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Well the billing for the hottest day of the year proved accurate, thank goodness there was a breeze for much of it. Not surprisingly the majority of bird activity was confined to the early morning and evening.
A juvenile Common Redstart was in field hedging in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning, access by walking along the hedge that runs behind the large barn near to the Brampton Valley Way. A singing Grasshopper Warbler was nearby. Steve Fisher's daily venture to Stanwick Pits/Lakes also produced sightings of three Cattle Egrets, two Common Sandpipers and a Snipe.
Three Yellow-legged Gulls were on buoys off the Sailing Club at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon with another north of the causeway. A Common Sandpiper and a Goldeneye were also in the Scaldwell Bay.
At 8pm this evening a Turtle Dove began purring in trees two gardens along from our house at Hanging Houghton and is still purring now as I type! Somewhat bizarre but perhaps it can't find a mate and is attracted to the village Collared Doves?
Regards
Neil M
Well the billing for the hottest day of the year proved accurate, thank goodness there was a breeze for much of it. Not surprisingly the majority of bird activity was confined to the early morning and evening.
A juvenile Common Redstart was in field hedging in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton this morning, access by walking along the hedge that runs behind the large barn near to the Brampton Valley Way. A singing Grasshopper Warbler was nearby. Steve Fisher's daily venture to Stanwick Pits/Lakes also produced sightings of three Cattle Egrets, two Common Sandpipers and a Snipe.
Three Yellow-legged Gulls were on buoys off the Sailing Club at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon with another north of the causeway. A Common Sandpiper and a Goldeneye were also in the Scaldwell Bay.
At 8pm this evening a Turtle Dove began purring in trees two gardens along from our house at Hanging Houghton and is still purring now as I type! Somewhat bizarre but perhaps it can't find a mate and is attracted to the village Collared Doves?
Regards
Neil M
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| Great Crested Grebe. |
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| Little Egret. |
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| Cormorant. |
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| Common Tern. |
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| Great Crested Grebe. |
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| Common Terns. More images from Pitsford Reservoir courtesy of Robin Gossage. |
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