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Kenny and team put up with some varied weather this morning to commit to some more ringing at Linford Lakes and were rewarded with fifty captures of ten species. Blue Tits and Great Tits were the most numerous but other birds included three Redwings, a Goldfinch, a Chaffinch, another late Blackcap and a re-trap Water Rail that was first caught in December 2017. Other birds noted on-site included a Raven and a small group of Siskins.
The Scaldwell Bay at Pitsford Reservoir this morning hosted up to three Great White Egrets, the eleven Whooper Swans still, thirteen Pintail, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Green Sandpiper and a first year female Peregrine. The afternoon gull roost off the Sailing Club produced two different Yellow-legged Gulls (a first year and a second year).
Harrington Airfield provided sightings of a Woodcock, seventeen Golden Plovers and an adult male Peregrine this afternoon and a Barn Owl was hunting the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton at dusk.
Regards
Neil M
Kenny and team put up with some varied weather this morning to commit to some more ringing at Linford Lakes and were rewarded with fifty captures of ten species. Blue Tits and Great Tits were the most numerous but other birds included three Redwings, a Goldfinch, a Chaffinch, another late Blackcap and a re-trap Water Rail that was first caught in December 2017. Other birds noted on-site included a Raven and a small group of Siskins.
The Scaldwell Bay at Pitsford Reservoir this morning hosted up to three Great White Egrets, the eleven Whooper Swans still, thirteen Pintail, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, a Green Sandpiper and a first year female Peregrine. The afternoon gull roost off the Sailing Club produced two different Yellow-legged Gulls (a first year and a second year).
Harrington Airfield provided sightings of a Woodcock, seventeen Golden Plovers and an adult male Peregrine this afternoon and a Barn Owl was hunting the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton at dusk.
Regards
Neil M
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| Water Rail courtesy of Kenny Cramer. |
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| Drake Shoveler. |
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| Whistling Wigeon! |
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| The Scaldwell Bay at Pitsford Reservoir, a mixed group of Mute and Whooper Swans take centre stage. |
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