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Birds in the county today included the Curlew Sandpiper still at Clifford Hill Pits, a Dunlin at Barnwell floods, two Little Ringed Plovers at Upton Valley, two Wheatears at Harrington Airfield and a Great White Egret at Thrapston Pits. There were several reports of Cuckoo in the county today and Stewart Short located a male Blue-headed Wagtail with Yellow Wagtails on the Northants/Cambs border between Clopton and Bythorn.
A few bird ringing recovery details have been received as follows:-
1. An adult female Magpie was ringed at Brixworth on 15th June 2016 and this bird was caught in a larsen trap and sadly destroyed also at Brixworth on 11th April 2020, 1396 days later;
2. An adult female Blackbird was ringed at Astcote, South Northants on 10th January 2019 and this bird died after hitting a glass greenhouse in the same village on 12th April this year, 458 days later;
3. A Great Tit was ringed as a nestling in Caysbriggs, Moray, Scotland on 30th May 2019 and was next encountered in a mist net in Astcote on 3rd April 2020 when assessed as a first year female before release. This astonishing record means that this young bird traveled 632km in a SSE direction over 309 days. Not bad for a species that is supposed to be essentially sedentary!
Regards
Neil M
Birds in the county today included the Curlew Sandpiper still at Clifford Hill Pits, a Dunlin at Barnwell floods, two Little Ringed Plovers at Upton Valley, two Wheatears at Harrington Airfield and a Great White Egret at Thrapston Pits. There were several reports of Cuckoo in the county today and Stewart Short located a male Blue-headed Wagtail with Yellow Wagtails on the Northants/Cambs border between Clopton and Bythorn.
A few bird ringing recovery details have been received as follows:-
1. An adult female Magpie was ringed at Brixworth on 15th June 2016 and this bird was caught in a larsen trap and sadly destroyed also at Brixworth on 11th April 2020, 1396 days later;
2. An adult female Blackbird was ringed at Astcote, South Northants on 10th January 2019 and this bird died after hitting a glass greenhouse in the same village on 12th April this year, 458 days later;
3. A Great Tit was ringed as a nestling in Caysbriggs, Moray, Scotland on 30th May 2019 and was next encountered in a mist net in Astcote on 3rd April 2020 when assessed as a first year female before release. This astonishing record means that this young bird traveled 632km in a SSE direction over 309 days. Not bad for a species that is supposed to be essentially sedentary!
Regards
Neil M
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| Magpie. |
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| Female Blackbird courtesy of Cathy Ryden. |
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| Great Tit courtesy of Cathy Ryden. |
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