Weekend Round Up

It has been a very quiet week on the birding front, the same 2 Great Egrets , Red Crested Pochard and Stonechats at Pitsford. 
The Short Eared Owl and Barn Owl remain at Harrington and I saw them both today. They were sitting quite close together in the rough grass. 
I've seen 3 different Barn Owls today as this evening there were two hunting together below Hanging Houghton.  The recent heavy rain has caused the fields to flood and this in turn has displaced the voles etc and they are easy prey.

Eric has been out on his local patch at Titchmarsh where he too saw a Barn Owl initially flying low over Aldwincle Lake then it headed off across the marsh before settling on a fence post at the southern end of the reserve.
The drake Pintail and pair of Stonechat remain on Elinor Lake and 2 or 3 Great Egrets on the Aldwincle part of the reserve.

Plenty of birds still visiting our garden and eating us out of house and home. I cannot believe how much food they are eating.  Today there were 4 Reed Buntings, 2 Yellowhammers, Pied Wagtails, Goldfinches, Tree Sparrow, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker to name but a few, plus a quick visit by a Grey Wagtail and a female Sparrowhawk who helped herself to a snack !

Regards Eleanor