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An early morning wander in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton yielded a warbler flock in 'shrike hedge', a hedgerow that runs south to north across the track that leads from the Brampton Valley Way to Cottesbrooke. Every year this hedge is a magnet for passerine migrants and this morning birds in the hedgerow included two Common Redstarts and a Spotted Flycatcher. At least one of those Redstarts was still present this afternoon.
A juvenile Marsh Harrier was subsequently seen quartering over the island of fields north of Brixworth and sandwiched between the A508 and the parallel road leading from Brixworth to Scaldwell villages. This hunting bird headed off gently towards Pitsford Reservoir.
An afternoon visit to Hollowell Reservoir yielded a fishing Osprey which arrived shortly after I did and then left twenty minutes later having caught nothing. Other birds included the long-staying Ruddy Shelduck, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, three Little Egrets and five Common Sandpipers.
Nearby Ravensthorpe Reservoir hosted three Yellow-legged Gulls, two Little Egrets, two adult Dunlin, four Green Sandpipers and three Common Sandpipers. Several Yellow-legged Gulls were again off the Sailing Club at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon.
In the meantime Eleanor was at Blueberry Farm and had a juvenile Marsh Harrier cruise past heading south...
Steve Fisher's two visits to Stanwick today provided views of three Cattle Egrets, a Black-tailed Godwit, four Green Sandpipers, two Common Sandpipers and a Redshank.
Regards
Neil M
An early morning wander in the Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton yielded a warbler flock in 'shrike hedge', a hedgerow that runs south to north across the track that leads from the Brampton Valley Way to Cottesbrooke. Every year this hedge is a magnet for passerine migrants and this morning birds in the hedgerow included two Common Redstarts and a Spotted Flycatcher. At least one of those Redstarts was still present this afternoon.
A juvenile Marsh Harrier was subsequently seen quartering over the island of fields north of Brixworth and sandwiched between the A508 and the parallel road leading from Brixworth to Scaldwell villages. This hunting bird headed off gently towards Pitsford Reservoir.
An afternoon visit to Hollowell Reservoir yielded a fishing Osprey which arrived shortly after I did and then left twenty minutes later having caught nothing. Other birds included the long-staying Ruddy Shelduck, an adult Yellow-legged Gull, three Little Egrets and five Common Sandpipers.
Nearby Ravensthorpe Reservoir hosted three Yellow-legged Gulls, two Little Egrets, two adult Dunlin, four Green Sandpipers and three Common Sandpipers. Several Yellow-legged Gulls were again off the Sailing Club at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon.
In the meantime Eleanor was at Blueberry Farm and had a juvenile Marsh Harrier cruise past heading south...
Steve Fisher's two visits to Stanwick today provided views of three Cattle Egrets, a Black-tailed Godwit, four Green Sandpipers, two Common Sandpipers and a Redshank.
Regards
Neil M
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| Dunlin courtesy of Jacob Spinks. |
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| Green Sandpiper courtesy of Robin Gossage. |
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