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Yesterday (Friday) Eric yet again toured Thrapston Pits, his avian highlights being four Red-crested Pochard with the drakes looking stunning in the autumn sunshine. Other birds included a couple of Little Egrets and five calling Cetti's Warblers.
Today (Saturday) and Chris Payne opened his mist nets at Bradden for just a couple of hours this morning and caught 52 birds which were made up of a male Siskin, three Goldfinches, two Nuthatches, a Dunnock, two Robins, a Treecreeper, 17 Blue Tits, 22 Great Tits and 3 Coal Tits.
Today was spent completing the WeBS count at Pitsford Reservoir which resulted in two Whooper Swans in the Scaldwell Bay (two further birds reported later in the day too), probably as many as six Great White Egrets, just five Little Egrets, sixteen Red-crested Pochard (including a leucistic female), a Ferruginous x Pochard hybrid, sixteen Pintail, fifteen Goldeneye, a drake Mandarin Duck, six Snipe, four Green Sandpipers, a Stonechat, a Grey Wagtail and several Redpoll and a couple of Siskins.
Regards
Neil M
Yesterday (Friday) Eric yet again toured Thrapston Pits, his avian highlights being four Red-crested Pochard with the drakes looking stunning in the autumn sunshine. Other birds included a couple of Little Egrets and five calling Cetti's Warblers.
Today (Saturday) and Chris Payne opened his mist nets at Bradden for just a couple of hours this morning and caught 52 birds which were made up of a male Siskin, three Goldfinches, two Nuthatches, a Dunnock, two Robins, a Treecreeper, 17 Blue Tits, 22 Great Tits and 3 Coal Tits.
Today was spent completing the WeBS count at Pitsford Reservoir which resulted in two Whooper Swans in the Scaldwell Bay (two further birds reported later in the day too), probably as many as six Great White Egrets, just five Little Egrets, sixteen Red-crested Pochard (including a leucistic female), a Ferruginous x Pochard hybrid, sixteen Pintail, fifteen Goldeneye, a drake Mandarin Duck, six Snipe, four Green Sandpipers, a Stonechat, a Grey Wagtail and several Redpoll and a couple of Siskins.
Regards
Neil M
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| Male Siskin courtesy of Chris Payne. |
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