Lake, Priors Hall, Corby, a Curlew flew north-east over Stanwick Pits this morning and a Water Rail remained at Spring Marsh in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdFxQlsoyyNq9F6MxXK3N3Li1AvUhZeEEuDq3Vh8Pd7VdaBCaGW8EOLeXtb9qlSAd_tywoFIToST66ym6AxQN4-6-0yYeN0E9yuhAL_pQXvCuJIVgYEHxBcvc81hLwyvlSNixAZRwJeyGVapJAFDmbmO7vkr9MvasW2lXLFIJ2VlB2kadehse9-ee/s1050/20240318094225_IMG_1200~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1050" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdFxQlsoyyNq9F6MxXK3N3Li1AvUhZeEEuDq3Vh8Pd7VdaBCaGW8EOLeXtb9qlSAd_tywoFIToST66ym6AxQN4-6-0yYeN0E9yuhAL_pQXvCuJIVgYEHxBcvc81hLwyvlSNixAZRwJeyGVapJAFDmbmO7vkr9MvasW2lXLFIJ2VlB2kadehse9-ee/w400-h314/20240318094225_IMG_1200~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1218" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTWD53stkgxeZcSHdEsFsBVz8dJpClGkOwx__BQqsskz99SwlRXpLwOGK0ALV-OekJBPgSNxVupe-iHLYHGAyfoOHKqLuMFir7VqZ0pSLarh2Gl1VOwrQHojK8-sa-HlGNNMTkHFYD2ZfbhO9iO3guYHAbL8gbwW1euc_cxtfdGjAtJkQiGePuYrG/w400-h325/20240318094408_IMG_1223~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peregrine courtesy <br />of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ITuynGIp3XTZfpXOhhoAWIkWafkhiSoSA-7xQ2eiZ-qUrpS9L7gJ86bh-YPXDPoaPZTRW3kSn3n_SSwxLM8fF_psJN1fyx2QZNDhuiHm8rju7yZXRCwzoNzM5270awbmH-LDBhPNMHhUPavuJdj7W4jztN6y_lx32YyYnyuD16G2ptR_Aw02FBXg/s3492/black%20headed%20gull%20pitsford.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2454" data-original-width="3492" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ITuynGIp3XTZfpXOhhoAWIkWafkhiSoSA-7xQ2eiZ-qUrpS9L7gJ86bh-YPXDPoaPZTRW3kSn3n_SSwxLM8fF_psJN1fyx2QZNDhuiHm8rju7yZXRCwzoNzM5270awbmH-LDBhPNMHhUPavuJdj7W4jztN6y_lx32YyYnyuD16G2ptR_Aw02FBXg/w400-h281/black%20headed%20gull%20pitsford.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black-headed Gull.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcpwPg09GH-WsTTd9Gs8R8hKfdEQPkm1oWLdZ0JSRkTYVbHlcBzxEjwF-9ljvtjcpv8anL1cVSOLEF6cVDPFiAxxX_fTu1V6qJ8RM2gBJnVCnJ3naFZ5XjC1ZWzcjGIgt1Kv-S-HLZL7Ns-I4aF7xYUfwEXZvY4EnDoGuLeGVlb4KRnUxFJboDPr-/s4388/Redshank%20l_l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3038" data-original-width="4388" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcpwPg09GH-WsTTd9Gs8R8hKfdEQPkm1oWLdZ0JSRkTYVbHlcBzxEjwF-9ljvtjcpv8anL1cVSOLEF6cVDPFiAxxX_fTu1V6qJ8RM2gBJnVCnJ3naFZ5XjC1ZWzcjGIgt1Kv-S-HLZL7Ns-I4aF7xYUfwEXZvY4EnDoGuLeGVlb4KRnUxFJboDPr-/w400-h278/Redshank%20l_l.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Redshank courtesy<br />of Robin Gossage.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-78750535752840711872024-03-17T20:34:00.002+00:002024-03-17T20:37:10.146+00:00Wonderful Waxwings<p>Hello</p><p>For me the highlight of the day was a flock of fourteen Waxwings in Northampton and they showed well today next to the River Nene at Far Cotton next to the In 'n' Out Autocentre and Aldi store off the Towcester Road. Feeding mostly on rose hip berries (many of which are rotting and are rejected by the birds), these birds are typically unafraid of people and showed well today. At least one and maybe two of these birds are sporting colour rings and are likely to originate from the activities of the Grampian Ringing Group in Scotland. In an urban environment other birds seen there included a Peregrine, four Red Kites, a Little Egret, a Lesser Redpoll and a Chiffchaff.</p><p>At least one Mealy Redpoll was with a small group of Lesser Redpolls at the Sandy Lane attenuation pond on the outskirts of Duston, Northampton.</p><p>In the Nene Valley there was a Marsh Harrier at Stanwick Pits early this morning and the 'redhead' Smew was still on the main barrage lake at Clifford Hill Pits. At Summer Leys LNR a Marsh Harrier and a Merlin were good raptor sightings and other birds included thirty Common Snipe, ten Redshanks, a Dunlin and four Sand Martins. Four Green Sandpipers and a Redshank were at the New Workings, Earls Barton. Two Sand Martins were at Stortons Pits this evening.</p><p>A Water Rail was at Spring Pond on the Brampton Valley Way below Brixworth and two Green Sandpipers were nearby. </p><p>An adult Yellow-legged Gull was off the dam at Pitsford Reservoir this morning and a Pink-footed Goose and two Oystercatchers were at Stanford Reservoir.</p><p>A Blackcap was coming to apples in a Duston garden today and garden Siskins included two at Moulton and two at Brixworth. A female Sparrowhawk took a Collared Dove in our Hanging Houghton garden today.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFFC7vDld1J_kUFmMnncKrxOaCZ69YKJWPkpL_uvJE0_T3vdsG4oSE0ElIS7A2vS9R0kbSo3frfZNj-V999uUcCv3gQ-QitvXAnu7F3EEcfGESjmJjh-ZFFR7LLPmTnOHTvmn2sj2W27STcGMv85dnveIjfla-oSLUVkz1YEoWoubNUh87mV9yQaJ/s2754/IMG_5003%20waxwing%20far%20cotton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2754" data-original-width="2316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFFC7vDld1J_kUFmMnncKrxOaCZ69YKJWPkpL_uvJE0_T3vdsG4oSE0ElIS7A2vS9R0kbSo3frfZNj-V999uUcCv3gQ-QitvXAnu7F3EEcfGESjmJjh-ZFFR7LLPmTnOHTvmn2sj2W27STcGMv85dnveIjfla-oSLUVkz1YEoWoubNUh87mV9yQaJ/w336-h400/IMG_5003%20waxwing%20far%20cotton.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh135e9DUCPmJVA3Sx4W1GnwU9aq8BxxGoD6Hhn_bczsKRNqiLYbEuVxJ-1eiUyjkarE8-NtArWPXGdpV5BiMqzR3Gk2_i1ZENE8CE8bc1TOGrNnie2ZkPNnhOnNPxe9uNcfcckrJDEVqDQNYFINE9DDHlLQufddnX7QSQ6yM4_qeTRzINScroHzSLE/s2646/IMG_5004%20waxwing%20far%20cotton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Chiffchaffs have now moved into the county in plentiful numbers with birds being seen and heard in a variety of locations.</p><p>Evidence that at least some of the Siskins from this spring's influx are still with us and that many are lingering where there is a qualitative food supply before moving on again.</p><p>At Kelmarsh Hall today some ringing assessment and training resulted in one hundred and seven birds being processed, sixty-seven of them being re-trapped birds with forty newly-ringed. Of five Siskins processed, two of them were re-traps from previous sessions locally. Of fifteen Goldfinches processed, ten were re-traps from earlier in the year or the previous winter of 2022/2023. Of ten Chaffinches encountered only one was fit enough to be ringed, the remainder all suffering from the awful disease that affects their legs and feet, and these birds were released straightaway once extracted from mist nets. Two new male Nuthatches added some more style to the proceedings! A re-trapped male Great Spotted Woodpecker was initially ringed in March 2017 and so will be at least eight years old this year. It was also re-trapped at the same site in March and November 2021 suggesting Kelmarsh Hall is very much it's home! Two Ravens were noisy there today.</p><p>At Greens Norton today Chris Payne caught and processed thirty Goldfinches and six Siskins.</p><p>David enjoyed watching a male Brambling on his garden feeder at Spratton today and repeats of birds in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton included a Barn Owl, two Grey Wagtails and two Green Sandpipers. The lingering Peregrine remains at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell and two Short-eared Owls remain on private land west of Lamport.</p><p>At Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon there was a Kingfisher in the Scaldwell Bay and an immature male Merlin arrived in the Walgrave Bay after pursuing a Pied Wagtail low over fields, then had a quick go at an unknown passerine at the boundary fence and then made a particularly sustained attack on a Sand Martin with the little hirundine being able to keep out of the way of the talons until the Merlin gave up and moved on. Two Sand Martins were also seen at the dam at Pitsford Reservoir in the morning.</p><p>At Ditchford Pits there was a Cattle Egret at Chester House Lake and a first year Caspian Gull was present at Summer Leys LNR this morning with a male Marsh Harrier at Quarry Walk.</p><p>Two Mealy Redpolls were still present with Lesser Redpolls at New Sandy Lane attenuation pond in Duston this morning with a belated report from yesterday of nine Waxwings in Northampton by the River Nene off the Southern Approach Retail Park south west of Smyths Toy Superstore.</p><p>Clifford Hill Pits today attracted three Shelduck, seven Goosanders and two Oystercatchers and a pair of Grey Partridges were seen in a field between Woodford village and the old A604 this afternoon.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0o9NMiz1zYbigC2fokiEyN-GgzBA1zsuN6K_4SDQWc2SsZB124bwLrB-fwlLgseIHYSle4pRVXzp-PJOrqquncSbal2STF4zIWN1aAEcjQa6jD2kuZZpOeJUmnzdeDShzSS7k_-OpB4WTi32lOHKbfTb1oi72zFetkkrzScb9_3pU_AJdbzWg8ewX/s2048/IMG-20240316-WA0020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1857" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0o9NMiz1zYbigC2fokiEyN-GgzBA1zsuN6K_4SDQWc2SsZB124bwLrB-fwlLgseIHYSle4pRVXzp-PJOrqquncSbal2STF4zIWN1aAEcjQa6jD2kuZZpOeJUmnzdeDShzSS7k_-OpB4WTi32lOHKbfTb1oi72zFetkkrzScb9_3pU_AJdbzWg8ewX/w363-h400/IMG-20240316-WA0020.jpg" width="363" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Siskin at Kelmarsh<br />Hall today courtesy of<br />Bethan Clyne.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVS1T67PXNrcgYXy9N3KCUU8z9hlRw2jzEYrkrgxS4KPnMzFkxyZBotCuYti30xZTvU8u2nCQOkjA1-sd1tl3g8mgWKa1EE8pz-Fjxn6a-5_EtFJjrgsrfoWx93yxmL0483f3ZMElzxBTKPoX2tpc3MvWB2HYlS7gTUGL3qM91DCm0nPCUHaHLHXb/s2048/IMG-20240316-WA0021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVS1T67PXNrcgYXy9N3KCUU8z9hlRw2jzEYrkrgxS4KPnMzFkxyZBotCuYti30xZTvU8u2nCQOkjA1-sd1tl3g8mgWKa1EE8pz-Fjxn6a-5_EtFJjrgsrfoWx93yxmL0483f3ZMElzxBTKPoX2tpc3MvWB2HYlS7gTUGL3qM91DCm0nPCUHaHLHXb/w225-h400/IMG-20240316-WA0021.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Siskin at Greens Norton<br />today courtesy of Chris Payne.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSL9wBvyTw7IY0u4ZQlTsAq78Q_hOTG4jLASmFKMQUy3vVxynTg4jIakg1wP8MncwFdvsYqfSCyC711XlX63F68R5tT8BlHkzWNSlqkaYs9psR-AEmqncgbNY77rSmB12aSFPF8vlJGJl9aKVMnYApIDrsyKJ2hxMoLrGuLSFV0G-eKLX0PRx9I1cJ/s2048/IMG-20240224-WA0009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1053" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSL9wBvyTw7IY0u4ZQlTsAq78Q_hOTG4jLASmFKMQUy3vVxynTg4jIakg1wP8MncwFdvsYqfSCyC711XlX63F68R5tT8BlHkzWNSlqkaYs9psR-AEmqncgbNY77rSmB12aSFPF8vlJGJl9aKVMnYApIDrsyKJ2hxMoLrGuLSFV0G-eKLX0PRx9I1cJ/w206-h400/IMG-20240224-WA0009.jpg" width="206" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Tit courtesy<br />of Bethan Clyne.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qQmeM3kboP-ZIwna4ZYb7_to9SIqK5BUYed6zbBOXOHwaKKQP_EE44rDkJzczCi_uPADaAIKYWR0SOxWHn8pPR0yR0dQyrkyCqyKRhvSNm2h75M2Y0deK6JVK6vvhAuIyl_AQC51pvrGumNEh-XcMuNadnVycKWeygxTcFNG06TH3uk2Tee27x4N/s3246/Kestrel%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2515" data-original-width="3246" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qQmeM3kboP-ZIwna4ZYb7_to9SIqK5BUYed6zbBOXOHwaKKQP_EE44rDkJzczCi_uPADaAIKYWR0SOxWHn8pPR0yR0dQyrkyCqyKRhvSNm2h75M2Y0deK6JVK6vvhAuIyl_AQC51pvrGumNEh-XcMuNadnVycKWeygxTcFNG06TH3uk2Tee27x4N/w400-h310/Kestrel%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kestrel courtesy of<br />Robin Gossage.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-78240430571690841872024-03-15T21:11:00.000+00:002024-03-15T21:11:34.762+00:00Nene Valley birding<p>Hello</p><p>Very mild today but some short snappy showers kept me looking up!</p><p>During the spring the Nene Valley with its succession of gravel pits, wet meadows and remnant river system tends to dominate the county in providing the most interesting birds and the reservoirs (often with high water levels) struggle to compete.</p><p>An immature male Merlin was the best bird seen at Harrington Airfield this morning as it hunted over the top fields - the singing Skylarks well above it ignored it completely! Other birds included a flock of about one hundred and thirty-two Golden Plovers, a pair of Grey Partridge and a Raven. Two Green Sandpipers remain in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton. The repetitive phrases of a singing Blackcap in the village sounds unlike a British breeder and reminds me of the birds I've heard singing in the Pyrenees and south France.</p><p>An Osprey and a 'redhead' Smew were at Eyebrook Reservoir today and five Sand Martins were feeding over the feeder stream end of Hollowell Reservoir.</p><p>Summer Leys LNR provided views of two Cattle Egrets, two Black-tailed Godwits, a Pintail and a fly-through Peregrine with a Little Ringed Plover and three Green Sandpipers at Earls Barton New Workings and a Barn Owl at Mary's Lake. Over at Ditchford Pits the female Ring-necked Duck was still at Higham Lake/Main Pit at lunchtime and a Marsh Harrier flew south west through Stanwick Pits early this morning.</p><p>Thrapston Pits including the Titchmarsh reserve held plenty of birds with initial sightings of a Ruff and two Redshanks and two Sand Martins on Titchmarsh by Nick and followed up by Eleanor who pretty much walked the whole complex in the afternoon with two adult Little Gulls on Town Lake, two Cattle Egrets with a mass of birds on flooded meadows between Thorpe Waterville and Aldwincle, four Great White Egrets, four Egyptian Geese, at least two Oystercatchers, four Cetti's Warblers and at least six Chiffchaffs.</p><p>Nine Waxwings were reported at Priors Hall Walk, Corby today in much the same place where birds were showing so well earlier in the year. A few Siskins were again at Scotland Wood and Kelmarsh Hall.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5zhuSYtthHp5WQAWu1sro4Y76UpnQ0blqZ8J2y7diuNQn4GkGdd8E-tvP-pXwE9Fhmprj7rVHR7APzTj49ZdSRF3-7JOQjdgtYoAifbIk4PKSDnIELX0lOL0-1CjjBTF9kprDjxXruTalTQH8c63bh6IHbeQFEWMhvZj1h1vYcOICXB65sS3eg4h/s1208/20240315100909_IMG_0788~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="959" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5zhuSYtthHp5WQAWu1sro4Y76UpnQ0blqZ8J2y7diuNQn4GkGdd8E-tvP-pXwE9Fhmprj7rVHR7APzTj49ZdSRF3-7JOQjdgtYoAifbIk4PKSDnIELX0lOL0-1CjjBTF9kprDjxXruTalTQH8c63bh6IHbeQFEWMhvZj1h1vYcOICXB65sS3eg4h/w318-h400/20240315100909_IMG_0788~3.JPG" width="318" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSv2XNQZQyfFx03_V1z3OKq7znLlDV0LxPUwEvITgzTCKCvkwsSfY-77G0wXijM3s3D9uHGMEinx4kVklxR71g63VICSxKmZI54ih3htB5GZwOgjVYGJyJeyvV3JVAJoplZxh4X9jCKZMfrgln4FO1pvSLOpiszunRZPQVGHzfGdL5vM-m82LLjgjY/s1211/20240315101259_IMG_0813~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSv2XNQZQyfFx03_V1z3OKq7znLlDV0LxPUwEvITgzTCKCvkwsSfY-77G0wXijM3s3D9uHGMEinx4kVklxR71g63VICSxKmZI54ih3htB5GZwOgjVYGJyJeyvV3JVAJoplZxh4X9jCKZMfrgln4FO1pvSLOpiszunRZPQVGHzfGdL5vM-m82LLjgjY/w396-h400/20240315101259_IMG_0813~3.JPG" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Spotted Woodpecker<br />with a height advantage<br /> courtesy of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsIj0H_jVjHV41kaU9_b2ctV7kHsjoArnR5ZOBLAa8GIAV7oOEOL4mSvTIr6sJDXBDIOmu-cpkh6lIHWBEQPBeQ8QcsmDUOUsbFS90dUb_l0qvtDw15cy8rXr_M-gEzti3WCn9EWdXkt4HMYmbUm4UsxFgjUuSgNA8votTFndu2nD9QsMBLQyixxH5/s849/20240315111556_IMG_0909~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="849" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsIj0H_jVjHV41kaU9_b2ctV7kHsjoArnR5ZOBLAa8GIAV7oOEOL4mSvTIr6sJDXBDIOmu-cpkh6lIHWBEQPBeQ8QcsmDUOUsbFS90dUb_l0qvtDw15cy8rXr_M-gEzti3WCn9EWdXkt4HMYmbUm4UsxFgjUuSgNA8votTFndu2nD9QsMBLQyixxH5/w400-h341/20240315111556_IMG_0909~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Buzzard courtesy<br />of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2ahEDhtYcPwUKJt7ueLuk4z5zj8_vuFplCMk45BBa9FKXAZqM4kwSHWh9fyQcW0_ti84_w9EuFskVwcVq-EZ6ItRYvDfo-7rhA0bsw0xSvGHj7MZgmDBXM7_F3qjniwjdCMpeQWmZgIksKkApRkJpNQX1GqTTUZ_ZHyA-5gODffeISiTg6UGNlsk/s907/goldfinch124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="907" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2ahEDhtYcPwUKJt7ueLuk4z5zj8_vuFplCMk45BBa9FKXAZqM4kwSHWh9fyQcW0_ti84_w9EuFskVwcVq-EZ6ItRYvDfo-7rhA0bsw0xSvGHj7MZgmDBXM7_F3qjniwjdCMpeQWmZgIksKkApRkJpNQX1GqTTUZ_ZHyA-5gODffeISiTg6UGNlsk/w400-h272/goldfinch124.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goldfinch courtesy<br /> of John Tilly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOKGo5724C0pifZz0qFrIykIqvwpCQ5m1vb52G7R8wwbxaY-ZeMjS8Tybiprd2C2U0Yd_eP3ow_FIlSWGqa1g2SylC_BPIRPK9FawJ5V6tWLEz50R8ZUS2Nzr_-aPxxVON00BVibLEWEkT6YtnH3-k7VeuUazJvD01axLGuAwUceAiFvhHRnTe8HH/s2208/IMG_4964%20brown%20hare%20harrington.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="2208" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNOKGo5724C0pifZz0qFrIykIqvwpCQ5m1vb52G7R8wwbxaY-ZeMjS8Tybiprd2C2U0Yd_eP3ow_FIlSWGqa1g2SylC_BPIRPK9FawJ5V6tWLEz50R8ZUS2Nzr_-aPxxVON00BVibLEWEkT6YtnH3-k7VeuUazJvD01axLGuAwUceAiFvhHRnTe8HH/w400-h354/IMG_4964%20brown%20hare%20harrington.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brown Hare at<br />Harrington Airfield.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-87792568815325615182024-03-14T20:50:00.001+00:002024-03-14T20:50:53.040+00:00The slow journey into Spring!<p>Hello</p><p>Mild temperatures and pleasant spring weather this morning with the odd light shower gave way to cloudier and wetter conditions this afternoon.</p><p>Brimstone butterflies and other insects were on show today and there was a Red Admiral butterfly on the wing in the Holcot Bay, Pitsford Reservoir. It is only in recent years that adult Red Admirals have been able to overwinter in the UK successfully.</p><p>At Pitsford Reservoir it remains pretty quiet with high water levels and the best birds noted north of the causeway only amounted to a Kingfisher, a Grey Wagtail, a singing Siskin and a couple of Chiffchaffs. A drake Mandarin Duck flew south over the dam this afternoon.</p><p>Birds still in situ in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton included the two Grey Wagtails, two Green Sandpipers and Chiffchaff with still the female Peregrine at Blueberry Farm near Maidwell. A singing Chiffchaff was in our Hanging Houghton garden today and a singing Blackcap was nearby.</p><p>A first winter Caspian Gull was at Daventry Country Park this morning and a Little Ringed Plover was on floodwater next to the canal at Braunston.</p><p>An adult Mediterranean Gull was at Stanwick Pits this morning and Summer Leys LNR attracted at least two Cattle Egrets, a Great White Egret, two Black-tailed Godwits, three Oystercatchers, at least five Redshanks, over sixty Golden Plovers, a Common Snipe, seven Siskins and a Lesser Redpoll. Yesterday there was a drake Red-crested Pochard, a Goosander, a Green Sandpiper and Shelduck at Quarry Walk.</p><p>A pair of Peregrines were in the Duston area of Northampton this morning and noticeable movers over the county in good numbers today included Common Gulls and Fieldfares.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsG66MfSh-H_tdbFWoUaqJBoFldRLkFTkV3X_oRu4XfNTCZtE3LGPwjsqq9Ekdx8JeFbUVAwiAft_bvrFfGcvyugUYm72fRB8rZpzPVzdCF5awzNKUWueSe0FotjJvFezcCkOQNvECFbVkbMOYHcFTMTc2h_O3G3jssvklmGJ1ji5ikzSHzaX_2O6/s3240/20240314114806_IMG_0466~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2790" data-original-width="3240" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFsG66MfSh-H_tdbFWoUaqJBoFldRLkFTkV3X_oRu4XfNTCZtE3LGPwjsqq9Ekdx8JeFbUVAwiAft_bvrFfGcvyugUYm72fRB8rZpzPVzdCF5awzNKUWueSe0FotjJvFezcCkOQNvECFbVkbMOYHcFTMTc2h_O3G3jssvklmGJ1ji5ikzSHzaX_2O6/w400-h345/20240314114806_IMG_0466~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Redpoll courtesy<br />of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGVAFoGQmsFUYV5AGMMg5LxZNiA99XV-A4EOX9GxroJKrLSG2PDHac-oXa45Ozg6gSj40RquCUt62zfufXadEG0T0i3_aPeHWV20WesCY6WGyxDJprI4C6Tqe725iQRcWRGInOyNXD0t8IHSudVDNolPl4dWFPKOIfYro1hdnIhG2twzatvzCvp-8/s5821/20240314115812_IMG_0523~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4428" data-original-width="5821" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGVAFoGQmsFUYV5AGMMg5LxZNiA99XV-A4EOX9GxroJKrLSG2PDHac-oXa45Ozg6gSj40RquCUt62zfufXadEG0T0i3_aPeHWV20WesCY6WGyxDJprI4C6Tqe725iQRcWRGInOyNXD0t8IHSudVDNolPl4dWFPKOIfYro1hdnIhG2twzatvzCvp-8/w400-h304/20240314115812_IMG_0523~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goldfinch courtesy<br />of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bDngz23F-Hy4T5WY8vvGpTYDukMfK_cu6-QI6W9_a4vrDd5xIBi9uRntj88_JuwFLYN0F0LIrnb_r-ra5yCpIwYj3yTXiACvBJgiSPtJiyQ62XwWbxmDI2X-PIIo3zvjZHRnyv2FhxcWSbKKIp9JnBMxsOUa6Bx6ugyITQVdfh_HkEVHvBgElKSV/s3712/100623%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="3214" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bDngz23F-Hy4T5WY8vvGpTYDukMfK_cu6-QI6W9_a4vrDd5xIBi9uRntj88_JuwFLYN0F0LIrnb_r-ra5yCpIwYj3yTXiACvBJgiSPtJiyQ62XwWbxmDI2X-PIIo3zvjZHRnyv2FhxcWSbKKIp9JnBMxsOUa6Bx6ugyITQVdfh_HkEVHvBgElKSV/w346-h400/100623%20.jpg" width="346" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great White Egrets<br />courtesy of Robin Gossage.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeG9177ExdWsuCLZIlxpJT8gWbzuscTIN68R_oo-8FCfmQrWOjYMe1A7KFohC3FH5Pe7tK2-_WGw9mAOiIsIXk_GcEz8Xd2V9ac4dmnMbUkQ69OS5aoTvj7NygEzu1T1sR6lZ5_E1PDJLZ98J3ko1YhhbcHCI1XczG7UApAGzlaNiR0aokUABD2WB/s2434/Little%20Ringed%20Plover%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1790" data-original-width="2434" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaeG9177ExdWsuCLZIlxpJT8gWbzuscTIN68R_oo-8FCfmQrWOjYMe1A7KFohC3FH5Pe7tK2-_WGw9mAOiIsIXk_GcEz8Xd2V9ac4dmnMbUkQ69OS5aoTvj7NygEzu1T1sR6lZ5_E1PDJLZ98J3ko1YhhbcHCI1XczG7UApAGzlaNiR0aokUABD2WB/w400-h294/Little%20Ringed%20Plover%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Ringed Plover<br />courtesy of Robin Gossage.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-35847586457586078482024-03-13T20:27:00.000+00:002024-03-13T20:27:18.809+00:00Chiffchaffs, finches and gulls on the move<p>Hello</p><p>A mild, dry and breezy day was welcome after all the rain!</p><p>Today and it was the turn of Clifford Hill Pits to shine with the 'redhead' Smew still present but also a Knot (a scarce wader at any time of the year), a Little Gull and a Kingfisher. The Ditchford Pits complex still retained the female Ring-necked Duck on the main pit and the drake Garganey on a flooded field next to Otter Lake on the Irhlingborough Lakes and Meadows reserve. At Earls Barton Pits two Cattle Egrets were in a field next to Mary's Lake and two Black-tailed Godwits were with Golden Plovers on the Summer Leys reserve..</p><p>The gull roost at Stanford Reservoir accounted for eight hundred Common Gulls which have very much been on the move the last two days, plus a Caspian Gull.</p><p>A Cattle Egret was located at Wicksteed Park Lake this afternoon and at least one Mealy Redpoll was still at the attenuation pond off New Sandy Lane, Duston early this afternoon.</p><p>In the Brampton Valley today there were still two Bramblings with Goldfinches between Brixworth and Hanging Houghton and two Grey Wagtails and two Green Sandpipers in the valley below Hanging Houghton. The Peregrine was present for it's third day at nearby Blueberry Farm, Maidwell and two Short-eared Owls made a brief appearance west of the Brampton Valley Way below Lamport. A few incoming Chiffchaffs are present in a variety of locations as they begin to make their presence felt.</p><p>With two Ospreys back already at Rutland Water, the nest cam is in operation with a bird arrived at it's nest in Scotland way back on the 8th March so heads up for some of our local birds returning!</p><p>A modest ringing session at Kelmarsh Hall mostly just utilising a single mist net provided sixty-nine captures made up of a Great Spotted Woodpecker, six Great Tits, twenty-seven Blue Tits, a Long-tailed Tit, six Goldcrests, two Treecreepers, a Chaffinch, six Greenfinches, seven Siskins and twelve Goldfinches. Other birds present were two Ravens, a Chiffchaff and a Grey Wagtail.<span> </span></p><p><span>Regards</span></p><p><span>Neil M</span></p><p><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4q_f6T_xrVfK8wkyjhSmYzysXgs-TQEIKKPqbDM3vICdaDAEFGaD-bG5ZZ91i2uts2WuKmV-l5v4kOCLktoQErj0SXnx2ZW38sDvAHD4iTrwEgI9UjmqyKdfDbTSkNJ_PP3O6SaL58PBeTwqweBvUAXoSvVZseeDVrkwylUHmH5xx3dbFZZtj1rEe/s2048/IMG-20240313-WA0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1087" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4q_f6T_xrVfK8wkyjhSmYzysXgs-TQEIKKPqbDM3vICdaDAEFGaD-bG5ZZ91i2uts2WuKmV-l5v4kOCLktoQErj0SXnx2ZW38sDvAHD4iTrwEgI9UjmqyKdfDbTSkNJ_PP3O6SaL58PBeTwqweBvUAXoSvVZseeDVrkwylUHmH5xx3dbFZZtj1rEe/w213-h400/IMG-20240313-WA0006.jpg" width="213" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Treecreeper at Kelmarsh<br />today courtesy of Jane<br />Neill.</td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span><br /></span></p><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAy4TKEoQDW23t5uX5DuUTGhniK5YGo3wt6jCgyqxg6uEyspNcixcLHnHlpYamS5Z-tTQoxO7_-EilcnTpjtrYzkm4RWpHGOh_XbWlNhVLD5fFVzEsJd0UeUN7l-LKeimYVMSDD3Ees2YYtJIzcRg9jYhxGrsm3zQUniddUukVKG6h743qxRJrin_/s1443/IMG-20240313-WA0001Siskins%20jane%20neill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="1443" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFAy4TKEoQDW23t5uX5DuUTGhniK5YGo3wt6jCgyqxg6uEyspNcixcLHnHlpYamS5Z-tTQoxO7_-EilcnTpjtrYzkm4RWpHGOh_XbWlNhVLD5fFVzEsJd0UeUN7l-LKeimYVMSDD3Ees2YYtJIzcRg9jYhxGrsm3zQUniddUukVKG6h743qxRJrin_/w400-h343/IMG-20240313-WA0001Siskins%20jane%20neill.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female and male Siskins<br />at Kelmarsh today courtesy<br />of Jane Neill.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9XrCb7r7-l0ab2agZG2_AcnbExRms4Du6bEdtWqDNAgqCGEPWww9bUqZ7jIbzEzQjgXhacu2eXHo-bwsIZ2UEmoKfWgDNaKXSoQ08yZ-KR3bI-IwskCgr-pFbn4V__nmBJvkcG__Io9ZDpAJNd4uGseWYTPq_KhIvChsIO0i5X_oMSyOee2UcYQK/s2586/IMG_4927%20tufted%20duck%20pitsford.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="2586" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9XrCb7r7-l0ab2agZG2_AcnbExRms4Du6bEdtWqDNAgqCGEPWww9bUqZ7jIbzEzQjgXhacu2eXHo-bwsIZ2UEmoKfWgDNaKXSoQ08yZ-KR3bI-IwskCgr-pFbn4V__nmBJvkcG__Io9ZDpAJNd4uGseWYTPq_KhIvChsIO0i5X_oMSyOee2UcYQK/w400-h258/IMG_4927%20tufted%20duck%20pitsford.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drake Tufted Duck.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2P46zsByHxEhz51XtPxCU5GQXTa4FAc95rvgXSHm3idd6PMRmEzWAN9nZ_6BEuGBCq3PdjxEa755Dn01J-vQ4yli_0ByfJGwfQJ5V-VhmlrmfxSOmnJi-WNmJfnaYc8ZtyW5IINU7eX3R7RY6VasZGxkR6_cmUwQpJWu0th4hZUAoEZI0d06zh70/s4446/IMG_4937%20mute%20swan%20cob%20pitsford.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3294" data-original-width="4446" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW2P46zsByHxEhz51XtPxCU5GQXTa4FAc95rvgXSHm3idd6PMRmEzWAN9nZ_6BEuGBCq3PdjxEa755Dn01J-vQ4yli_0ByfJGwfQJ5V-VhmlrmfxSOmnJi-WNmJfnaYc8ZtyW5IINU7eX3R7RY6VasZGxkR6_cmUwQpJWu0th4hZUAoEZI0d06zh70/w400-h296/IMG_4937%20mute%20swan%20cob%20pitsford.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cob Mute Swan.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-55930873942087039022024-03-12T19:37:00.002+00:002024-03-13T04:56:47.901+00:00Spring migrants pushing through<p>Hello</p><p>Yesterday (Monday) and Ditchford Pits remained a focal point for interesting birds with the Garganey still on Otter Lake, Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows with a Marsh Harrier flying east there and the female Ring-necked Duck was on the main pit (also known as Higham Pit). A Cattle Egret was a little further west by Ditchford Lane and the container yard.</p><p>On the Earls Barton complex the Scaup was still on Grendon Lakes and two Black-tailed Godwits and a Ringed Plover and two Goosanders were at Summer Leys. The four White-fronted Geese re-appeared at Thrapston Pits, some of the time on Big Meadow on the Titchmarsh LNR and the usual Marsh Harrier was seen at Stanwick Pits.</p><p>A Grey Wagtail and a Raven were north of the causeway at Pitsford Reservoir and Siskins included a single on a Moulton garden feeder, thirty in Nether Heyford, large numbers on Sharon's garden feeders at Creaton, four at Harlestone Lake and small numbers at both Scotland Wood and Kelmarsh Hall.</p><p>A Brambling was in Hanging Houghton village and two Green Sandpipers were in the Brampton Valley below the village. A Peregrine was eating prey at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell in the afternoon and became very vocal when two Common Buzzards thought they would muscle in but then backed off! Birds seen at Stanford Reservoir included a Water Rail, two Oystercatchers, three Goosanders and three Siskins.</p><p>Some garden ringing near Overstone provided fifty-two captures with finches dominating including two Greenfinches, nineteen Goldfinches and five Siskins.</p><p>Some nocturnal surveying in the Brampton Valley last night in very calm conditions yielded four species of owl and quite a number of calling migrants the best of which were an early Whimbrel, a Black-tailed Godwit and at least one but probably a flock of Common Scoters. More typical fare included three fly-over Coots, two Moorhens, two Common Snipe, Lapwing, Teal, Grey Heron but interestingly no discernable passerines.</p><p>Today (Tuesday) and a wet morning with yet more rain but then milder temperatures.</p><p>A flock of sixteen Dark-bellied Brent Geese were seen at Clifford Hill Pits at 7am this morning but it seems they didn't linger. The 'redhead' Smew was still there this morning as was a Curlew and Oystercatchers.</p><p>At Summer Leys LNR a classic spring migrant turned up in the shape of a Sand Martin and other birds included two Cattle Egrets, a Marsh Harrier, four Great White Egrets, two Goosanders, fifteen Common Snipe, two Dunlin and three Black-tailed Godwits. A Green Sandpiper was at Quarry Walk. Stanwick Pits continues to attract it's own Marsh Harrier, ten Goosanders, eight Redshanks and three Ringed Plovers. A Goosander was at Stortons Pits today.</p><p>A Cattle Egret and two Kingfishers were present at Rushden Lakes, Ditchford Pits, two Green Sandpipers remained in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton and a/the Peregrine was at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell again this afternoon. A Blackcap was singing at Hanging Houghton and a Raven was near Lamport.</p><p> At Harrington Airfield today there were one hundred and twenty Golden Plovers, three Common Snipe, two pairs of Grey Partridges, about seven hundred Starlings feeding on the fields and a Barn Owl.</p><p>At least one Smew was hanging on at Eyebrook Reservoir and Ian's Woodford Halse garden hosted a Mealy (Common) Redpoll and a female Blackcap.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLPIUUnT-rDVcmWbtTzn6Aog9OZfESwl2hk9hl3Fd0t7hUsNfJ7jCRgS8W8dXpiv9gr-WXn92yT-f8DPYZUlwpxHdejeB-7k4IkBX5JxnZEeJcT_R7N2DKrH71lsD1m9G0wIZpUzgFzVWjZySixhzH4hTu1XDCF6ChcVigz1k-5PRSTUPHLYOTYZu/s4065/Greenfinch.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2932" data-original-width="4065" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLPIUUnT-rDVcmWbtTzn6Aog9OZfESwl2hk9hl3Fd0t7hUsNfJ7jCRgS8W8dXpiv9gr-WXn92yT-f8DPYZUlwpxHdejeB-7k4IkBX5JxnZEeJcT_R7N2DKrH71lsD1m9G0wIZpUzgFzVWjZySixhzH4hTu1XDCF6ChcVigz1k-5PRSTUPHLYOTYZu/w400-h289/Greenfinch.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greenfinch courtesy<br />of Robin Gossage.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48rhiVhNU9hMDoEpn0C3ykZNBEKsUAkfi6mcVp2dG2p8gIrASvNZl5Fvh8lQ2pxiMToieKyW9kXgWSvf-hl5tG9eZ05I3tgQXQxrbf3X8futj6P1-8IOqZlExPkEjmyEgxruyYbOwcpyVEnTEaNkwWn2dlyp7hLTuqpDYRv9hoDL6yUH-HCTHviNB/s2040/IMG_4897%20linnet%20cottesbrooke%20estate.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1644" data-original-width="2040" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48rhiVhNU9hMDoEpn0C3ykZNBEKsUAkfi6mcVp2dG2p8gIrASvNZl5Fvh8lQ2pxiMToieKyW9kXgWSvf-hl5tG9eZ05I3tgQXQxrbf3X8futj6P1-8IOqZlExPkEjmyEgxruyYbOwcpyVEnTEaNkwWn2dlyp7hLTuqpDYRv9hoDL6yUH-HCTHviNB/w400-h323/IMG_4897%20linnet%20cottesbrooke%20estate.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winter plumage Linnet.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgx0zITkFFE7jGm4bqzDwQBryaS-mSxTIL1ZeKjdNZm145JQapnhxfmj3sI4k8SJg43zUSdK7ayw5m0fIALafG6zdxlUkWq3P0sxsOAIV3F6Hkse3ht8-NgABbi38_dXq_DVRyn5OA33L0gkLM2il6W5gRJl354CNFqNDOOqmEKfDZwT5w1CrtfNpu/s1911/20240312141020_IMG_9781~4%20goosander%20stortons%20tony%20stanford.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1905" data-original-width="1911" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgx0zITkFFE7jGm4bqzDwQBryaS-mSxTIL1ZeKjdNZm145JQapnhxfmj3sI4k8SJg43zUSdK7ayw5m0fIALafG6zdxlUkWq3P0sxsOAIV3F6Hkse3ht8-NgABbi38_dXq_DVRyn5OA33L0gkLM2il6W5gRJl354CNFqNDOOqmEKfDZwT5w1CrtfNpu/w400-h399/20240312141020_IMG_9781~4%20goosander%20stortons%20tony%20stanford.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goosander courtesy<br />of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXK2KRCis0t2k_kPy2A-Bhmm73StoK3gPkMqZemjHNPt84XEeF4RZFZTedLNtXu9elpoEUuAZly1rs7re6SaeA4_qYBuh7LHUHmyefOEavblCx-vRjlhypCS77JWKCc3FIraj361zrEbHh6V0SEDuQPO11cQyKjq0Wuh3fySm-dkqSR_fAPQeymgK/s2531/IMG_4483%20cormorant%20slimbridge.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2531" data-original-width="1979" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXK2KRCis0t2k_kPy2A-Bhmm73StoK3gPkMqZemjHNPt84XEeF4RZFZTedLNtXu9elpoEUuAZly1rs7re6SaeA4_qYBuh7LHUHmyefOEavblCx-vRjlhypCS77JWKCc3FIraj361zrEbHh6V0SEDuQPO11cQyKjq0Wuh3fySm-dkqSR_fAPQeymgK/w313-h400/IMG_4483%20cormorant%20slimbridge.jpg" width="313" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cormorant in it's<br />striking spring plumage.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-78139069438647826932024-03-12T08:26:00.002+00:002024-03-12T08:54:56.136+00:00Siskin bonanza<p>Hello</p><p>Kenny Cramer and team returned to Linford Lakes on Saturday to complete some more ringing and in the hope of connecting with some more migrant finches. </p><p>With a rather large team Kenny felt a little under pressure to ensure there were sufficient birds to ring and in addition to mist nets he deployed some traps too. He needn't have worried as there were plenty of birds to go around with one hundred and twenty-six captures of fifteen species, ninety-six of which were newly-ringed. And those gorgeous little yellow finches the Siskins dominated proceedings with seventy-five being caught and processed, sixty-eight of which were new, six of which were re-traps from the previous week-end and a bird bearing a ring from elsewhere.</p><p>This spring has seen a major movement of these stunning and charismatic finches with speculation that the inflated numbers may be continental birds. However we now have details of the bird found with a ring on already - it was a female first ringed in The Highlands in Scotland on 23rd May 2023 - and this ringing date and location suggests it is a breeding bird from Scotland rather than from elsewhere. So it seems that at least some of these yellow perils are Scottish birds simply moving up the country and raiding garden bird feeders along the way!</p><p>Kenny reported that there were plenty of other Siskins there that they didn't catch but other finches processed included a Lesser Redpoll, six Goldfinches, three Chaffinches and four Greenfinches.</p><p>Two Black-headed Gulls were caught in traps, adults not regularly caught and ringed locally. Other birds encountered included four Chiffchaffs, a Goldcrest, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Song Thrush and a Reed Bunting.</p><p>Other birds noted on-site included a Great White Egret, a Water Rail, Common Snipe and Oystercatcher.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxLCav5LY_4DoWfaoc8jxIsO5o58jGC65DXAKt3d5EBRZhLaTgJya0N8Ibz_vCK7_jiKwfMNdCGYfQHxnDuw8XhiVGobN8c-RmsVXOr0ihxAfmGNrjAauD6Kb4dSF6kPJkc4Z33ej7Yqf_SFAsJGXhIpdDomvEORboeutFuywIctI24wY5epiNvoZ/s857/AJT2641%20SISKI%209.3.24%20nick%20w.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="668" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxLCav5LY_4DoWfaoc8jxIsO5o58jGC65DXAKt3d5EBRZhLaTgJya0N8Ibz_vCK7_jiKwfMNdCGYfQHxnDuw8XhiVGobN8c-RmsVXOr0ihxAfmGNrjAauD6Kb4dSF6kPJkc4Z33ej7Yqf_SFAsJGXhIpdDomvEORboeutFuywIctI24wY5epiNvoZ/w311-h400/AJT2641%20SISKI%209.3.24%20nick%20w.PNG" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map depicting the rough<br />location of the ringed Siskin<br />in May last year and the location<br />(Linford Lakes) where it was<br />subsequently encountered on<br />Saturday.<br /><br />Courtesy of Nick Wood.</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4guSHxKF3GbxESaHCljl16DglV4Qg54SHfclszTr4RJP_0VzVxxSown194wu5aJ7x292pWyJT9227g1eyMmp6AsgicCuHypTVcdSgtRtml1xc5mdnYnmPBX1vPCtrbsM2vGOngAqWqFMQj-nplG-BjPzBNbb9itAJhuHNQ9lToPBzrz5Okt1J0OJ/s2987/feeders.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2987" data-original-width="2517" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4guSHxKF3GbxESaHCljl16DglV4Qg54SHfclszTr4RJP_0VzVxxSown194wu5aJ7x292pWyJT9227g1eyMmp6AsgicCuHypTVcdSgtRtml1xc5mdnYnmPBX1vPCtrbsM2vGOngAqWqFMQj-nplG-BjPzBNbb9itAJhuHNQ9lToPBzrz5Okt1J0OJ/w338-h400/feeders.jpg" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Siskins on the feeders<br />at Linford Lakes - Kenny<br />spoils them with sunflower<br /> hearts!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqrwoMgYf6ik60Dl1k92H9-W4-XLwfymBtNKFC3dlHRCaXGC6XYFLRRmfgSH_Ih3kknfLC-Tw9gx2R404u2LvmdnrpqWe2FxI6Zwykug9J5gi-qHWuT6jDtUm7WbiW6K6hPh1QxKXHNZ3lyFy1UTxppjbEqG_SExTcLdnFYfWiDPOO8AGPAZ_ci2f/s1632/BLHGU.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="1492" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqrwoMgYf6ik60Dl1k92H9-W4-XLwfymBtNKFC3dlHRCaXGC6XYFLRRmfgSH_Ih3kknfLC-Tw9gx2R404u2LvmdnrpqWe2FxI6Zwykug9J5gi-qHWuT6jDtUm7WbiW6K6hPh1QxKXHNZ3lyFy1UTxppjbEqG_SExTcLdnFYfWiDPOO8AGPAZ_ci2f/w366-h400/BLHGU.jpg" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black-headed Gull.<br /><br />Images courtesy of<br />Kenny Cramer.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-53713289131450724832024-03-10T20:52:00.001+00:002024-03-11T07:44:39.137+00:00A wet Sunday<p>Hello</p><p>Sadly the weather forecast was accurate and today has been very wet. </p><p>One of the birds of the moment is the Siskin and several were at Kelmarsh Hall today and a few were by the dam at Pitsford Reservoir where there was also a Grey Wagtail. Frank witnessed over twenty Siskins feeding on his garden silver birch at Nether Heyford and twenty were looking for food at the Summer Leys LNR Feeding Station. Two Redpolls were also with the Siskins at Summer Leys and the Redpoll flock remained at the Duston attenuation pond.</p><p>Sixty Yellowhammers and two Grey Partridges were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning and our garden attracted lots of hungry birds which included singles of Reed Bunting and Yellowhammer.</p><p>At Stanford Reservoir there was no sign of the cracking Firecrest of yesterday but birds seen there included a Curlew, a Cetti's Warbler and a Kingfisher. The drake Garganey and three Black-tailed Godwits were still present on the Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows reserve at Ditchford Pits this morning. The 'redhead' Smew and a Black-tailed Godwit were at Clifford Hill Pits and Summer Leys LNR attracted another Little Gull, three Great White Egrets, five Dunlin, over three hundred Golden Plovers, about fifteen Common Snipe and two Black-tailed Godwits.</p><p>The impressive Starling murmuration and roost was still present at Stortons Pits this afternoon/evening.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JxYcWoFKnSG3erXgKlfJOgGqDzGr7K703hIzUbtYe0ZrCVqSa4-ib7jaNiOAvGtAglgUmvcee9nFbSu4qoSw2a42K1sXouV1xcifZiGsAkgbA_aczpc4DpI5phuQhT8goLLUUetoAFt4HhgOu-1Ta71huuLleFfN-TrzIKG26fG8Edq15suSqf66/s3689/20240307102105_IMG_8926~3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3372" data-original-width="3689" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5JxYcWoFKnSG3erXgKlfJOgGqDzGr7K703hIzUbtYe0ZrCVqSa4-ib7jaNiOAvGtAglgUmvcee9nFbSu4qoSw2a42K1sXouV1xcifZiGsAkgbA_aczpc4DpI5phuQhT8goLLUUetoAFt4HhgOu-1Ta71huuLleFfN-TrzIKG26fG8Edq15suSqf66/w400-h366/20240307102105_IMG_8926~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Siskin courtesy of<br />Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVr-Un6YtC_AnAxarHgjWzSoUkNErU74alGpS1YG-sqQtyDXKKC6gPH4xa-kw87UN2Cw5xMkFy8u2Wy3oIAcpkTJqz4StAkbZuFFzHSTo79u_9q2zkZMfPf7ARSyWAyCUxquxbjaYASYMIr-1AkSyTYwyfoApdkNlCBTlZ3ADGezEwCFf-4IOrXQIt/s4564/20240305105034_IMG_8487~4.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4488" data-original-width="4564" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVr-Un6YtC_AnAxarHgjWzSoUkNErU74alGpS1YG-sqQtyDXKKC6gPH4xa-kw87UN2Cw5xMkFy8u2Wy3oIAcpkTJqz4StAkbZuFFzHSTo79u_9q2zkZMfPf7ARSyWAyCUxquxbjaYASYMIr-1AkSyTYwyfoApdkNlCBTlZ3ADGezEwCFf-4IOrXQIt/w400-h394/20240305105034_IMG_8487~4.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Muntjac courtesy<br />of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAbKtpLQUlbguXjrCaq4C5Npc-NqrW9i6hx3r5EHQqTHAl0HAOGjOLdoXr8xVsFnA0rUpmCQp0mBnRtp_SwS64ktVfBOiNvG9spTdvCYzUMuGHoyz9E54urX7LJSKcu8bLKxJSoWCaZVXEO-HKp82TLcTnOJF2AcUUKB9mcchbKX14iDn51q_2GDW/s2920/Robin%20l_l.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2920" data-original-width="2508" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzAbKtpLQUlbguXjrCaq4C5Npc-NqrW9i6hx3r5EHQqTHAl0HAOGjOLdoXr8xVsFnA0rUpmCQp0mBnRtp_SwS64ktVfBOiNvG9spTdvCYzUMuGHoyz9E54urX7LJSKcu8bLKxJSoWCaZVXEO-HKp82TLcTnOJF2AcUUKB9mcchbKX14iDn51q_2GDW/w344-h400/Robin%20l_l.jpg" width="344" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9RISoOMlJ2A217fnAPKDZ9vBvRBR_mDQqIpC31Wd_Xa2rabUF_E7gehF5fhAhZDWmZOZCNbhiOjQNq4oAoyiuvXwMSeWCjgyzBVAQSe9IBx5iFk9qKYFyEo9iAOXi58ov7d2CD8mgVFr0n2AaELICZgm_EV2DcG3I-Vxu0ojGsd5-dO-YhEuCpbY/s2835/Robin%202%20l_l.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2835" data-original-width="2331" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9RISoOMlJ2A217fnAPKDZ9vBvRBR_mDQqIpC31Wd_Xa2rabUF_E7gehF5fhAhZDWmZOZCNbhiOjQNq4oAoyiuvXwMSeWCjgyzBVAQSe9IBx5iFk9qKYFyEo9iAOXi58ov7d2CD8mgVFr0n2AaELICZgm_EV2DcG3I-Vxu0ojGsd5-dO-YhEuCpbY/w329-h400/Robin%202%20l_l.jpg" width="329" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robin courtesy of<br />Robin Gossage.<br /><br />One of the species that<br />is providing us with the<br />early spring dawn chorus<br />even if they have been<br />singing all winter!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-9025837259744786882024-03-09T20:47:00.001+00:002024-03-09T21:54:43.948+00:00Saturday spring birds<p>Hello</p><p>In the Nene Valley the Ring-necked Duck re-appeared on the main pit at Ditchford Pits today and the drake Scaup was present too with three Black-tailed Godwits on the Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows reserve. The first year drake Scaup was also at Grendon Lakes, Earls Barton this morning and other birds on the complex included a mobile Marsh Harrier with two Black-tailed Godwits and three Dunlin on the Summer Leys LNR. The long staying 'redhead' Smew remained at Clifford Hill Pits and a Marsh Harrier and three Pintail were at Stanwick Pits.</p><p>At Stanford Reservoir the star bird was a Firecrest right on the Leicestershire/Northants border off the Welford Road car park and seen in both counties. Other birds included eight Pintail, a fly-over Dunlin and two Cetti's Warblers.</p><p>A female Merlin was in action at Harrington Airfield on the top fields today chasing down Skylarks and Meadow Pipits. Also present were at least two Bramblings, eight Grey Partridges, two Common Snipe and with twelve Siskins over. Two Bramblings and a singing Chiffchaff were along the Brampton Valley Way between Brixworth and Hanging Houghton and three Reed Buntings were in our Hanging Houghton garden briefly. Two Grey Wagtails were in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth.</p><p>A small flock of Redpolls and two Siskins were at the attenuation pond at Duston today with a report of the Mealy Redpoll being present early this morning. Three Woodcock were disturbed from a small copse east of Cottesbrooke this morning and Siskins were on the move wherever I was today with many attracted to the bud bursts on deciduous trees such as poplars.</p><p>Two drake Smew and a Little Gull were at Eyebrook Reservoir today...rain tomorrow!</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpjfU7pOBSQ0tk_28Y_2Y0eBn5Us7ByTfkZiVxoIPp91YY6P4Vb9Q0j4UJbh5dX8ARqssX06W9-Fn-IQASfKoL3v8iZrkwxCecLRnNXu1oY1PqZk-tXCUsL8KnwQn7V1nD30EJuacJ47Y9GHHrtS9RNtEhJRzerKxTnyFDQiFYWVsJhvBeR7xr18X/s1251/20240226110900_IMG_7434~3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1251" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbpjfU7pOBSQ0tk_28Y_2Y0eBn5Us7ByTfkZiVxoIPp91YY6P4Vb9Q0j4UJbh5dX8ARqssX06W9-Fn-IQASfKoL3v8iZrkwxCecLRnNXu1oY1PqZk-tXCUsL8KnwQn7V1nD30EJuacJ47Y9GHHrtS9RNtEhJRzerKxTnyFDQiFYWVsJhvBeR7xr18X/w400-h391/20240226110900_IMG_7434~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Buzzard courtesy<br />of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lq2p1UTKzJRaYb_Ffh5jIB649qGFYHuU4VpQ57vZhjIzgKDfxXHhk2aE2UEPP64e9WhU-TEHTkza8Hhbsc6YyHrYxMtO24Gb6TZeaD31qnQjsXNUSgRz-87uY5plzbcntISmFvUtp_YS1JuULMUnRc1KenVXEIXCdGxhyphenhyphenE9YE8ihtwJPitCBJfJP/s907/wren70.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="907" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lq2p1UTKzJRaYb_Ffh5jIB649qGFYHuU4VpQ57vZhjIzgKDfxXHhk2aE2UEPP64e9WhU-TEHTkza8Hhbsc6YyHrYxMtO24Gb6TZeaD31qnQjsXNUSgRz-87uY5plzbcntISmFvUtp_YS1JuULMUnRc1KenVXEIXCdGxhyphenhyphenE9YE8ihtwJPitCBJfJP/w400-h310/wren70.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wren courtesy of<br />John Tilly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsEB7ybLT0vGefNdgcYko8sSqz2MBu9b04pPnwAr49zjYsaae5z2NBVuUfw4HCNRdaLOb7Txdq7d-zLoDID374j-SZaXqM_awJQOsQl3cU1c84JD7o-s0RqyzXfeyf6jMLfB7tV_CYJRLtf3y4RjUNgfedyArOHOqvi9JuSTZlaX1Zvx_s_LsgnNC/s907/siskin29.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="907" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsEB7ybLT0vGefNdgcYko8sSqz2MBu9b04pPnwAr49zjYsaae5z2NBVuUfw4HCNRdaLOb7Txdq7d-zLoDID374j-SZaXqM_awJQOsQl3cU1c84JD7o-s0RqyzXfeyf6jMLfB7tV_CYJRLtf3y4RjUNgfedyArOHOqvi9JuSTZlaX1Zvx_s_LsgnNC/w400-h241/siskin29.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female Siskin courtesy<br />of John Tilly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDE9BJzo7ns29fQQaERCC6t_oPRvypvIPqCwezH3wl8Dz3TF-KpgX413DSSAkvChjjn0jRlTOLfhJ_Ht05cJbmIjBsL9RIAUiMwuwK70HS6nvtz3oik86butKGNwJLK1CK9CeeCF4ivH9dJMv02CeqpbXO03saDKzL_7Nth-yOYAaDH7dNxInHNUqE/s3816/IMG_4055%20rook%20slimbridge.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3816" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDE9BJzo7ns29fQQaERCC6t_oPRvypvIPqCwezH3wl8Dz3TF-KpgX413DSSAkvChjjn0jRlTOLfhJ_Ht05cJbmIjBsL9RIAUiMwuwK70HS6nvtz3oik86butKGNwJLK1CK9CeeCF4ivH9dJMv02CeqpbXO03saDKzL_7Nth-yOYAaDH7dNxInHNUqE/w400-h211/IMG_4055%20rook%20slimbridge.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rook.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-65431658575960162522024-03-08T20:32:00.000+00:002024-03-08T20:32:30.023+00:00Godwits on the move<p>Hello</p><p>Some local surveying close to home provided thirty Siskins at Drummerboy, Brixworth with seventy Common Snipe, a Woodcock, two Grey Wagtails, a Kingfisher and a fly-over Raven in the Brampton Valley below Brixworth village. Two Crossbills were briefly in woodland east of Creaton (plus a singing Chiffchaff) and a singing Grey Wagtail was at the village sewer works with over one hundred and fifty Redwings spread over the area. Two Green Sandpipers and a Barn Owl were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this afternoon.</p><p>An adult Yellow-legged Gull at Pitsford Reservoir today appeared to be paired with a Lesser Black-backed Gull and birds at Hollowell Reservoir included a second calendar year Mediterranean Gull, two adult Caspian Gulls and a Jack Snipe. An adult Mediterranean Gull was again in the Stanford Reservoir gull roost with the Goosander still present too. Five Smew and a Little Gull were at Eyebrook Reservoir today. Half a dozen Siskins were at a very quiet Sywell Country Park today.</p><p>Another Little Gull was reported at the unusual location of Wicksteed Park today and at Ditchford Pits the drake Scaup was seen on the main pit (but the female Ring-necked Duck wasn't seen) and the drake Garganey was still on Otter Lake on the Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadow reserve with five Black-tailed Godwits on the reserve too. Two Cattle Egrets and two Oystercatchers weren't far away on flood water east of The Embankment at Wellingborough.</p><p>A Scaup was still at Grendon Lakes at Earls Barton Pits and Summer Leys LNR attracted a Marsh Harrier, a Dunlin, a Redshank, a Pintail, a Great White Egret and a Black-tailed Godwit. Two Oystercatchers and a Shelduck were at Earls Barton quarry. Ten more Black-tailed Godwits were on floods off the A605 at Barnwell Lock and one flew over the Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston Pits. A Redshank and two Oystercatchers were at Clifford Hill Pits.</p><p>Following a number in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, Nigel found one or two Mealy Redpoll(s) with Lesser Redpolls at New Sandy Lane, Duston - the What3words location is reach.lung.shiny.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBZ-Ib5eBV7PK8SkuoAAaf6i2IJbFKsXSV7SsCdNd2uTZsoO_75aVACPaforhb2xjI46m68_mTLdfcAV45yAlZhtsamZJEs48FowzbEkdtShkCWOoBbpYbl_hCxcsT5JVVq-tuy-HRJKYdN0D8OwdbONAqiuCYbNQZK1xc6w9yq-ULY5X6acxxsg-/s3420/20240307093908_IMG_8830~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2628" data-original-width="3420" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeBZ-Ib5eBV7PK8SkuoAAaf6i2IJbFKsXSV7SsCdNd2uTZsoO_75aVACPaforhb2xjI46m68_mTLdfcAV45yAlZhtsamZJEs48FowzbEkdtShkCWOoBbpYbl_hCxcsT5JVVq-tuy-HRJKYdN0D8OwdbONAqiuCYbNQZK1xc6w9yq-ULY5X6acxxsg-/w400-h308/20240307093908_IMG_8830~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Redshank and Common<br />Snipe at Summer Leys LNR.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrz9tBnFIT_QkSobUf1E5o5bQqpn1CFHpAQJuSMrplOblGDP7R6hA486XSO8N0T43uiQM-7Qquo2iGD8yMnD6UzXeGqqnfut5ACjqrwiFHx6w1E3sd-4tyVb5BTNdcNdI_XVq1hykH8NfvYMIz5khkStnJ6Y1JTNAI41EeTA24b0Zy8bK2dtocO37D/s1898/20240307133509_IMG_9494~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1898" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrz9tBnFIT_QkSobUf1E5o5bQqpn1CFHpAQJuSMrplOblGDP7R6hA486XSO8N0T43uiQM-7Qquo2iGD8yMnD6UzXeGqqnfut5ACjqrwiFHx6w1E3sd-4tyVb5BTNdcNdI_XVq1hykH8NfvYMIz5khkStnJ6Y1JTNAI41EeTA24b0Zy8bK2dtocO37D/w400-h304/20240307133509_IMG_9494~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yesterday's Avocets at<br />Summer Leys LNR.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_gb7v8vXU1csCrGxDt_IpyjK7s6WmAlZTxP4TfwqWQfU8g7S_qpxm-HC8ssa_jPvJ1P7girgZH9bA8-gDvlqd0TJcM3C4UjME3eUqzv8qqnrCbfGopPBOlRlph5jfB5prc5DVCzF0BAv5F4yk56ICoclgtL_Y92UnuN5_jraVhP6Ns_G4IZpefmT/s6960/20240228100258_IMG_7507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4640" data-original-width="6960" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7_gb7v8vXU1csCrGxDt_IpyjK7s6WmAlZTxP4TfwqWQfU8g7S_qpxm-HC8ssa_jPvJ1P7girgZH9bA8-gDvlqd0TJcM3C4UjME3eUqzv8qqnrCbfGopPBOlRlph5jfB5prc5DVCzF0BAv5F4yk56ICoclgtL_Y92UnuN5_jraVhP6Ns_G4IZpefmT/w400-h266/20240228100258_IMG_7507.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Redshank.<br /><br />Above images courtesy<br />of Tony Stanford.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbMIFLlmN2LLr_Y0LtSXKnn-LLpsAF4Av03T8289opu4G6DvQP8RES39aovHCvY-guaVbUH5aLo40fuQn8KQjNarhWubU8HOt_W7CjOU-XBpWF3SEap7JmQTaFOCFI_8RM-TpqYcw5AgrD4yI955RgDyj8DsE0xghQbyI6xwNXbvuP1DPtduJcfHL/s5184/IMG_3659.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIbMIFLlmN2LLr_Y0LtSXKnn-LLpsAF4Av03T8289opu4G6DvQP8RES39aovHCvY-guaVbUH5aLo40fuQn8KQjNarhWubU8HOt_W7CjOU-XBpWF3SEap7JmQTaFOCFI_8RM-TpqYcw5AgrD4yI955RgDyj8DsE0xghQbyI6xwNXbvuP1DPtduJcfHL/w400-h266/IMG_3659.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Woodpigeon.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-23797370927157132182024-03-07T19:34:00.001+00:002024-03-07T20:06:11.336+00:00March migration<p>Hello</p><p>There has been evidence of early spring passage for a couple of weeks now and with a shift in wind direction and weather today it went up a gear. Pipits, Reed Buntings, winter thrushes, wagtails, finches and gulls have been on the move and gaining momentum as we push in towards a new season but a couple of visitors to the county today helped emphasize the migration period.</p><p>An adult Little Gull was discovered at Summer Leys LNR today and subsequently three Avocets dropped in. Other birds on the reserve included four Great White Egrets, twenty Common Snipe, three Ruff and over a hundred Golden Plovers plus a Curlew flew through.</p><p>By early afternoon two more adult Little Gulls were on the Main Lake at Stanwick Pits and by late afternoon two adult Little Gulls had made it to the Holcot Bay at Pitsford Reservoir. A Barn Owl was also seen somewhere on-site at Pitsford.</p><p>At Ditchford Pits today the female Ring-necked Duck and drake Scaup were on the main pit between Higham Ferrers and Irthlingborough, a Curlew flew through and a small flock of Siskins and Redpoll and a singing Blackcap were at the end of Wharf Road, Higham Ferrers by the access point to the pits complex. This afternoon seven Cattle Egrets were in flooded fields off Ditchford Lane near to the container yard and earlier two had been at nearby Rushden Lakes. The drake Garganey was still on Otter Lake, Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows this morning.</p><p>At Hollowell Reservoir today there was an adult Caspian Gull, a Jack Snipe, a Stonechat, about a hundred Redwings and six Siskins. At Stanford Reservoir an adult Mediterranean Gull roosted and a Goosander was present.</p><p>About ninety Redwings were on fields immediately south of Harlestone Heath this morning with about ten Siskins in the plantations and a single Raven in Harlestone village. The garden influx of Siskins continues with two on a Moulton garden feeder, three in a Woodford Halse garden, two in a Brixworth garden, two more in a Mears Ashby garden (plus five Reed Buntings), six Siskins and eight Redpolls in a Grange Park, Northampton garden, a single in a Duston garden and an impressive thirty plus in Sharon's garden at Creaton!</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7Mfv068Hwhr-WqeXbhJlprLXly2dLVvrXmsHDxeheY0CQ6a0cPhXCHUf6ppq7hBJR1gttHD8EmS3CcQbeORwrR3vpCSobikcb_-g4l-BO9eEF67So-QzvfWjTPW1xDkvvu8Led_SWRD-Ru1wmX22o4TchWDIsEuui9JClHJcz6sAWrekSYWKCwib/s2019/2S3A4299%20little%20gull%20neil%20h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1749" data-original-width="2019" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU7Mfv068Hwhr-WqeXbhJlprLXly2dLVvrXmsHDxeheY0CQ6a0cPhXCHUf6ppq7hBJR1gttHD8EmS3CcQbeORwrR3vpCSobikcb_-g4l-BO9eEF67So-QzvfWjTPW1xDkvvu8Led_SWRD-Ru1wmX22o4TchWDIsEuui9JClHJcz6sAWrekSYWKCwib/w400-h346/2S3A4299%20little%20gull%20neil%20h.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Gull at Summer Leys<br />LNR today courtesy of Neil<br />Hasdell.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4NiTGU_sAFfYTzGD5o5gNFXHK9IOm1J_Jq3f3OYWIIhyphenhyphenUdsbgvjST3LsyLtpFdxe5zlIvesJ9Z74Lc2-_QVdKgzhdid1x72e0GRoS9pNg1AEpSoALFqpvA9nu8mReAnWR11TmUbrprypzflCpA6Q0AWP2TeJxWQOVlCXTwFNDT5QVsgaVzE-1D81U/s907/siskin31.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="907" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4NiTGU_sAFfYTzGD5o5gNFXHK9IOm1J_Jq3f3OYWIIhyphenhyphenUdsbgvjST3LsyLtpFdxe5zlIvesJ9Z74Lc2-_QVdKgzhdid1x72e0GRoS9pNg1AEpSoALFqpvA9nu8mReAnWR11TmUbrprypzflCpA6Q0AWP2TeJxWQOVlCXTwFNDT5QVsgaVzE-1D81U/w400-h293/siskin31.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Siskin courtesy<br />of John Tilly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5xpYnejqBhEXRfzM1N9hYa38UkpJLE2N7EDZYoDEe39IsUPFcOb_Rw0GCfnBk1sFEEvd6qUT_4IEGmGIjlsthWx_r3tMDgNIFxqHvkbfbA6iuQYxHvVw1xDHOUd6xO63nHtheZr4xazBXbApjDgh0kyXYGLU7PGEuhaOy1KIu5vKOVNQAJR5L035y/s1280/SISKIN%20(2)_filtered%20dave%20Jackson.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1280" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5xpYnejqBhEXRfzM1N9hYa38UkpJLE2N7EDZYoDEe39IsUPFcOb_Rw0GCfnBk1sFEEvd6qUT_4IEGmGIjlsthWx_r3tMDgNIFxqHvkbfbA6iuQYxHvVw1xDHOUd6xO63nHtheZr4xazBXbApjDgh0kyXYGLU7PGEuhaOy1KIu5vKOVNQAJR5L035y/w400-h268/SISKIN%20(2)_filtered%20dave%20Jackson.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female Siskin courtesy<br />of Dave Jackson.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhVKYpMx5tdzKoPpCC9G7fFceevP3vBE6kWKCrqC-D1iqiq_R_G0NrDCpyKb399oyhHNBxurrIcnGvARHSVU5IWRK-cZsKg3LLZzxmQHcZkaHnhnIzjpl7dFuMINzwnLsQXuhIDa_pIasYASmcsqPjjTo_qn6-3B87IfkjU-jEXtTPhABWr_slEbi/s1324/20240201101527_IMG_0075~3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1037" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhVKYpMx5tdzKoPpCC9G7fFceevP3vBE6kWKCrqC-D1iqiq_R_G0NrDCpyKb399oyhHNBxurrIcnGvARHSVU5IWRK-cZsKg3LLZzxmQHcZkaHnhnIzjpl7dFuMINzwnLsQXuhIDa_pIasYASmcsqPjjTo_qn6-3B87IfkjU-jEXtTPhABWr_slEbi/w314-h400/20240201101527_IMG_0075~3.JPG" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Muntjac enjoying a scratch<br />courtesy of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-43498703478101331202024-03-07T14:20:00.000+00:002024-03-07T14:20:11.854+00:00Ringing at Linford Lakes<p>Hello<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GtT-hq-3GRSMZdUuGgiQQSNmiLt2IBG4pJt1Zhgo7ihfFZFMOqWX32R8gg8Va52eOs3Gm-pDCAZQkzcbVLGMxJ20zbsXXAZaXNJEwN_HNZ1jjI0Wd3J6ty4R4R2rv7MhTvyjEKAFhg-R6qMLlqHEP-7cw9WrLO68RXq5-ao82A5qiqw3RrU8yEUR/s1915/HOUSP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1915" data-original-width="1455" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-GtT-hq-3GRSMZdUuGgiQQSNmiLt2IBG4pJt1Zhgo7ihfFZFMOqWX32R8gg8Va52eOs3Gm-pDCAZQkzcbVLGMxJ20zbsXXAZaXNJEwN_HNZ1jjI0Wd3J6ty4R4R2rv7MhTvyjEKAFhg-R6qMLlqHEP-7cw9WrLO68RXq5-ao82A5qiqw3RrU8yEUR/w304-h400/HOUSP.jpg" width="304" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A male House Sparrow from<br />the ringing session the previous<br />week and only the second individual<br />of this species to be ringed at Linford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>Last Sunday (3rd March), Kenny Cramer and team completed some more ringing at Linford Lakes on the edge of Milton Keynes close to the Northants border. This followed a successful session the week before where migrating finches showed up attracted to the feeders. Kenny reports that on Sunday the session started cold with ice-locked nets and freezing fog and finished in spring-like sunshine with accompanying bumblebees and singing Chiffchaffs! </p><p>Once the sun burned through the cold fog and the temperatures rose the birds began to move around and the catch went up after a very slow start with one hundred and nine captures of eighteen species, of which sixty-three birds were newly-ringed.</p><p>Again the finches provided the colour and variety with fourteen Goldfinches processed plus eight Greenfinches, a Chaffinch, three Lesser Redpolls and an excellent total of twenty Siskins. Winter thrushes are difficult to catch at this time of the year but three Redwings were duly caught and processed as were six Blackbirds. Other birds included two Chiffchaffs, two Cetti's Warblers, a Treecreeper, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and two Reed Buntings.</p><p>Other birds noted on-site included a Water Rail, four Oystercatchers and three Great White Egrets.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kQgNLfIJSP9vu9rh13spLFO8WPhkBsBlUO3kB7pX04WcufU0w_aRkttrDwvydD9B5cDAz0t2H2fFKkjheb_xBUKwZJWe0OcfSCJpmOOv3MnUBQ1vMmuygERKa-Gxw_L1bPgfOmIL4h7LdMB4I8X7ZqUHLCe7ATQAUHgRjj-oqebirK5w56lPYs9o/s3597/RAINB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2309" data-original-width="3597" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kQgNLfIJSP9vu9rh13spLFO8WPhkBsBlUO3kB7pX04WcufU0w_aRkttrDwvydD9B5cDAz0t2H2fFKkjheb_xBUKwZJWe0OcfSCJpmOOv3MnUBQ1vMmuygERKa-Gxw_L1bPgfOmIL4h7LdMB4I8X7ZqUHLCe7ATQAUHgRjj-oqebirK5w56lPYs9o/w400-h256/RAINB.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stunning rainbow captured on<br />Saturday 2nd March during the <br />course of setting up the site for<br />the ringing the following day.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsM4QaZO5p7waw-yL0JQGIPLyIQBGQJSNSoUs0iXLTloUzo8TrJhgXVGiVoJoK3PGjuxuOiMlM7n9XbKekJsgpDRLG29xiHbBtmF2J41GJaLLj-c0C9aNRETM9XmQez2WZYvMHRu9G4_pJzIcJF1lYCUm7RlWm0Gbpbiv7M19WbLxr26FUgL62BzH/s2494/REEBU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2494" data-original-width="1708" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsM4QaZO5p7waw-yL0JQGIPLyIQBGQJSNSoUs0iXLTloUzo8TrJhgXVGiVoJoK3PGjuxuOiMlM7n9XbKekJsgpDRLG29xiHbBtmF2J41GJaLLj-c0C9aNRETM9XmQez2WZYvMHRu9G4_pJzIcJF1lYCUm7RlWm0Gbpbiv7M19WbLxr26FUgL62BzH/w274-h400/REEBU.jpg" width="274" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reed Bunting.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpj-7fUHlr6LS4zBb9lvWetbD3pUpO1AeqFiPArOGZwb0WWYCEhnwLgGenHp02rCs2bZPfuz-08iBbDiLZiWb1XcR4NojVodKbUgdfZ6nC1r-5ZTQJADQqcF20mgtC8IxiUMViHaAOIMfONl7NKLOMQRyqiJOU1wKzSOtgA6SLI9Zz5WpqbW2gVfaP/s2373/LESRE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2373" data-original-width="1814" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpj-7fUHlr6LS4zBb9lvWetbD3pUpO1AeqFiPArOGZwb0WWYCEhnwLgGenHp02rCs2bZPfuz-08iBbDiLZiWb1XcR4NojVodKbUgdfZ6nC1r-5ZTQJADQqcF20mgtC8IxiUMViHaAOIMfONl7NKLOMQRyqiJOU1wKzSOtgA6SLI9Zz5WpqbW2gVfaP/w306-h400/LESRE.jpg" width="306" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Lesser Redpoll.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxjYiENZZCiEAd1pgwaovMEmPeLO6a4-zbkwKJWMDmkknWiqjIhh8E6AcoJBzjlOif2IvI1KYEkYsAIsMcjsnJVgs0ABM69Hpp9KDNmjqYC7_Bw4dTyiKWeWvkh80hmNOm-HqF2QMz3ZpCLv2m0-9tv6eAFm2wH_HRr1Gsf4CFpViwTY7W_qvmlOb/s2401/CHAFF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2401" data-original-width="1962" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxjYiENZZCiEAd1pgwaovMEmPeLO6a4-zbkwKJWMDmkknWiqjIhh8E6AcoJBzjlOif2IvI1KYEkYsAIsMcjsnJVgs0ABM69Hpp9KDNmjqYC7_Bw4dTyiKWeWvkh80hmNOm-HqF2QMz3ZpCLv2m0-9tv6eAFm2wH_HRr1Gsf4CFpViwTY7W_qvmlOb/w326-h400/CHAFF.jpg" width="326" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female Chaffinch.<br /><br />All images courtesy of Kenny Cramer.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-12503840344086426532024-03-06T22:48:00.000+00:002024-03-06T22:48:14.624+00:00Early March sightings<p>Hello</p><p>An interesting trio of ducks at Ditchford Pits today included the drake Garganey still at Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows and a drake Scaup and a female Ring-necked Duck on the main lake of the complex.</p><p>A Hawfinch was reported in flight over Islip Working Men's Club at lunchtime today and at Stanwick Pits a Bittern was seen in flight over the lake at the western end of the site which then landed in reeds early afternoon.</p><p>Birds at Summer Leys LNR today included five Great White Egrets, at least eighteen Common Snipe, about three hundred Golden Plovers, eight Redshanks and four Oystercatchers. Three Oystercatchers were also at Hardwater Lake opposite Summer Leys.</p><p>A pair of Peregrines are in residence at Higham Ferrers church at this time and a live-link camera is now available to view.</p><p>This morning four Short-eared Owls and two Barn Owls were encountered in a field on Lamport Hall Estate with no public access, the field acting as a day-time roost site for the Short-eareds. Grey Partridges were heard calling at Blueberry Farm this morning and eight were located at Harrington Airfield this afternoon.</p><p>A Raven was over the Kelmarsh estate, at least one Siskin was at Kelmarsh Hall and at least two Siskins and a Woodcock were noted at Scotland Wood. At Pitsford Reservoir two female Bramblings were at the Old Scaldwell Road Feeding Station and a possible Jack Snipe and thirty to forty Common Snipe were present too.</p><p>The video below is a clip of the exodus of Starlings from the Stortons Pits roost at 6.20am this morning courtesy of Graham Bentley.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyplJXm9iEOzS8tX80zDUadBA5mgjPBTy_ciF4PLPLYyV-VuTJU9HnSBmrCtlci9upTJIuvZCshYqajrFWAig' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSnmrfXHLJdeqTdxWZmNnWMi6_XEJrHYSEWPDUtQdE19viIxTZvifwxNBT8B6skcEez2wyvcNThNoLSV5jfC7mD64mQoS4SaTjwf8ZDWxOYLYk6h8-LETmO0G_HuuagoaixTMUhFBzA9lFJ4kUbD16-0wwqZWqtFBsomduO05X1CVcDMQBNIMWXRS/s1280/REDPOLL_filtered%20dave%20j.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="915" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSnmrfXHLJdeqTdxWZmNnWMi6_XEJrHYSEWPDUtQdE19viIxTZvifwxNBT8B6skcEez2wyvcNThNoLSV5jfC7mD64mQoS4SaTjwf8ZDWxOYLYk6h8-LETmO0G_HuuagoaixTMUhFBzA9lFJ4kUbD16-0wwqZWqtFBsomduO05X1CVcDMQBNIMWXRS/w286-h400/REDPOLL_filtered%20dave%20j.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipiO7SF-GidJnScOLPbyzXgKUs-EYa0fd5WxOLZ4hFu3LkUVobBelu2JSZnJXHuPnVCARqPTU7_50RQ7ImFJH5Ikxm9jzlugPZfeh8JSuNY25ZaVSDmn_EkMhQ8pixA164loGBuAVzwhQZqqrodedB_NUig1pQYLac-IpDTuSeHs_DjTOara7N2goz/s1280/REDPOLL%20(1)_filtered%20dave%20jackson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1280" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipiO7SF-GidJnScOLPbyzXgKUs-EYa0fd5WxOLZ4hFu3LkUVobBelu2JSZnJXHuPnVCARqPTU7_50RQ7ImFJH5Ikxm9jzlugPZfeh8JSuNY25ZaVSDmn_EkMhQ8pixA164loGBuAVzwhQZqqrodedB_NUig1pQYLac-IpDTuSeHs_DjTOara7N2goz/w400-h268/REDPOLL%20(1)_filtered%20dave%20jackson.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lesser Redpoll courtesy<br />of Dave Jackson.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJcNWnskGzhBNS2jSFZrxhOnGHFn4NJ3U2wbsl5yKUHdsQYBNoJFmein_hJkXXUj4KdUnSNCQeDVb_pGiiEwL-Ud0z4vO3R_D8Fj_jmnCcx_n04PqHRYMOjh2-1V7bXg3_p1nYsq7sG4gdWEL3OQwJR0CwHgZBKOiJhWBfxZ8SeZQjTvUIl5H007O/s2539/IMG_0007%20brambling%20Neil%20H.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1803" data-original-width="2539" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxJcNWnskGzhBNS2jSFZrxhOnGHFn4NJ3U2wbsl5yKUHdsQYBNoJFmein_hJkXXUj4KdUnSNCQeDVb_pGiiEwL-Ud0z4vO3R_D8Fj_jmnCcx_n04PqHRYMOjh2-1V7bXg3_p1nYsq7sG4gdWEL3OQwJR0CwHgZBKOiJhWBfxZ8SeZQjTvUIl5H007O/w400-h284/IMG_0007%20brambling%20Neil%20H.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female Brambling at <br />Pitsford Reservoir today<br />courtesy of Neil Hasdell.<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-16904921348854608412024-03-05T20:26:00.003+00:002024-03-05T20:26:22.345+00:00A brief encounter with White Fronted Geese <p><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday Nick Parker found 4 Adult White Fronted Geese over at Titchmarsh NR where they remained for a couple of hours before disappearing. A great rewarding find for Nick who regularly visits this site. The drake Garganey was again at Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows plus a Black Tailed Godwit. Cattle Egrets were present near Aldwinkle and Ditchford Lane. Away from the Nene Valley, an adult Mediterranean Gull and Stonechats at Hollowell Reservoir and pr Stonechats, 2 Green Sandpipers and Barn Owl below Hanging Houghton. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today most of the news is from the Nene Valley. At Clifford Hill 2 Oystercatchers and a Red head Smew, 3 Great White Egrets, 2 Dunlin and 8 Redshank at Summer Leys, drake Scaup and female Ring Necked Duck on the main lake at Ditchford and Marsh Harrier at Stanwick GP. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's not too late to catch the fabulous mesmerising spectacle of the Starling murmuration. Still huge numbers gathering at Summer Leys and Stortons GP. Well worth a trip out at about 17.00hrs-18.00hrs.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow evening at 19.30hrs the Northamptonshire Bird Club will be meeting at the Lodge, Pitsford Water. It is the AGM but don't be put off as the business part of the meeting is a short affair. This will be followed by a talk from local naturalist John Friendship-Taylor on the virtues of " local patch birding". I'm sure that this will be a very interesting talk and one that strikes a chord with many of us who regularly watch/visit the same area. A local patch can be any type of habitat but it is quite enlightening to watch the same area during the year and monitor the changes in the wildlife which may be due to the weather or land management. I suppose that my local patch is split between Blueberry and Harrington Airfield. I know that Mark watches Hollowell Reservoir, Nigel the attenuation pond at Duston where currently there are 20+ Redpolls, Steve at Stanwick, Nick at Titchmarsh and the many more stalwarts in the county watching "their patch". </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Regards Eleanor </span></p>bobseygobseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688630171499389676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-76473467360645312792024-03-03T20:16:00.001+00:002024-03-03T20:16:02.768+00:00A Sparse Weekend!!<p><span style="font-size: large;">It has been a quiet weekend in the county with birds seemingly playing hide and seek. The Green Winged Teal remains at Stanwick GP tucked away on the back pools viewed from the tree house hide. Just down the road at Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows the drake Garganey has been elusive at times hiding away on Dragonfly Lake and Otter Lake. Also in the Nene Valley several Cattle Egrets at Ditchford Lane and Summer Leys, plus drake Scaup at Grendon Lakes. Several Short Eared Owls remain around the Blueberry complex but these too are becoming more elusive and it can be quite dark before they show.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Whilst some birds have been difficult others have been quite obvious. Lots of sightings of Blackcaps, Siskins and Redpolls in gardens. We have had several Reed Buntings and a Yellowhammer today visiting. Whilst out topping up the feeding stations at Kelmarsh I had the company of several Bramblings, Siskins and a Woodcock. Whilst out and about today I came across so many signs of Spring, colourful Coltsfoot, Celandines, Violets and Daisies plus new shoots and blossom on the seemingly bare hedgerows. I'm just hoping for a lengthy period of dry weather to give the saturated ground time to recover, meaning an end to wet muddy dogs.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Regards Eleanor </span></p>bobseygobseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06688630171499389676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-19374065315869898902024-03-01T21:17:00.000+00:002024-03-01T21:17:13.967+00:00Garden birding<p>Hello</p><p>Another particularly wet morning didn't stop the Green-winged Teal being spotted at Stanwick Pits first thing although it wasn't seen when searched for later.</p><p>Two Short-eared Owls were on the edge of the Blueberry Farm complex this morning and one was seen this afternoon. The two Stonechats were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton where there were also two Green Sandpipers and two Grey Wagtails. This afternoon a female Merlin and another pair of Stonechats were seen from the footpath leading from Hanging Houghton to Scaldwell. A male Siskin was in our Hanging Houghton garden this morning where there was also an influx of up to a dozen Greenfinches. Yesterday two Blackcaps and two Siskins fed in a Weston Favell garden.</p><p>Birds at Summer Leys LNR today included two Cattle Egrets, a showy Barn Owl, three Great White Egrets and six Common Snipe.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbwbjWY7kv8VeGkpQGtZjzAocBU2PjiV7kTim50KV-lX0XMsu0M6JmkIF-cnLDHeMpEIPJY1aZcYLhwvaV9cNsogQL9NfTRJiql_FhLM2hkNcXEhYkXsWUUa3xEv35QCjQ9mOKmwkqAWMFQD6IbAG5f2kMor4xvncmFCq-l-ItJd6j6HecPUyJvu3/s1280/Blackcap%20(3)_filtered%20dave%20J.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1280" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbwbjWY7kv8VeGkpQGtZjzAocBU2PjiV7kTim50KV-lX0XMsu0M6JmkIF-cnLDHeMpEIPJY1aZcYLhwvaV9cNsogQL9NfTRJiql_FhLM2hkNcXEhYkXsWUUa3xEv35QCjQ9mOKmwkqAWMFQD6IbAG5f2kMor4xvncmFCq-l-ItJd6j6HecPUyJvu3/w400-h268/Blackcap%20(3)_filtered%20dave%20J.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxG0uGkM85k3IWvxvJREbEm8OzVV19jk_ri_cqWA7ZFpo19VjIowUa1GviHGWOCcqb7rPFtC629mmVP-DGq-A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwdyf42YlcLQ0QG5kelvvuUn9OiUvkQcOjmFkBlbD23UURYC-svcX-lIpgSJuQu6oPYax4s0lXGCiUcX04coA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-77194713773546493362024-02-29T20:27:00.000+00:002024-02-29T20:27:49.388+00:00The ducks have it!<p>Hello</p><p>Ducks stole the show today with the drake Garganey again being seen on Otter Lake on the Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows reserve section of Ditchford Pits this morning. Nearby at Stanwick Pits Steve Fisher found a/the drake Green-winged Teal on flood water behind the Main Lake. The drake Scaup was again on Grendon Lakes on the Earls Barton Pits complex today and the 'redhead' Smew was again reported on the Main Lake at Clifford Hill Pits this morning.</p><p>This afternoon there were four mobile Short-eared Owls on the eastern edge of Blueberry Farm, Maidwell at the juncture of Lamport Farms fields - access is from footpaths from the Brampton Valley Way running up to Blueberry Farm. Six Common Snipe were present too. This morning a Short-eared Owl, presumably one of these birds, flew up from cover in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton near to 'shrike hedge', with two Green Sandpipers and two Stonechats just west of the Brampton Valley Way. </p><p>Two Siskins were on a nyger feeder at Scotland Wood this morning and birds around Kelmarsh Hall included a Woodcock, two Ravens and some audible Siskins. A described owl seen on the events field there yesterday by staff members suggested another Short-eared Owl but it couldn't be relocated today.</p><p>Two Cattle Egrets were on the Summer Leys reserve today and other birds recorded included a Marsh Harrier, three Great White Egrets, three hundred and eighty Golden Plovers, two Redshanks, four Oystercatchers, six Common Snipe and two Chiffchaffs. </p><p>A very impressive Starling murmuration took place again at Stortons Pits this evening, well captured on video by Graham Bentley.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWArTXVkszfPFGzAZin544zmCnC42l9qlk1tgiyXcWT5BqTrG2XVcdYUJsQN8ampsBa3oFgwe9bGTUUGTTHE7ShaN6kt3hVJaTf2b94iKtNUZdgbpDV40LDKOoDxqS7rgcciIXfpv4RTYWRx_nsUktSaJm0wnPwLZxvXRV6auWzreAoSr0jMvVKGVU/s1984/C01%20Great%20Crested%20Grebe%20Robin%20Gossage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1984" data-original-width="1556" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWArTXVkszfPFGzAZin544zmCnC42l9qlk1tgiyXcWT5BqTrG2XVcdYUJsQN8ampsBa3oFgwe9bGTUUGTTHE7ShaN6kt3hVJaTf2b94iKtNUZdgbpDV40LDKOoDxqS7rgcciIXfpv4RTYWRx_nsUktSaJm0wnPwLZxvXRV6auWzreAoSr0jMvVKGVU/w314-h400/C01%20Great%20Crested%20Grebe%20Robin%20Gossage.jpg" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Crested Grebe<br />courtesy of Robin Gossage.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTY3p9LdHrmDt6v9RbAIRTgTRHx9ffVmdHgGCTxeqoOvkKYNyLm__9aeErVAgUKVN9haP5NTjIOA29PgS092h8YABxvxtYB2YWbmlQTfZo5DQETV-3fYqeyDb7GzwDdgKDbocwqKO1lrlpZqHSb1fRwUDHR7enq04f-ihOICYPcHzuimw6PxyRClvy/s907/tuftedduck43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="907" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTY3p9LdHrmDt6v9RbAIRTgTRHx9ffVmdHgGCTxeqoOvkKYNyLm__9aeErVAgUKVN9haP5NTjIOA29PgS092h8YABxvxtYB2YWbmlQTfZo5DQETV-3fYqeyDb7GzwDdgKDbocwqKO1lrlpZqHSb1fRwUDHR7enq04f-ihOICYPcHzuimw6PxyRClvy/w400-h272/tuftedduck43.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="907" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwKstOQuI3IwYUAH0oznwIhNqc-GyKwb0wuJXYqG0BthG9WJ6UODRolStfMO7xVNuYzKpL0-jpGqKL1FWdUKcB1T-C8ChGocdYPB1oqWd1lvoC1_Gt9STdYklInm15MGaWC5i7ngcsr6cKbyV8PQCXNXLGs9pADvdzYK2Sy_chcdS4L2591IuoGkc/w400-h361/tuftedduck48.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tufted Ducks courtesy<br />of John Tilly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpRnLIEjh8Dpm4F0LyvvCgZ2T6mozcb0Z_ffEhZrL4oPH2_ct7OF8r7xfL6Q-9Sk3hCZ0BmKHpDtedUJ4LpYDtm6Jx9vofG0KeR9d2GYu07xAg18173v1u8bwTj22tKsFD-mx6OGPnvex_stl9C7CVlbBWyS9XgxfrAD_o1Z8DjSYS3Tvvn_AZCyW/s6960/20240228100258_IMG_7507.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4640" data-original-width="6960" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpRnLIEjh8Dpm4F0LyvvCgZ2T6mozcb0Z_ffEhZrL4oPH2_ct7OF8r7xfL6Q-9Sk3hCZ0BmKHpDtedUJ4LpYDtm6Jx9vofG0KeR9d2GYu07xAg18173v1u8bwTj22tKsFD-mx6OGPnvex_stl9C7CVlbBWyS9XgxfrAD_o1Z8DjSYS3Tvvn_AZCyW/w400-h266/20240228100258_IMG_7507.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Redshank courtesy <br />of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3OlZG8VKGpNtxRAq5OBLMWTS5_KjRjsifE1vMg33IsvQ8XDkUA2mqSL80JdQumy0iXbQhhXbyLgT8iu5PORYYzjEocMNlKeqiY4bJP1lM-lbQs_3yrNMW5M5tOYGvqfGMnzJHnSE6YYDoyhlJZVK0erDwR_MiH9c9Uj3YR5f2R4Y0kIqKAQTJK8E/s4234/20240228101309_IMG_7545~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3200" data-original-width="4234" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3OlZG8VKGpNtxRAq5OBLMWTS5_KjRjsifE1vMg33IsvQ8XDkUA2mqSL80JdQumy0iXbQhhXbyLgT8iu5PORYYzjEocMNlKeqiY4bJP1lM-lbQs_3yrNMW5M5tOYGvqfGMnzJHnSE6YYDoyhlJZVK0erDwR_MiH9c9Uj3YR5f2R4Y0kIqKAQTJK8E/w400-h303/20240228101309_IMG_7545~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oystercatchers courtesy<br />of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-17352611865044838272024-02-28T18:40:00.000+00:002024-02-28T18:40:40.399+00:00Dull weather Wednesday<p>Hello</p><p>An early morning stint at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell in the mist provided some birds which included at least one Short-eared Owl, a Barn Owl, several calling Grey Partridges and two Common Snipe. Two Green Sandpipers were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton.</p><p>Harrington Airfield attracted hundreds of Fieldfares and Starlings feeding on the saturated fields, an influx of Chaffinches and a covey of twelve Grey Partridges.</p><p>An adult Yellow-legged Gull was again off the dam at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon and the Earls Barton Pits complex included a Scaup at Grendon Lakes and Summer Leys LNR attracted two Cattle Egrets, four Great White Egrets, five Pintail, four Oystercatchers, three hundred plus Golden Plovers, two Redshanks and two Siskins. The Mary's Lake Starling murmuration was still impressive the previous evening.</p><p>Three Siskins and a Blackcap were in a Weston Favell, Northampton garden this afternoon and a single Siskin was a visitor to a garden in Moulton.</p><p>A ringing session at Stortons Pits today provided forty-five birds which included Blue and Great Tits, Long-tailed Tits, a Chiffchaff, two Reed Buntings, two Goldfinches, a Blackbird, a Wren and four Dunnocks.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgBXe3igOXHqmCaU6mERliMqqpvEUxf75QGC5uDHgJ93W54gcNJ4OvWl3Tb_C37i_3jwvBu7F9kfIwPDQerdEKfVFeJB_297BEKcggvJOqSVka3qwxvFdlJc0MeN_aMAdgdaUj3jKCqN8WK8JZMYCaP2sT-7MUiGzW6rsLDkUGliAWu3_i_BMm1-a/s1547/20240223092837_IMG_2248~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="1547" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgBXe3igOXHqmCaU6mERliMqqpvEUxf75QGC5uDHgJ93W54gcNJ4OvWl3Tb_C37i_3jwvBu7F9kfIwPDQerdEKfVFeJB_297BEKcggvJOqSVka3qwxvFdlJc0MeN_aMAdgdaUj3jKCqN8WK8JZMYCaP2sT-7MUiGzW6rsLDkUGliAWu3_i_BMm1-a/w400-h384/20240223092837_IMG_2248~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Woodpecker courtesy<br />of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEU8vSqScZhCkn92L-8pzxQpKiOziTySRNaYU6BNQaqwp6ymaRr1QWIap290YogSpR51xTbyZVExIYSeT5LjlPZtvBQHPHxBaNdpJ5H3Hguydte0oCfN9-eEN-L2DlD9g69ru5QNqFyP0xW_cRwEWTutinlPLRVj_aL9AgXy_t0NOplZ7cPkDUId8k/s3178/Bittern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1977" data-original-width="3178" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEU8vSqScZhCkn92L-8pzxQpKiOziTySRNaYU6BNQaqwp6ymaRr1QWIap290YogSpR51xTbyZVExIYSeT5LjlPZtvBQHPHxBaNdpJ5H3Hguydte0oCfN9-eEN-L2DlD9g69ru5QNqFyP0xW_cRwEWTutinlPLRVj_aL9AgXy_t0NOplZ7cPkDUId8k/w400-h249/Bittern.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bittern courtesy of<br />Robin Gossage.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9XetcPml8FJjDDwc-NJhkvRSWLJzeCSOVEVUbdyxTDy3vs0SE6_9NHOuc3lKhAqEfq2lZJ4oShKrxZLFjVJJbqArT47UzoCWX46FcoWM3S7drcrv57CEs-f7CueH9VFrSAknYmeEm19XyVontW0Gmf3MgnNFHMuFb-fv-yE-2SaF5k8n62m-uGYg/s907/muteswan82.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="907" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9XetcPml8FJjDDwc-NJhkvRSWLJzeCSOVEVUbdyxTDy3vs0SE6_9NHOuc3lKhAqEfq2lZJ4oShKrxZLFjVJJbqArT47UzoCWX46FcoWM3S7drcrv57CEs-f7CueH9VFrSAknYmeEm19XyVontW0Gmf3MgnNFHMuFb-fv-yE-2SaF5k8n62m-uGYg/w400-h369/muteswan82.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mute Swans courtesy<br />of John Tilly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4CGVXOw5T10Y_nqT25hyV2-gghUe7R9yYpMdxT8ljqaYppamqz_qw_ivs7hyphenhyphenQgkqjOxstpYTOR_ZJA5346tlYIRGgw_prT_5Z1GZDY-4whEjuJURtcvXwKZLo8PPPMR5vgB2M-2ZtUimR1qII1HBJF-wUbX0uYjX3vE7Hs8A9qbr4IaI-AZAnlod/s1778/20240223141548_IMG_2326~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1778" data-original-width="1573" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4CGVXOw5T10Y_nqT25hyV2-gghUe7R9yYpMdxT8ljqaYppamqz_qw_ivs7hyphenhyphenQgkqjOxstpYTOR_ZJA5346tlYIRGgw_prT_5Z1GZDY-4whEjuJURtcvXwKZLo8PPPMR5vgB2M-2ZtUimR1qII1HBJF-wUbX0uYjX3vE7Hs8A9qbr4IaI-AZAnlod/w354-h400/20240223141548_IMG_2326~3.JPG" width="354" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goldfinch courtesy<br />of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-63433028769589315862024-02-27T21:49:00.000+00:002024-02-27T21:49:24.425+00:00A Garganey and some Waxwings<p>Hello</p><p>An early drake Garganey at Irthlingborough Lakes and Meadows was an excellent record this morning, later an adult Caspian Gull, two Oystercatchers and a Dunlin were on the reserve too. Nearby six Cattle Egrets were visible in a flooded field off Ditchford Lane next to the container complex and eighty-one Golden Plovers were seen in flight heading towards Neville's Lodge.</p><p>Elsewhere and a Cattle Egret was off Mary's Lane at Earls Barton Pits with birds on Summer Leys LNR amounting to two Cattle Egrets, two Great White Egrets, at least fifteen Little Egrets, five Oystercatchers, four Redshanks, four hundred Golden Plovers, four Pintail, plenty of winter thrushes and a Chiffchaff. An Otter showed very well there this morning.</p><p>Ten Waxwings turned up in roadside hedging on the Oundle bypass again today and another was seen at Brackmills Country Park, Northampton.</p><p>At Hollowell Reservoir today there were two adult Caspian Gulls, a Jack Snipe, eleven Common Snipe, a Woodcock, five Stonechats and two hundred and fifty Fieldfares moving south-east.</p><p>Garden birds today included singing Blackcaps at Brackley and Hanging Houghton, six Redpolls in a Grange Park, Northampton garden, another Redpoll on feeders in a Duston garden and two Siskins on a garden feeder in Moulton village.</p><p>Two Ravens were at Hanging Houghton first thing, another was in Cottesbrooke village and two Short-eared Owls showed briefly at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell where there was also a calling Grey Partridge.</p><p>A Green Sandpiper and a pair of Stonechats were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCmPcKHOyi83vjh_VHUD3iuPt3F9GXz0Cq4UFDvQSW70D6RCvLxjzeosviN9VPi5lwFSmFdg_AEPcld9Z4_dc94UxY5XqT3FRNF6JJS8dOp4xuv32lNTdnDkN9831h1loT4ggbsM59RvIdS6vFtI2ckQztkBNuojUZp4xldsxW6n-roDcIB93z9_Z/s907/dunnock68.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="907" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCmPcKHOyi83vjh_VHUD3iuPt3F9GXz0Cq4UFDvQSW70D6RCvLxjzeosviN9VPi5lwFSmFdg_AEPcld9Z4_dc94UxY5XqT3FRNF6JJS8dOp4xuv32lNTdnDkN9831h1loT4ggbsM59RvIdS6vFtI2ckQztkBNuojUZp4xldsxW6n-roDcIB93z9_Z/w400-h340/dunnock68.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dunnock courtesy<br />of John Tilly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicXavNK38uS424e3MfbpLmQbvP0ahHRiPaReFUit2IsVCedb9tct9nz-RspS4jpU1GsDWSfII8t4dca62JJCZKvOrCuqWFOMqpXpZwhhO8WABnF5DPM2czQihTdQ0sP2dyHlQyJGzo5kLgLhWuE2ZiMimAD_G4MaIfSWqnLTKvZeBkEovt4l8DlkbI/s907/robin160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="907" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicXavNK38uS424e3MfbpLmQbvP0ahHRiPaReFUit2IsVCedb9tct9nz-RspS4jpU1GsDWSfII8t4dca62JJCZKvOrCuqWFOMqpXpZwhhO8WABnF5DPM2czQihTdQ0sP2dyHlQyJGzo5kLgLhWuE2ZiMimAD_G4MaIfSWqnLTKvZeBkEovt4l8DlkbI/w400-h368/robin160.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robin courtesy of<br />John Tilly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYZRrfS6uRZpRqCKxF4rvz_3ZJom-krZzFNTifS9OxIsCGddQqPMR_gDY5LH8fT-JlrZu71Jd5Qy9SM7MdeGD_PsbSbP0a4LOzbOnQ0u-WqtI2OyenaZ-CkarexaDgk99pyxNgjW2JmzqKANGcw311XUWVnQTrYx9phDJ8M0EvyG99HD8vKdl7kvQ/s1280/Wigeon%20(2)_filtered%20Dave%20J.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1280" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYZRrfS6uRZpRqCKxF4rvz_3ZJom-krZzFNTifS9OxIsCGddQqPMR_gDY5LH8fT-JlrZu71Jd5Qy9SM7MdeGD_PsbSbP0a4LOzbOnQ0u-WqtI2OyenaZ-CkarexaDgk99pyxNgjW2JmzqKANGcw311XUWVnQTrYx9phDJ8M0EvyG99HD8vKdl7kvQ/w400-h268/Wigeon%20(2)_filtered%20Dave%20J.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drake Wigeon courtesy<br />of Dave Jackson.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWzY5m0yxKLbtNQPJyyc5niKXu4BuLfpHq-9KMgXmEC0oGnY365csdXi5hyphenhyphenQoj8Vy8XmCtjGD_5JO0jVBkI_0VrFKf2NJTmabilr8GaW1qUx0_xWI_LXbDHOtQD6y54SvBoPgEneVPN7wOX0WUs2E2bqqtLcEG_2K8quEnpMiiog3GdDKxqxcv5Q8/s1800/unnamed%20canada%20goose%20dave%20J.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWzY5m0yxKLbtNQPJyyc5niKXu4BuLfpHq-9KMgXmEC0oGnY365csdXi5hyphenhyphenQoj8Vy8XmCtjGD_5JO0jVBkI_0VrFKf2NJTmabilr8GaW1qUx0_xWI_LXbDHOtQD6y54SvBoPgEneVPN7wOX0WUs2E2bqqtLcEG_2K8quEnpMiiog3GdDKxqxcv5Q8/w400-h240/unnamed%20canada%20goose%20dave%20J.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canada Goose courtesy<br />of Dave Jackson.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-53903760835110880582024-02-26T20:50:00.000+00:002024-02-26T20:50:24.221+00:00Pitsford WeBS count<p>Hello</p><p>It was a rather late and quiet WeBS count at Pitsford Reservoir today, the strong north-easterly wind making it feel rather cold too!</p><p>Wildfowl were in very low numbers which is the norm for the time of the year and the water levels are extremely high with lots of brown water still. A Great White Egret was in the Walgrave Bay and a Little Egret was south of the causeway. A Jack Snipe and about eighty-three Common Snipe was a decent number considering most of their usual waterside vegetative cover was in the water. Other than that there were a few Siskins and a Redpoll flying around and lots of Common Buzzard and Red Kite activity in the sunny, breezy conditions. About twenty Siskins were at the adjacent Brixworth Country Park.</p><p>At least one Cattle Egret was reported at Summer Leys LNR today and late reports from yesterday include four at Ditchford Pits again to the west of Ditchford Lane and a single near Stanford Reservoir.</p><p>Three Siskins were at Scotland Wood today with others heard at Kelmarsh Hall. A Stonechat and an Oystercatcher were at Upton Country Park.</p><p>Details of a ringing recovery received recently refers to a Tawny Owl ringed as a nestling at Kelmarsh Hall on 10th June 2023. Unfortunately it was found freshly dead having sustained injuries at Great Bowden, Market Harborough on 26th October 2023. It was tested for avian flu and the result came back as negative. Sadly this young owl didn't live long and was found at least eight km due north from where it was hatched, 138 days elapsing between the date of ringing and recovery.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpGSQUVbR0sYp9rfYqkE73KH0ppGc3X-TFCxlz_V-YDY6SXeBTMShpsewEmiHxYz4XZUaV37898ohmKDK3gJ9VyoJVDn9CX2CSbX-4JYpKNj1BlGuhPpCm0TxvVINITiiD3IYV0WlzRpIaP-mKxy04R7tzDvN5cAkM8Weww5pOVAOnlk-PISjpPk8/s621/GY03608%20TAWOW%2026.10.23%20NW.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="424" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpGSQUVbR0sYp9rfYqkE73KH0ppGc3X-TFCxlz_V-YDY6SXeBTMShpsewEmiHxYz4XZUaV37898ohmKDK3gJ9VyoJVDn9CX2CSbX-4JYpKNj1BlGuhPpCm0TxvVINITiiD3IYV0WlzRpIaP-mKxy04R7tzDvN5cAkM8Weww5pOVAOnlk-PISjpPk8/w273-h400/GY03608%20TAWOW%2026.10.23%20NW.PNG" width="273" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Basic map detailing<br />movement of the Tawny<br />Owl ringed at Kelmarsh<br />Hall and recovered at<br />Great Bowden courtesy<br />of Nick Wood.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FuVspzOIhM8oFHYTytCs9hkQ13ScFv3k9KdB065KDQ9pXDfMqC-zcqx2yYxduvVYJxslEs35qNEHBJhbWqN8KekUKv741mdUdqxRTnKtF6qYtG6nR3JSPX_3Qi1mFfxifGcKhYCN9sUEoPN23amAFb9Mh8LpMHBENxaTXGq9wluwUNHw2byTRLxP/s907/greylag53.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="907" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FuVspzOIhM8oFHYTytCs9hkQ13ScFv3k9KdB065KDQ9pXDfMqC-zcqx2yYxduvVYJxslEs35qNEHBJhbWqN8KekUKv741mdUdqxRTnKtF6qYtG6nR3JSPX_3Qi1mFfxifGcKhYCN9sUEoPN23amAFb9Mh8LpMHBENxaTXGq9wluwUNHw2byTRLxP/w400-h297/greylag53.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greylag Geese courtesy<br />of John Tilly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwesHkb23CV2pKZ5EB9BBVDRX41IwKWrfmAtpJ4rhQefChlZeNMQa7TtozowXalYGDoldcW7bEYPdLbHQBfy4NpQEYBd-Wsq0IVQdVzkYKCbigPd_V4icDHzfoaSfeK5SxiVuW61_vh11I4SmBE9YGqFbdWPTEjwwpqbtbTbTgAhMwUcyckNajfEb2/s907/bhgull89.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="907" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwesHkb23CV2pKZ5EB9BBVDRX41IwKWrfmAtpJ4rhQefChlZeNMQa7TtozowXalYGDoldcW7bEYPdLbHQBfy4NpQEYBd-Wsq0IVQdVzkYKCbigPd_V4icDHzfoaSfeK5SxiVuW61_vh11I4SmBE9YGqFbdWPTEjwwpqbtbTbTgAhMwUcyckNajfEb2/w400-h314/bhgull89.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black-headed Gulls<br /> courtesy of John Tilly.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OoWLN1OBjavsljpcmHPHroMvrxq9iBpk7XLtCwp0OV9qF4Sp9Z2qvw4AtKIvq7jRPSARSUYLx0ndz1WztmxpCU6ZCnD0qpbaVUAZQcaaWLTq4x_m2TNULMEfXbRl-TnwrqGrC5S0d_a6mYwySgVD9tCnE4nRNtTzFzxTA9zrufP2CRbrgTUW_t7p/s916/20240223150820_IMG_2334~3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOLrl25oo-9vxmy6lnUZ0ei_xoaEVDgrX_97-08yBZQZP81L4VcwPhFtVTpVkc8nWKXvdr5tEt6o2krlrOHfZqWbQ3ZhnoBm_q8FyS8UC71Nq_NY0sohH6JT0gfUmVsdc006AL9XsRgp7E25QUd6D7y73nB2KIC4B8uzyzdqOLLuJPEhmNH3DwHd5/s993/20240226091557_IMG_7359~3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="993" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOLrl25oo-9vxmy6lnUZ0ei_xoaEVDgrX_97-08yBZQZP81L4VcwPhFtVTpVkc8nWKXvdr5tEt6o2krlrOHfZqWbQ3ZhnoBm_q8FyS8UC71Nq_NY0sohH6JT0gfUmVsdc006AL9XsRgp7E25QUd6D7y73nB2KIC4B8uzyzdqOLLuJPEhmNH3DwHd5/w400-h340/20240226091557_IMG_7359~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1-znkzoU2VNVDkodCmQlnKowYhs6-fx6NnJtxMEVWPX1SZR-hycm5mXj472LPJL3xEUNHivHfBR-UK17pGM7wQg98G1XDZZDKy2R5YvhV3Dt4IJPVyzks0onsKBqxHEFwlgXB2PcPe6zDlUEoTjvFJfc6z1-88bbbIpc1PNAxAwMSDKXYdCvH-0k/s1292/20240226091559_IMG_7360~3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1292" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1-znkzoU2VNVDkodCmQlnKowYhs6-fx6NnJtxMEVWPX1SZR-hycm5mXj472LPJL3xEUNHivHfBR-UK17pGM7wQg98G1XDZZDKy2R5YvhV3Dt4IJPVyzks0onsKBqxHEFwlgXB2PcPe6zDlUEoTjvFJfc6z1-88bbbIpc1PNAxAwMSDKXYdCvH-0k/w400-h314/20240226091559_IMG_7360~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oystercatcher.<br /><br />Above four images courtesy<br />of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-39872168493150319832024-02-25T20:45:00.001+00:002024-02-25T21:03:19.194+00:00A rather old Great Spotted Woodpecker!<p>Hello</p><p>A ringing session at Sunderland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate today yielded fifty-seven birds of nine species today made up of twenty-seven Blue Tits, nineteen Great Tits, four Coal Tits, a Marsh Tit, a Nuthatch, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Robin, a Dunnock and a Chaffinch. One of the Great Spotted Woodpeckers was a re-trapped male, first ringed at the same wood in December 2014. The exact age was not established in 2014 but this individual is at least nine years old and the national longevity record is eleven years and ten months.</p><p>Five Smew were at Eyebrook Reservoir today and birds at Summer Leys LNR today included two Cattle Egrets, at least four Great White Egrets, two Pintail, two Redshanks, two Oystercatchers and twenty-five plus Pochard.</p><p>A male Blackcap was in a Weston Favell village garden and two Common Snipe and twelve Grey Partridges were at Harrington Airfield this afternoon.</p><p>Two Woodcock were at Blueberry Farm, Maidwell this morning and a Green Sandpiper and four Stonechats were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton.</p><p>The Starling murmuration at Stortons Pits this evening was again impressive and an adult Yellow-legged Gull was off the dam at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTf8DovyOrSkeuo4WWHV2sJgCsfcSVyNo4s1yea1E3ubkqFVmi_U0J9IDXkVtY_WsapRYm0w5GPhcxi6868VQMNKBh5-bd4Lz-HijPUQts_fOMdhzlXXWr_9snch39cV0Bfi9WtJReiqKk4PJX2Lk6Kf9dHMuxi5AIAdQibVf-lRri6Mtj5mDAMsjI/s1600/IMG-20240225-WA0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTf8DovyOrSkeuo4WWHV2sJgCsfcSVyNo4s1yea1E3ubkqFVmi_U0J9IDXkVtY_WsapRYm0w5GPhcxi6868VQMNKBh5-bd4Lz-HijPUQts_fOMdhzlXXWr_9snch39cV0Bfi9WtJReiqKk4PJX2Lk6Kf9dHMuxi5AIAdQibVf-lRri6Mtj5mDAMsjI/w300-h400/IMG-20240225-WA0003.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8yc0P-KmhaioALHXkqF7AGrhumKQUNlvUdDLoYKZ8eJyPlDoMhM6ret3Kc_k0FaUTRp6UNQuDY-2BqEyPIdFaIlRTqKKKaUpOUTX1T8aaNc-6uPxjW1axPQAcYv_jAVhOZF7CzydipQrqk31vQVXJBNpmMGs8qKCRBT1itvBvICTCoNoaTcoWbDj/s1600/IMG-20240225-WA0004.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT8yc0P-KmhaioALHXkqF7AGrhumKQUNlvUdDLoYKZ8eJyPlDoMhM6ret3Kc_k0FaUTRp6UNQuDY-2BqEyPIdFaIlRTqKKKaUpOUTX1T8aaNc-6uPxjW1axPQAcYv_jAVhOZF7CzydipQrqk31vQVXJBNpmMGs8qKCRBT1itvBvICTCoNoaTcoWbDj/w300-h400/IMG-20240225-WA0004.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adult male Great Spotted Woodpecker<br />at Sunderland Wood, Kelmarsh today, he is<br /> at least nine years old!<br /><br />Images courtesy of<br />Lewis Aaron.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9kH1gcVzhFqjN6rFA_w8K3hyphenhyphenBqlVsT69Rxjhfzw2zv2TUd4x8mcjVkQqLIn9EpL0aC0JvLtAak2TztNEw5bkejXx5gKVsBzPyort_lmB3gxxteGth5FuPJuluNuWJQzdg5njRgr2Tn6XKGS-9wDDe81JTbjvN1VpqOuOIkxZoBMfeWY1X_-_QcbK/s1800/Great%20Crested%20Grebes%20Pitsford%20dave%20J.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio9kH1gcVzhFqjN6rFA_w8K3hyphenhyphenBqlVsT69Rxjhfzw2zv2TUd4x8mcjVkQqLIn9EpL0aC0JvLtAak2TztNEw5bkejXx5gKVsBzPyort_lmB3gxxteGth5FuPJuluNuWJQzdg5njRgr2Tn6XKGS-9wDDe81JTbjvN1VpqOuOIkxZoBMfeWY1X_-_QcbK/w400-h240/Great%20Crested%20Grebes%20Pitsford%20dave%20J.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great Crested Grebes.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgL50OdaNSZMqYDVpbnOzyqTnjAwsD_rl6GpbVBQ3RfkvpenWDy2DcUbeAYVbJdD617QeeQXs4snqSjqB_KuMKS6RZMbZmtDC1KXVqoQBREJuNHCCOnOSSRH6K8zTGiqRKAW_WG4vuSiWd04QivDPTOWb8fJTj41cYvO68MM7vsIiAMQfZucx8q6n/s1800/Mute%20Swan%20(2)_filtered%20dave%20J.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgL50OdaNSZMqYDVpbnOzyqTnjAwsD_rl6GpbVBQ3RfkvpenWDy2DcUbeAYVbJdD617QeeQXs4snqSjqB_KuMKS6RZMbZmtDC1KXVqoQBREJuNHCCOnOSSRH6K8zTGiqRKAW_WG4vuSiWd04QivDPTOWb8fJTj41cYvO68MM7vsIiAMQfZucx8q6n/w400-h240/Mute%20Swan%20(2)_filtered%20dave%20J.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mute Swan.<br /><br />Above two images taken at<br />Pitsford Reservoir courtesy<br />of Dave Jackson.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-61885779974871968082024-02-24T20:27:00.000+00:002024-02-24T20:27:14.674+00:00Ringing at Scotland Wood today.<p>Hello</p><p>After a cold start (-3C) and moonlit night, today developed into a lovely winter's day with plenty of sunshine.</p><p>A ringing session took place at Scotland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate today in somewhat wet and muddy conditions and after a slow start with ice-bound mist nets a reasonable number of 151 birds were processed of thirteen species. The star of the catch was a stunning-looking Tawny Owl and other birds were a Song Thrush, a Dunnock, five Robins, two Wrens, a Goldcrest, forty-four Great Tits, seventy-one Blue Tits, nine Coal Tits, three Marsh Tits, two Nuthatches, three Chaffinches and eight bright Siskins. At least two Woodcock were present.</p><p>A Short-eared Owl was hunting next to the old Beck Dairy on the outskirts of Cottesbrooke this morning, a 'redhead' Smew was still at Eyebrook Reservoir and two Cattle Egrets were on Hawthorn Island at Summer Leys LNR where there were also two Pintail, two Great White Egrets, two Oystercatchers, two Redshanks, sixty-five Golden Plovers and at least three Chiffchaffs. Approximately thirty Siskins were in alders along the path to the Double-decker hide.</p><p>A Goosander was on the fishing lake in Wellingborough opposite Sainsbury's on the Northampton Road and four Great White Egrets and a Grey Partridge were at Ringstead Pits. A further influx of Siskins included at least twenty in a garden in Creaton and three in our garden at Hanging Houghton where there was also singles of Brambling and Reed Bunting. A pair of Stonechats were at Borough Hill Country Park, Daventry this afternoon.</p><p>Five Waxwings flew NW over Stanford Reservoir at about 4.10pm, hopefully the first of a late winter/spring passage as they consider moving back to the continent.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_rH9DeBFLgUQ0DdxgSsEIgQRPANip_bFlF7hJ11Y4mUxBene-_WSEIN_aqxQ33_APYA75fgCMupPNkdQmGg6GSQPhbSIbKp39NbTmjU9ruPmJaWph-v8qXWYKreffxcm59ur5DKuYWc0Uyiodoo_yOyP9n3v6ByKkJRhse5Ly3d0ptpfKn7LTbil/s1824/IMG-20240224-WA0000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="1368" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_rH9DeBFLgUQ0DdxgSsEIgQRPANip_bFlF7hJ11Y4mUxBene-_WSEIN_aqxQ33_APYA75fgCMupPNkdQmGg6GSQPhbSIbKp39NbTmjU9ruPmJaWph-v8qXWYKreffxcm59ur5DKuYWc0Uyiodoo_yOyP9n3v6ByKkJRhse5Ly3d0ptpfKn7LTbil/w300-h400/IMG-20240224-WA0000.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZoqz1dBVEYU9LWMcqWXamIEhV-g8MFShWzZ3C1cmYTFNjsBDBf60OJU-fZ3m_bWRlGpqwBmL1K0Rq5Xy8fEBCuvhYBn8PX-TmFK5mQcXrOUMuDkvTDhsRy4m-9dvRbORg4EBZgNv5m9MvC7_caI40RdUNi3oNqoYfNaXIS70FXg9WLQx-x0SOIpQ/s1824/IMG-20240224-WA0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="1368" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpZoqz1dBVEYU9LWMcqWXamIEhV-g8MFShWzZ3C1cmYTFNjsBDBf60OJU-fZ3m_bWRlGpqwBmL1K0Rq5Xy8fEBCuvhYBn8PX-TmFK5mQcXrOUMuDkvTDhsRy4m-9dvRbORg4EBZgNv5m9MvC7_caI40RdUNi3oNqoYfNaXIS70FXg9WLQx-x0SOIpQ/w300-h400/IMG-20240224-WA0001.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tawny Owl at Scotland Wood<br /> today courtesy of Bethan Clyne.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3H0o7cmnCwbvjV5nm9laNdMntOB_J1JnZxC9Yf7_c9iTLgtiIB0JUbZQ55smXSLuokJj3REKAH47u_j5NHQNe68iRcJUGcat6i6Z6azk-2R0wGGmoVYAEGSkRPrKvHSleNS8JW5viaEqAE2_yy5dT6_UvnW79jaW8uX_-FtkyZtw7UFnrymJE9_hb/s1732/IMG-20240224-WA0005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1732" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3H0o7cmnCwbvjV5nm9laNdMntOB_J1JnZxC9Yf7_c9iTLgtiIB0JUbZQ55smXSLuokJj3REKAH47u_j5NHQNe68iRcJUGcat6i6Z6azk-2R0wGGmoVYAEGSkRPrKvHSleNS8JW5viaEqAE2_yy5dT6_UvnW79jaW8uX_-FtkyZtw7UFnrymJE9_hb/w400-h250/IMG-20240224-WA0005.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nuthatch at Scotland Wood<br />today courtesy of Bethan Clyne.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaK1OTgm3BvBNKLgrxVDldjqmifkHZ44N5cO7b9rbBpARbVlnDpyqZcXFUkPk86Npn6u7zp6sf6SU758eafgHQuYA7wMz9XmQXLv1dnKSCvj7Vwhy-3Lvb2TQk4s-APjI-f_pfe53_88Ef3nviaGbF9DqmUZ6yRlBxYx3IeV3n5xu0WazEsJFHxygu/s2048/IMG-20240224-WA0014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaK1OTgm3BvBNKLgrxVDldjqmifkHZ44N5cO7b9rbBpARbVlnDpyqZcXFUkPk86Npn6u7zp6sf6SU758eafgHQuYA7wMz9XmQXLv1dnKSCvj7Vwhy-3Lvb2TQk4s-APjI-f_pfe53_88Ef3nviaGbF9DqmUZ6yRlBxYx3IeV3n5xu0WazEsJFHxygu/w300-h400/IMG-20240224-WA0014.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Siskin at Scotland Wood<br />today courtesy of Lewis Aaron.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HB8qgoPwLSc2CMt0xZOUGfFA53ZeDXadX3Ocu8sCKUtpfxSsBvK8tBA3wU_jwAY010k4CUlp-qTGnfOVCIvN41eKqpU1OcrHbGg7V4pJoof4-ED1SXoqJqLX1yoNmsyQvW56oein5n0GIHmK005LooSE1w5awXFDl8asbqOsd3LGUihbuRN75yBJ/s2048/IMG-20240224-WA0015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1866" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HB8qgoPwLSc2CMt0xZOUGfFA53ZeDXadX3Ocu8sCKUtpfxSsBvK8tBA3wU_jwAY010k4CUlp-qTGnfOVCIvN41eKqpU1OcrHbGg7V4pJoof4-ED1SXoqJqLX1yoNmsyQvW56oein5n0GIHmK005LooSE1w5awXFDl8asbqOsd3LGUihbuRN75yBJ/w365-h400/IMG-20240224-WA0015.jpg" width="365" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marsh Tit at Scotland Wood today<br />courtesy of Lewis Aaron.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-55067201686488966832024-02-23T21:16:00.002+00:002024-02-23T21:16:54.057+00:00A dry(ish) day!<p>Hello</p><p>A much better day's weather today but with cooling temperatures during the night.</p><p>Two pairs of Stonechats and a Green Sandpiper were in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton today and at nearby Blueberry Farm a single Short-eared Owl was seen this afternoon, perched in a field before being moved on by a Carrion Crow. Two Woodcock were noted here too.</p><p>A male Blackcap was again attracted to apples in our Hanging Houghton garden today and a Raven was heard nearby with the usual pair at Lamport village. Three Snipe and up to three calling Grey Partridges were at Harrington Airfield this afternoon.</p><p>The run of Cattle Egrets continues with two just east of Ditchord Lane in alpaca fields at Ditchford Pits and two again at Summer Leys LNR where there were also two drake Pintail. A Stonechat and two Oystercatchers were at Quarry Walk, Earls Barton.</p><p>At Hollowell Reservoir today noteworthy birds were two adult Caspian Gulls, a Jack Snipe, ten Common Snipe, eight Stonechats and seven Siskins. Stanford Reservoir hosted a Stonechat, a Peregrine, an Oystercatcher, a Water Rail and a Cetti's Warbler.</p><p>Two 'redhead' Smew remain at Eyebrook Reservoir and the 'redhead' was still at Clifford Hill Pits today. Two Goosanders and a pair of Stonechats were in the Stortons Pits/Sixfields Lake area and a Woodcock and three Siskins were at Scotland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccn_7ox5156P7cOYwipC2th6v42iyfGJV4XrTTUPwyASMYpW8aRgyGYp0QgY1aT2ImZBtIoUNo0ocRpoZIpUycJ5ln9JzJjoG1hGvTNR1AzGcZ-X-RgpiIO75gyHfJvflWwfrxsZZ34dQ2ZrpyGm8j3lW2Ilhdi9S2btvLxmrpCSiTJ-n8LWNdPpJ/s1512/20240223092741_IMG_2238~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1194" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccn_7ox5156P7cOYwipC2th6v42iyfGJV4XrTTUPwyASMYpW8aRgyGYp0QgY1aT2ImZBtIoUNo0ocRpoZIpUycJ5ln9JzJjoG1hGvTNR1AzGcZ-X-RgpiIO75gyHfJvflWwfrxsZZ34dQ2ZrpyGm8j3lW2Ilhdi9S2btvLxmrpCSiTJ-n8LWNdPpJ/w316-h400/20240223092741_IMG_2238~3.JPG" width="316" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Woodpecker.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjaBmSsV_3AvLOrmynd16TxRSTmGL0GDjSca8nOzW0swP6Mw_W0EiSF9biR2TyMRtDEZN76GkMSynuiVADMUgupqfoggwjg7QbGcQuyWGGJk3DYlwbh8GmDgJzrDGIeX9YpHG7aNOamXkpclxhTR9IzI0lvDQ1jwg64IWCt4GSpRxF8zWZ6SHIHtj/s3197/20240223135506_IMG_2277~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2826" data-original-width="3197" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFjaBmSsV_3AvLOrmynd16TxRSTmGL0GDjSca8nOzW0swP6Mw_W0EiSF9biR2TyMRtDEZN76GkMSynuiVADMUgupqfoggwjg7QbGcQuyWGGJk3DYlwbh8GmDgJzrDGIeX9YpHG7aNOamXkpclxhTR9IzI0lvDQ1jwg64IWCt4GSpRxF8zWZ6SHIHtj/w400-h354/20240223135506_IMG_2277~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Toad.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Gzw-n478BfNJ72NOZ0gAsgPpkta0Ft2eaKCeqgZkFyqohCvo9wUM4GNCPgrKp6j4KezHrt8z6PCR-9mlXkYDFQSAk8EPCiao1suHIPnpqfmXYgYw-8qRhJCB9G8qtZjx-kj8G-95fMiEZAdN2dNeWhLw0NDLjTU_Qe9oCz6M_OX7v_GZ3BcFnREH/s915/20240223140838_IMG_2304~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="870" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Gzw-n478BfNJ72NOZ0gAsgPpkta0Ft2eaKCeqgZkFyqohCvo9wUM4GNCPgrKp6j4KezHrt8z6PCR-9mlXkYDFQSAk8EPCiao1suHIPnpqfmXYgYw-8qRhJCB9G8qtZjx-kj8G-95fMiEZAdN2dNeWhLw0NDLjTU_Qe9oCz6M_OX7v_GZ3BcFnREH/w380-h400/20240223140838_IMG_2304~3.JPG" width="380" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Common Buzzard.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WptuSZuzHCHbp815fdHIVZzbH2WlAxtTxsU-T21mRE3LbgvFeATbZfAmKKDeRlKSLMACgMhNZOIu9ZEczBoIRcJxrkOb1xLBv0PXQ_Li4KR2I4_54G0PK5cy374fHUAPMfWW-P_RMAgUkUIT-2VNstx4XPW2Zn929t1s63VnPWe0FLMKWufUsdnC/s1778/20240223141548_IMG_2326~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1778" data-original-width="1573" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WptuSZuzHCHbp815fdHIVZzbH2WlAxtTxsU-T21mRE3LbgvFeATbZfAmKKDeRlKSLMACgMhNZOIu9ZEczBoIRcJxrkOb1xLBv0PXQ_Li4KR2I4_54G0PK5cy374fHUAPMfWW-P_RMAgUkUIT-2VNstx4XPW2Zn929t1s63VnPWe0FLMKWufUsdnC/w354-h400/20240223141548_IMG_2326~3.JPG" width="354" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Goldfinch.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzm59qTNROK2fam8Wu7ME0TEqX35keOtsEJxLjAMYewF_3HQV9AcNU7Li0V4SK5CwogQsbWu1izbThpywpAIKbGyFSjRwOWvVO_Vuv0_E5tiRsYV0ZWWt3qfVbs2dk0HB4xYYPAIdXb2eGPv9Eul0zfHaaw3BzfQVGzT-t7qLntnfscTypTkb72bMx/s916/20240223150820_IMG_2334~3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="845" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzm59qTNROK2fam8Wu7ME0TEqX35keOtsEJxLjAMYewF_3HQV9AcNU7Li0V4SK5CwogQsbWu1izbThpywpAIKbGyFSjRwOWvVO_Vuv0_E5tiRsYV0ZWWt3qfVbs2dk0HB4xYYPAIdXb2eGPv9Eul0zfHaaw3BzfQVGzT-t7qLntnfscTypTkb72bMx/w369-h400/20240223150820_IMG_2334~3.JPG" width="369" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stonechat.<br /><br />All images from the Stortons/<br />Sixfields area today courtesy<br />of Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9049959556155034791.post-83824012350884652352024-02-22T20:44:00.001+00:002024-02-22T20:47:20.820+00:00A day of heavy rain<p>Hello</p><p>Very few reports of interesting sightings today which isn't a surprise in such appalling wet weather!</p><p>A Cattle Egret was again reported from Summer Leys LNR today and the pair of Stonechats remain in the very flooded Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton. Yesterday there was a Pink-footed Goose and four Goosanders at Stanford Reservoir.</p><p>Regards</p><p>Neil M</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Fr_elHW3QPgNrqg6G3CAorszgxJkUrahazNfru7rECItRO6L96ChhhjBT2aMY4H2HjyNMDhyU_fdYl80J3yu4pC-xdtraz76ji6oTsy8Tm2o75xt6Xw2bZ2rKe5ZkUwIEsk_SLOwJRxHcnmNYz0lZ4NvkKiKEZWJlvlWS0Ndxg0wpUOtueYPG4cK/s1195/20240201101544_IMG_0078~3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="1195" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Fr_elHW3QPgNrqg6G3CAorszgxJkUrahazNfru7rECItRO6L96ChhhjBT2aMY4H2HjyNMDhyU_fdYl80J3yu4pC-xdtraz76ji6oTsy8Tm2o75xt6Xw2bZ2rKe5ZkUwIEsk_SLOwJRxHcnmNYz0lZ4NvkKiKEZWJlvlWS0Ndxg0wpUOtueYPG4cK/w400-h391/20240201101544_IMG_0078~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Muntjac.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwcGWu5UOQnik8ppUgnkt48w7-HNsQehKMtBppWhzdlflzJd7vTgbw65LhQQT91KMKXVnrjXSeKhq0pP8qKyyedstXEeak0VcbPeNihQnTLnXKenZ6xRi2DPUFNkkiZlpDRYwdS1QfXM2eW1lUgRW-i03Zlwr6F2ssNjkvQjLyGb9tjub1RGwDWV2/s882/20240201121747_IMG_0159~3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="882" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwcGWu5UOQnik8ppUgnkt48w7-HNsQehKMtBppWhzdlflzJd7vTgbw65LhQQT91KMKXVnrjXSeKhq0pP8qKyyedstXEeak0VcbPeNihQnTLnXKenZ6xRi2DPUFNkkiZlpDRYwdS1QfXM2eW1lUgRW-i03Zlwr6F2ssNjkvQjLyGb9tjub1RGwDWV2/w400-h386/20240201121747_IMG_0159~3.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kestrel.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQP9aBrY52o06XBZy9vN3isDfBu7r5eO0cOk1gfeyskCMEQpBWSbIAvJi_FNmWT9U8eVO1VZEW1oxnj-PwWs8bPQbv-dbHFINumXCNlPCdoBUvf3WlW-cBT2qPetcUHgOy2MRWIt-zG1zkOFwvKR6cDoxvd4g073jenvDQImGruktAi1jrTuE61NK/s3514/New%205%20Male%20water%20rail%20tony%20stanford.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3514" data-original-width="3204" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQP9aBrY52o06XBZy9vN3isDfBu7r5eO0cOk1gfeyskCMEQpBWSbIAvJi_FNmWT9U8eVO1VZEW1oxnj-PwWs8bPQbv-dbHFINumXCNlPCdoBUvf3WlW-cBT2qPetcUHgOy2MRWIt-zG1zkOFwvKR6cDoxvd4g073jenvDQImGruktAi1jrTuE61NK/w365-h400/New%205%20Male%20water%20rail%20tony%20stanford.JPG" width="365" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Male Water Rail.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99EDUxXNV8Wjo6bY_N3qH6wM8THL3JbcAxTYfJxgVozLXVVCmxGvYcBU4HAWhaqDk_EQUwejxH235nbcChPxq2XN5BtU4xy9PRehrfBlF2NLBUDqNTkSNQghfSOeNd1y0v6H2r0Y6YuDLQyfxg-wNzad3nPvDUKU49yStmkHb3ra-63wazU9Mk5WM/s1633/Female%20first%20ringed%20April%202022%20water%20rail%20tony%20stanford.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1633" data-original-width="1220" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99EDUxXNV8Wjo6bY_N3qH6wM8THL3JbcAxTYfJxgVozLXVVCmxGvYcBU4HAWhaqDk_EQUwejxH235nbcChPxq2XN5BtU4xy9PRehrfBlF2NLBUDqNTkSNQghfSOeNd1y0v6H2r0Y6YuDLQyfxg-wNzad3nPvDUKU49yStmkHb3ra-63wazU9Mk5WM/w299-h400/Female%20first%20ringed%20April%202022%20water%20rail%20tony%20stanford.JPG" width="299" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Female Water Rail.<br /><br /> Six new Water Rails have been ringed in<br /> the Nene Valley so far this year and they<br />and re-trapped birds continue to be <br />fitted with colour rings too.<br /><br />All images courtesy of<br />Tony Stanford.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>northamptonshirebirding.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09693232359057161080noreply@blogger.com0