Very cold first thing this morning and then an interesting day developed with a combination of snow flurries followed by some quite powerful periods of sunshine.
A male Brambling was at Harrington Airfield this morning, and birds in and around the garden at Hanging Houghton included 3 Reed Buntings and a couple of Siskins.
A meander down to Christies Copse at Pitsford Res provided a good half-dozen Siskins and both Marsh and Willow Tit coming to the feeders. The Cormorant colony nest count continues to go up with an apparent 30 occupied nests. Decent-sized flocks of migrants today included c500 Fieldfare at Wellingborough Grange and a flock of 53 Meadow Pipits in fields on the west side of Pitsford Reservoir.
At Blueberry Farm, Maidwell a mobile Short-eared Owl was seen hunting over a succession of fields and a Peregrine was chasing Fieldfares in spectacular fashion.
Regards
Neil M
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| Robin |
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| Siskin (female) |
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| Peanuts might be 'old hat' but the tits at Pitsford still love them! |
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| Common Buzzard |
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| Siskins (female to the left, male to the right) |
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| Short-eared Owl |
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