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An early morning visit to East Carlton Country Park provided views of three Hawfinches which were vocal and quite mobile. Other birds included about nine Siskins and small numbers of Marsh Tits and Nuthatches.
A little later and another Hawfinch was located in Rushton village, perched in an ash tree in the grounds of the Old Rectory opposite the churchyard. A Raven flew past. There were a number of large gulls at the nearby landfill site but they were distant and in conflicting light.
Kelmarsh Hall hosted a gang of noisy Siskins and a Grey Wagtail and Eleanor's afternoon visit to Ravensthorpe Reservoir provided views of the juvenile Whooper Swan again, three Great White Egrets, a drake Pintail, a Scaup and two Green Sandpipers and two Grey Wagtails.
Ringing at Stortons GP today resulted in 52 birds which were mostly Blue and Great Tits and Sarah and Kenny at Linford Lakes caught another 24 birds, 22 of which were new. They included a Moorhen (the first one caught and ringed here), a Chiffchaff, 11 Redwings, 4 Blackbirds, 2 Wrens, 2 Blue Tits and singles of Greenfinch, Goldfinch and Robin.
Regards
Neil M
An early morning visit to East Carlton Country Park provided views of three Hawfinches which were vocal and quite mobile. Other birds included about nine Siskins and small numbers of Marsh Tits and Nuthatches.
A little later and another Hawfinch was located in Rushton village, perched in an ash tree in the grounds of the Old Rectory opposite the churchyard. A Raven flew past. There were a number of large gulls at the nearby landfill site but they were distant and in conflicting light.
Kelmarsh Hall hosted a gang of noisy Siskins and a Grey Wagtail and Eleanor's afternoon visit to Ravensthorpe Reservoir provided views of the juvenile Whooper Swan again, three Great White Egrets, a drake Pintail, a Scaup and two Green Sandpipers and two Grey Wagtails.
Ringing at Stortons GP today resulted in 52 birds which were mostly Blue and Great Tits and Sarah and Kenny at Linford Lakes caught another 24 birds, 22 of which were new. They included a Moorhen (the first one caught and ringed here), a Chiffchaff, 11 Redwings, 4 Blackbirds, 2 Wrens, 2 Blue Tits and singles of Greenfinch, Goldfinch and Robin.
Regards
Neil M
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| Moorhen. Courtesy of Kenny Cramer. |
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| Chiffchaff. Courtesy of Cathy Ryden. |
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| Male Reed Bunting. Courtesy of John Tilly. |
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