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The bird ringing demonstration at Pitsford Reservoir this morning attracted a good number of visitors, many very junior in years! We managed to catch fifty birds near to the Fishing Lodge to show attendees, surprisingly it was the Goldcrest which was the most common bird with 16 little waifs caught and ringed. Other birds included 9 Blue Tits which included a 4 year old bird, 8 Great Tits, 2 Coal Tits, 2 Marsh Tits, 2 Robins, a Wren, a Dunnock, 3 Blackcaps and 6 Blackbirds.
Jacob tried a little ringing at the Old Scaldwell Road feeding station and captured 32 birds which included 5 Meadow Pipits, a Wren, 7 Chiffchaffs, 7 Blue Tits, a Great Tit, 3 Goldfinches, a Chaffinch, a Robin, 4 Dunnocks and 2 Blackbirds.
Birds noted at Pitsford Reservoir today included a Great White Egret, good numbers of Little Egrets, at least 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, a juvenile female Peregrine, a Hobby and 2 Ravens and a Grey Wagtail. Waders included a Spotted Redshank, 1-2 Greenshank, a couple of Green Sandpipers, a Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, several Dunlin, 6-10 Ringed Plovers and a Snipe.
A Siskin was singing in our garden at Hanging Houghton this afternoon and birds at Hollowell Reservoir included the Grey Phalarope still plus a Dunlin and a Wheatear. Three Green Sandpipers remain at Ravensthorpe Reservoir.
Eric Graham visited Blatherwycke Lake today and notched up 50+ Mandarin Ducks and a couple of Little Egrets, with a nearby Osprey at Deene seen flying towards Blatherwycke.
Regards
Neil M
The bird ringing demonstration at Pitsford Reservoir this morning attracted a good number of visitors, many very junior in years! We managed to catch fifty birds near to the Fishing Lodge to show attendees, surprisingly it was the Goldcrest which was the most common bird with 16 little waifs caught and ringed. Other birds included 9 Blue Tits which included a 4 year old bird, 8 Great Tits, 2 Coal Tits, 2 Marsh Tits, 2 Robins, a Wren, a Dunnock, 3 Blackcaps and 6 Blackbirds.
Jacob tried a little ringing at the Old Scaldwell Road feeding station and captured 32 birds which included 5 Meadow Pipits, a Wren, 7 Chiffchaffs, 7 Blue Tits, a Great Tit, 3 Goldfinches, a Chaffinch, a Robin, 4 Dunnocks and 2 Blackbirds.
Birds noted at Pitsford Reservoir today included a Great White Egret, good numbers of Little Egrets, at least 4 Yellow-legged Gulls, a juvenile female Peregrine, a Hobby and 2 Ravens and a Grey Wagtail. Waders included a Spotted Redshank, 1-2 Greenshank, a couple of Green Sandpipers, a Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Ruff, several Dunlin, 6-10 Ringed Plovers and a Snipe.
A Siskin was singing in our garden at Hanging Houghton this afternoon and birds at Hollowell Reservoir included the Grey Phalarope still plus a Dunlin and a Wheatear. Three Green Sandpipers remain at Ravensthorpe Reservoir.
Eric Graham visited Blatherwycke Lake today and notched up 50+ Mandarin Ducks and a couple of Little Egrets, with a nearby Osprey at Deene seen flying towards Blatherwycke.
Regards
Neil M
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| Meadow Pipit Pitsford Reservoir. |
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| Dunlin at Hollowell Reservoir courtesy of Cathy Ryden. |
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| Wheatear, courtesy of Cathy Ryden. |
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| Grey Phalarope, courtesy of Cathy Ryden. |
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| Goldcrest, the star of today's bird ringing session! |
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