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A ringing session took place at Harrington Airfield this morning and provided 84 birds of 14 species. Perhaps not surprisingly with the efforts at this site recently, 21 of the birds were re-traps and included a young Robin that was originally ringed at Pitsford Reservoir in the summer and now seems to have adopted a territory at Harrington. The birds were made up of a Blackbird, a Song Thrush, ten Redwings, two Wrens, a Chiffchaff, six Yellowhammers, seven Great Tits, twenty Blue Tits, a Long-tailed Tit, five Meadow Pipits, two Robins, two Chaffinches, sixteen Goldfinches and ten Reed Buntings.
Other birds noted here included a Rock Pipit flying over west, ten Golden Plovers, a few each of Siskin and Redpoll and visible migration migrants included flocks of Woodpigeons, Starlings, Redwings, 'alba' wagtails and Meadow Pipits. Raptors were very high profile over the old airfield with lots of Common Buzzards and Red Kites and with Kestrels visible most of the time. They were joined by a Peregrine and a hunting Merlin.
The Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton was busy with good numbers of finches and buntings, now two pairs of Stonechats, a female Merlin which was on show this morning and again this afternoon (targeting Skylarks) and a Marsh Harrier which could well be the same lingering individual since August. Two 'wild swans' (Whooper or Bewick's) flew over heading towards Pitsford and other birds in the valley included a Barn Owl, a Brambling, four Siskins and a Redpoll.
Other birds reported today included 3-4 Stonechats and a Short-eared Owl at Borough Hill Country Park and the Ruddy Shelduck was seen again at Ravensthorpe Reservoir. Birds north of the causeway at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon included an adult Yellow-legged Gull, three Pintails and a female Stonechat.
Regards
Neil M
A ringing session took place at Harrington Airfield this morning and provided 84 birds of 14 species. Perhaps not surprisingly with the efforts at this site recently, 21 of the birds were re-traps and included a young Robin that was originally ringed at Pitsford Reservoir in the summer and now seems to have adopted a territory at Harrington. The birds were made up of a Blackbird, a Song Thrush, ten Redwings, two Wrens, a Chiffchaff, six Yellowhammers, seven Great Tits, twenty Blue Tits, a Long-tailed Tit, five Meadow Pipits, two Robins, two Chaffinches, sixteen Goldfinches and ten Reed Buntings.
Other birds noted here included a Rock Pipit flying over west, ten Golden Plovers, a few each of Siskin and Redpoll and visible migration migrants included flocks of Woodpigeons, Starlings, Redwings, 'alba' wagtails and Meadow Pipits. Raptors were very high profile over the old airfield with lots of Common Buzzards and Red Kites and with Kestrels visible most of the time. They were joined by a Peregrine and a hunting Merlin.
The Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton was busy with good numbers of finches and buntings, now two pairs of Stonechats, a female Merlin which was on show this morning and again this afternoon (targeting Skylarks) and a Marsh Harrier which could well be the same lingering individual since August. Two 'wild swans' (Whooper or Bewick's) flew over heading towards Pitsford and other birds in the valley included a Barn Owl, a Brambling, four Siskins and a Redpoll.
Other birds reported today included 3-4 Stonechats and a Short-eared Owl at Borough Hill Country Park and the Ruddy Shelduck was seen again at Ravensthorpe Reservoir. Birds north of the causeway at Pitsford Reservoir this afternoon included an adult Yellow-legged Gull, three Pintails and a female Stonechat.
Regards
Neil M
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| Adult male Reed Bunting. |
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| Adult Redwing. |
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