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Birds north of the causeway this morning at Pitsford Reservoir included two Great White Egrets, a Shelduck, a Redshank, a Siskin and two Stonechats. The gull roost this afternoon attracted a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull and a third year Caspian Gull, and there was a Grey Wagtail on the shoreline.
Birds in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton today included a Barn Owl, a Woodcock, six Grey Partridges and a couple of Redpolls.
A couple of ringing recoveries have been received as follows:-
Z310685 refers to a Blue Tit first ringed at Scotland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate on 18th February 2015. It was aged as a bird hatched in 2014. This bird was caught in a mist net at Stanford Reservoir on 15th November this year, 1001 days later and 14km west of where first encountered, this bird now being over three years old.
GR73927 refers to a drake Mallard that was caught and ringed at Pitsford Reservoir on 1st April 2016. This bird was shot near Lamport on or about 6th December this year. This accords with many of the Mallard which have been ringed at Pitsford over the last fifteen years or so, the majority do not seem to travel far and end up being shot!
Regards
Neil M
Birds north of the causeway this morning at Pitsford Reservoir included two Great White Egrets, a Shelduck, a Redshank, a Siskin and two Stonechats. The gull roost this afternoon attracted a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull and a third year Caspian Gull, and there was a Grey Wagtail on the shoreline.
Birds in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton today included a Barn Owl, a Woodcock, six Grey Partridges and a couple of Redpolls.
A couple of ringing recoveries have been received as follows:-
Z310685 refers to a Blue Tit first ringed at Scotland Wood on the Kelmarsh Estate on 18th February 2015. It was aged as a bird hatched in 2014. This bird was caught in a mist net at Stanford Reservoir on 15th November this year, 1001 days later and 14km west of where first encountered, this bird now being over three years old.
GR73927 refers to a drake Mallard that was caught and ringed at Pitsford Reservoir on 1st April 2016. This bird was shot near Lamport on or about 6th December this year. This accords with many of the Mallard which have been ringed at Pitsford over the last fifteen years or so, the majority do not seem to travel far and end up being shot!
Regards
Neil M
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| Blue Tit. |
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| Drake Mallard. |
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