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A cool north easterly breeze looks like it might be set in for some time and may provide an opportunity for a flurry of terns and Little Gulls (and maybe Kittiwake) at some of our more substantial waters during the next week or so.
Plenty of migrants and other good birds were reported in the county today, some of which were as follows:-
Three Cattle Egrets were at Stanwick Pits this morning and Clifford Hill Pits attracted three Little Gulls, four Common Terns, a Common Sandpiper and a Little Ringed Plover. A White-tailed Eagle was reported as flying over Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston Pits this morning (no more details known).
Harrington Airfield today was good for an adult male Merlin, six Wheatears, a Raven and a pair of Grey Partridge. The Ring Ouzel was again off the Clopton to Bythorn road on the Cambridgeshire border. The Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton held on to yesterday's Whinchat, plus three Wheatears, a Cuckoo, a Grasshopper Warbler, a flock of eight Yellow Wagtails and a Peregrine.
A Wheatear was at Farndish, near Irchester and hirundines over Ashton Sewer Works were made up of twelve House Martins and fifteen Swallows.
Regards
Neil M
A cool north easterly breeze looks like it might be set in for some time and may provide an opportunity for a flurry of terns and Little Gulls (and maybe Kittiwake) at some of our more substantial waters during the next week or so.
Plenty of migrants and other good birds were reported in the county today, some of which were as follows:-
Three Cattle Egrets were at Stanwick Pits this morning and Clifford Hill Pits attracted three Little Gulls, four Common Terns, a Common Sandpiper and a Little Ringed Plover. A White-tailed Eagle was reported as flying over Titchmarsh Reserve at Thrapston Pits this morning (no more details known).
Harrington Airfield today was good for an adult male Merlin, six Wheatears, a Raven and a pair of Grey Partridge. The Ring Ouzel was again off the Clopton to Bythorn road on the Cambridgeshire border. The Brampton Valley below Hanging Houghton held on to yesterday's Whinchat, plus three Wheatears, a Cuckoo, a Grasshopper Warbler, a flock of eight Yellow Wagtails and a Peregrine.
A Wheatear was at Farndish, near Irchester and hirundines over Ashton Sewer Works were made up of twelve House Martins and fifteen Swallows.
Regards
Neil M
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| Northern Wheatear courtesy of Jacob Spinks. |
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| Male Yellow Wagtail. |
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| White-tailed Eagles. With now at least four reports in the county this spring, is there still a chance for the rest of us to catch up with one? |
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