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Debbie and Eric Graham visited the Titchmarsh Reserve today and located a Shelduck, ten Little Egrets and a lone 'Redpoll'. They went on to Blatherwycke Lake and saw several Siskins but their main prize was two Hawfinches in a yew tree next to the churchyard!
Bob Bullock was also duly rewarded for his persistence and saw two Hawfinches this morning around yew trees as viewed from the church at Thenford in South Northants.
Birding at Pitsford Reservoir today started well with a high-flying but vocal Hawfinch flying south over the main feeding station at 8.50am. Jacob's dedicated patchwork birding went on to log an impressive suite of birds including four Great White Egrets, 42 Golden Plovers, 3 Redshanks, 14 Dunlin, 3 Green Sandpipers, a Snipe, 3 Scaup, 12 Pintail, a Caspian Gull, a Yellow-legged Gull and a Stonechat. A little visible migration watch provided over-flying Starlings (42), Fieldfares (30) and a 'Redpoll'.
A brief scan from the causeway at Ravensthorpe Reservoir late morning provided views of a Great White Egret, 3 Green Sandpipers and a Snipe. Staverton attracted five Ravens and a Grey Wagtail. Single Barn Owls were noted from the roadside near Ravensthorpe village this evening and again in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton where there was also a flock of eight Bramblings in a hedge.
Regards
Neil M
Debbie and Eric Graham visited the Titchmarsh Reserve today and located a Shelduck, ten Little Egrets and a lone 'Redpoll'. They went on to Blatherwycke Lake and saw several Siskins but their main prize was two Hawfinches in a yew tree next to the churchyard!
Bob Bullock was also duly rewarded for his persistence and saw two Hawfinches this morning around yew trees as viewed from the church at Thenford in South Northants.
Birding at Pitsford Reservoir today started well with a high-flying but vocal Hawfinch flying south over the main feeding station at 8.50am. Jacob's dedicated patchwork birding went on to log an impressive suite of birds including four Great White Egrets, 42 Golden Plovers, 3 Redshanks, 14 Dunlin, 3 Green Sandpipers, a Snipe, 3 Scaup, 12 Pintail, a Caspian Gull, a Yellow-legged Gull and a Stonechat. A little visible migration watch provided over-flying Starlings (42), Fieldfares (30) and a 'Redpoll'.
A brief scan from the causeway at Ravensthorpe Reservoir late morning provided views of a Great White Egret, 3 Green Sandpipers and a Snipe. Staverton attracted five Ravens and a Grey Wagtail. Single Barn Owls were noted from the roadside near Ravensthorpe village this evening and again in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton where there was also a flock of eight Bramblings in a hedge.
Regards
Neil M
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| Great White Egret courtesy of Jacob Spinks. |
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| Great White Egrets courtesy of Robin Gossage. |
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| Barn Owl. |
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