Hello
This morning dawned still, cool and then sunny and remained so all day. I committed to a little garden ringing first thing for a couple of hours but visible migration seemed to be virtually nil and there was little new that found the mist nets. The main task for today was shopping (for several households post Easter) and then following grocery distribution we settled at home.
The Starlings, Pied Wagtails and Reed Buntings were constantly coming in for food and are now becoming rather tame and often approach quite closely when we are sitting out in the garden. The usual raptors and Raven performed their respective fly-overs but nothing out of the ordinary was seen.
A far cry from Irthlingborough in East Northants where Steve Fisher witnessed a juvenile White-tailed Eagle drift north-east over his garden at 1pm, with the bird then reported from Barnwell a little while later! It is understood to be one of the Isle of Wight introduced birds and is presumably being tracked. Never mind its provenance, to see any eagle in the skies of Northamptonshire is really quite something. With us all sitting in our gardens and looking up I suspect there will be some very interesting large birds seen flying over the county this spring - bring it on!
Regards
Neil M
This morning dawned still, cool and then sunny and remained so all day. I committed to a little garden ringing first thing for a couple of hours but visible migration seemed to be virtually nil and there was little new that found the mist nets. The main task for today was shopping (for several households post Easter) and then following grocery distribution we settled at home.
The Starlings, Pied Wagtails and Reed Buntings were constantly coming in for food and are now becoming rather tame and often approach quite closely when we are sitting out in the garden. The usual raptors and Raven performed their respective fly-overs but nothing out of the ordinary was seen.
A far cry from Irthlingborough in East Northants where Steve Fisher witnessed a juvenile White-tailed Eagle drift north-east over his garden at 1pm, with the bird then reported from Barnwell a little while later! It is understood to be one of the Isle of Wight introduced birds and is presumably being tracked. Never mind its provenance, to see any eagle in the skies of Northamptonshire is really quite something. With us all sitting in our gardens and looking up I suspect there will be some very interesting large birds seen flying over the county this spring - bring it on!
Regards
Neil M
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| Robin nestlings by Chris Payne. These birds fledged successfully yesterday. |
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| Male Kestrel over the garden today. No it's not an eagle but you have to start somewhere! |
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| Pied Wagtail in the garden, he's becoming tamer by the day! |
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