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No birds of note today in very windy conditions - a Raven showed again at Hanging Houghton and the Yellowhammer flock in fields between there and Cottesbrooke was estimated at about seventy birds.
Despite the challenging conditions small numbers of Meadow Pipits and Pied Wagtails were on the move today and Lesser Black-backed Gulls have been filtering up from the south. Tom Green saw a Short-eared Owl at Neville's Lodge, Finedon yesterday.
John Gamble reports that there are now two occupied Grey Heron nests at Abington Park, Northampton rather than just the single pair of previous years.
A couple more ringing recoveries have been received as follows:-
An adult female Blackbird was ringed at Stortons Pits, Northampton on 30th January 2019 and was then caught by a ringer operating down in Temple Mead, Roydon, Essex only 38 days later. This bird travelled 85km in a SE direction, goodness knows where she hopes to raise a brood this year!
An adult female Great Tit was caught and ringed in Scaldwell village on 26th March 2016 and was unfortunately taken by a cat in the same village on or about 11th March this year, 1811 days later. Had she survived to this summer she would have been at least five years old.
Regards
Neil M
No birds of note today in very windy conditions - a Raven showed again at Hanging Houghton and the Yellowhammer flock in fields between there and Cottesbrooke was estimated at about seventy birds.
Despite the challenging conditions small numbers of Meadow Pipits and Pied Wagtails were on the move today and Lesser Black-backed Gulls have been filtering up from the south. Tom Green saw a Short-eared Owl at Neville's Lodge, Finedon yesterday.
John Gamble reports that there are now two occupied Grey Heron nests at Abington Park, Northampton rather than just the single pair of previous years.
A couple more ringing recoveries have been received as follows:-
An adult female Blackbird was ringed at Stortons Pits, Northampton on 30th January 2019 and was then caught by a ringer operating down in Temple Mead, Roydon, Essex only 38 days later. This bird travelled 85km in a SE direction, goodness knows where she hopes to raise a brood this year!
An adult female Great Tit was caught and ringed in Scaldwell village on 26th March 2016 and was unfortunately taken by a cat in the same village on or about 11th March this year, 1811 days later. Had she survived to this summer she would have been at least five years old.
Regards
Neil M
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| Vocal Nuthatch at Abington Park, Northampton yesterday courtesy of John Gamble. |
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| Blackbird. |
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| Great Tit. |
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