Ringing at Brixworth

Hello

Eric and Ken's birding at Thrapston Pits today provided plenty of birds in the shape of a juvenile Whooper Swan, two Great White Egrets, a pair of Egyptian Geese, a Kingfisher, a Raven and twelve Siskins. Birds noted at Pitsford Reservoir today by a variety of observers included the drake Ring-necked Duck in the Scaldwell Bay and a Great Northern Diver and Ruddy Shelduck between the dam and the causeway.

Some bird ringing at Brixworth Water Treatment Works today provided 87 captures of 17 species, undoubtedly one of the best being the very last bird when an adult male Sparrowhawk careered into a mist net! Other interesting birds included two Grey Wagtails, a Chiffchaff, three Magpies, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, a Treecreeper, eight Reed Buntings and eleven Goldfinches.

Other birds noted on-site included a Snipe, a couple of Water Rails and a Cetti's Warbler.

A Barn Owl was hunting in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this afternoon.

Regards

Neil M

Grey Wagtail.

Treecreeper.

Sparrowhawk.

All images courtesy of
John Tilly.