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Phil Horsnail again saw the 'ringtail' Hen Harrier quartering fields that used to form part of Polebrook Airfield this morning.
On a day of visiting the majority of the winter feed stations in cold conditions, I didn't come across much that was different. However the birds are wolfing down the food in this wintery weather, particularly as the daylight hours have increased giving them more time to feed. A Grey Wagtail was noticed at Kelmarsh Hall and Brixworth Water Treatment Works hosted eighty Pied Wagtails, three Grey Wagtails and three Chiffchaffs.
At Pitsford Reservoir the Slavonian Grebe was fishing in Yacht Bay (next to the Sailing Club) at 11.55am and Eleanor flushed two Woodcock near Walgrave this afternoon.
Cathy Ryden watched both a Bullfinch and a Siskin on her garden feeders near Guilsborough this morning. Up to 22 Waxwings remain in the Sywell village area by the airport entrance, now tucking in to the last Rowan tree that still has good numbers of berries.
Regards
Neil M
Phil Horsnail again saw the 'ringtail' Hen Harrier quartering fields that used to form part of Polebrook Airfield this morning.
On a day of visiting the majority of the winter feed stations in cold conditions, I didn't come across much that was different. However the birds are wolfing down the food in this wintery weather, particularly as the daylight hours have increased giving them more time to feed. A Grey Wagtail was noticed at Kelmarsh Hall and Brixworth Water Treatment Works hosted eighty Pied Wagtails, three Grey Wagtails and three Chiffchaffs.
At Pitsford Reservoir the Slavonian Grebe was fishing in Yacht Bay (next to the Sailing Club) at 11.55am and Eleanor flushed two Woodcock near Walgrave this afternoon.
Cathy Ryden watched both a Bullfinch and a Siskin on her garden feeders near Guilsborough this morning. Up to 22 Waxwings remain in the Sywell village area by the airport entrance, now tucking in to the last Rowan tree that still has good numbers of berries.
Regards
Neil M
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| Jim Dunkley photographed this Green Woodpecker in his neighbour's garden at Sywell today, and he was able to add 22 Waxwings on to his ' 2017 seen from the garden list'! |
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| Drake Pochard. A much scarcer bird these days with relatively few wintering on our gravel pits and reservoirs. |
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| Drake Pintail. A few are lingering at Pitsford Reservoir and at Summer Leys currently, but this scarce duck locally is much more common in the autumn and becomes progressively harder to find as the winter progresses. |
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