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Very windy today courtesy of Storm Gareth and some heavy rain at times too, and it seems like we have some more stormy weather to look forward to!
The two Great Northern Divers were seen at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon, again off the Sailing Club. The gull roost was almost non-existent but the regular second calendar year Yellow-legged Gull was again present.
Two Bramblings and a flock of Tree Sparrows were in the bird feed crop between Blueberry Farm and the Brampton Valley Way below Hanging Houghton this afternoon.
A couple of ringing recovery details are as follows:-
An adult male Mallard was ringed at Pitsford Reservoir on 17th June 2016 and was reported as being found recently dead at Broughton near Kettering on 6th March 2019 (presumed shot). As is often the way with the numerous Mallard recoveries over the years this bird did not venture far (6km from ringing site);
A young female Greenfinch was caught and ringed at Winfarthing, Norfolk on 22nd September 2018 and was recaptured at Stortons Pits (Northampton) on 24th February this year. The origins of this finch are not known (possibly from the continent?) but it has clearly been rather mobile, Stortons being 140km west of the original ringing site.
Regards
Neil M
Very windy today courtesy of Storm Gareth and some heavy rain at times too, and it seems like we have some more stormy weather to look forward to!
The two Great Northern Divers were seen at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon, again off the Sailing Club. The gull roost was almost non-existent but the regular second calendar year Yellow-legged Gull was again present.
Two Bramblings and a flock of Tree Sparrows were in the bird feed crop between Blueberry Farm and the Brampton Valley Way below Hanging Houghton this afternoon.
A couple of ringing recovery details are as follows:-
An adult male Mallard was ringed at Pitsford Reservoir on 17th June 2016 and was reported as being found recently dead at Broughton near Kettering on 6th March 2019 (presumed shot). As is often the way with the numerous Mallard recoveries over the years this bird did not venture far (6km from ringing site);
A young female Greenfinch was caught and ringed at Winfarthing, Norfolk on 22nd September 2018 and was recaptured at Stortons Pits (Northampton) on 24th February this year. The origins of this finch are not known (possibly from the continent?) but it has clearly been rather mobile, Stortons being 140km west of the original ringing site.
Regards
Neil M
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| Drake Mallard courtesy of Jacob Spinks. |
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| Greenfinch. |
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