Out of the strong wind and today's sunshine was glorious and warm. In tune with the conditions was a singing Chiffchaff in full voice at Sunderland Wood (Kelmarsh), and nearby Scotland Wood hosted two unidentified Crossbills seen only briefly in flight.
At Hanging Houghton a female Peregrine was over the village, several Siskins flew north and a flock of c300 Golden Plovers inhabited fields below the village in the Brampton Valley (morning only).
Another singing Chiffchaff was along the Brampton Valley Way at the Draughton Crossing and at Harrington Airfield this afternoon a single Golden Plover flew over and two Bramblings were feeding on the seed.
The Great Northern Diver was in the mouth of the Pintail Bay at Pitsford Res this afternoon and an adult Mediterranean Gull was in the dwindling gull roost as watched from the yacht club.
Local ringer Chris Payne caught three Lesser Redpolls in his garden yesterday at Greens Norton, which is one of many gardens in the county at the moment attracting increasing numbers of Reed Buntings.
Regards
Eleanor and Neil
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| Lesser Redpoll Greens Norton |
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| Male Reed Bunting Greens Norton |
Cock Pheasant Kelmarsh.
At this time of the year you might
expect the male Pheasants to look
at their best. However they are continually
fighting each other and it isn't
uncommon to see resplendent males
walking with a limp and sporting broken
tail feathers.
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| Singing Robin Kelmarsh Hall |
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| Displaying Common Buzzard Scotland Wood, Kelmarsh Estate |
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